Joachim Meÿer | |
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| Born | ca. 1537 Basel, Old Swiss Confederacy |
| Died | February 24, 1571 (aged 34) Schwerin, Germany, Holy Roman Empire |
| Occupation | Knife maker Freifechter |
| Language | Early New High German |
| Citizenship | Strasbourg |
| Genre | Fencing manual or fechtbuch |
| Notable works | Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens (1570) MS A.4°.2 (1560) MS Var.82 (1570-71) |
| Spouse | Appolonia Ruhlman |
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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.