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IMAF Master at Arms Andrea Lupo-Sinclair
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Born in 1964 in Firenze from an Italo-Swiss family who has roots both from North and South of Europe, he grew in Venezia and Turin, then lived in Milano for thirty years, where he frequented the High School for Classical Studies "G.Berchet", and later the faculty of Social Sciences and Psichology at the State University. He has an over twenty years long training curriculum in Traditional (not Sport) Fencing all over Europe. Since 1985, as a true pioneer of the European Martial Arts revival he has conducted extensive researches of reliable teachers, old duellists, traditional systems and documents for the knowledge and teaching of the Art of Fencing since its roots. He discovered that in Europe are still existing traditional lineages traceable back to the XVIII Century. Most of the researchers and students of Italian Schools in Europe and USA have learned from him - especially from his traditional method of late Italian Rapier ("Spada all'Italiana") - and the Maestro can be considered a very preminent representant of the current revival of Historical Fencing all over the world and the high cultural battle to give a new good reputation to disciplines often neglected and misunderstood. In 1997 he started a collaboration with the Italian Sportfencing Masters Association, to create an official program for the research and practice of the historical and traditional fencing in Italy. This collaboration ended up when it was clear that the goal of the sportfencing masters' association was not to really support the students of the western disciplines in Italy, but to control and limitate their researches. Therefore, Andrea Lupo Sinclair decided to act independently, dedicating himself only to his students and not submitting to political agendas, wanting to preserve the independence of all researchers and students. In 1999 Andrea Lupo Sinclair, M. Paul MacDonald (Scotland), M. Ramon Martinez and M. Jeannette Acosta - Martinez (USA), recognizing their common heritage of knowledge and experiences founded the International Masters at Arms Federation, an unique experiment of a free Guild of teachers of traditional and historical European martial systems and disciplines.
Andrea
Lupo-Sinclair has developed a method of teaching and training which goal
is purely the real practice and application of a complete Martial Art
free from modern academic stiffness and conformisms. Maestro Lupo-Sinclair's didactical method is firmly based on his education, training, extensive research of historical documents and proven experiments. In the free assault every weapon is used with strong emphasis on combative reality, accuracy and elegance of the techniques used, according to the texts, treatises and documents that have been found, and the traditional teachings he has received. The Maestro is also the designer of the "FISAS blade", by many instructors considered the best Rapier full contact training blade ever created in modern times. Recently he has also created Longsword and Sidesword foils for contact training and developed a complete fencing gear and equipment that set the standards for FISAS and other organisations in Europe for the safe practice of historical fencing. Andrea Lupo-Sinclair teaches, either in the FISAS salles or in individual lessons, basically the four FISAS weapons: Longsword, XVI century Sidesword, Italian Traditional Rapier and Radaelli and Barbasetti Italian Duelling Sabre. In
his Academy he also practice Italian Epée - with point d'arrét
- Italian and Spanish Smallsword, and Stick Fencing together with Maestro
Cosimo Bruno. In his past researches he has also studied Personal Defence,
Aikido and Kalari Payat. Recently he has started new researches about
the modern and traditional systems of unarmed street defence.
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