Joachim Meyer

Joachim Meyer (ca. 1537–1571) was a self-described Freifechter (literally, Free Fencer) living in the then Free Imperial City of Strasbourg in the 16th century and the author of a fechtbuch ''Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens'' (in English, ''Thorough Descriptions of the Art of Fencing'') first published in 1570. Provided by Wikipedia