- Jud Lew
Jud Lew (a
Jew named "Löw", i.e. "lion ") was a mid15th century teacher of martial arts, and author of afechtbuch now kept inAugsburg as Cod.I.6.4°.3, dated to the1450s . Jud Lew's treatise is probably dependent onPeter von Danzig , and the two masters were likely acquainted personally.Jews teaching martial arts appear to have been not uncommon in late medieval Germany [http://www.jewishsports.com/jewsin/history/oldhistory.htm] . A 14th century master called "Andres Jud", probably identical with
Andres Lignitzer , is mentioned inMS 3227a , andOtt Jud was a master of the early 1400s who specialized ingrappling and whose system was taught together withJohannes Liechtenauer 's school by most masters of the later 15th century, including von Danzig and Jud Lew.Hans Talhoffer 's "Thott" manuscript contains an "abecedarium " of theHebrew alphabet , as well as a drawing of a Jew glossed as "here the Jew teaches Hebrew" (probably meaning the alphabet, which was used to writeYiddish , not the language).It was only in the later 16th century that a decree ofRudolph II forbade Christian teachers to train Jews, and later also competitions between Christians and Jews.External links
* [http://www.arma.lh.pl/zrodla/traktaty/lew/judharnischfechten.htm armoured combat section of Jud Lew's treatise]
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