Northern Italian Postures, Part 3: The four primary postures of Ridolfo Capoferro

Today we’ll continue our series looking at the postures as described by Salvatore Fabris, Ridolfo Capoferro, Nicoletto Giganti, and the anonymous author of the manual housed in Vienna.  Previously I discussed the primary postures Salvatore Fabris described in his books. I’ll now move on to talk about the four primary postures from Ridolfo Capoferro da Cagli’s Gran Simulacro dell'Arte e dell'Uso della Scherma (published in 1610), and I’ll talk a little about one of his secondary postures as well.