Christian Tobler

The International Swordfighting and Martial Arts Convention Biography Page for Christian Tobler The Order of Selohaar- Selohaar Fechtschule

Christian Henry Tobler has been a longtime student of swordsmanship, especially as it applies to the pursuit of the chivalric ideals. A passionate advocate of the medieval Liechtenauer School, his work in translating and interpreting Sigmund Ringeck's commentary firmly established him as an important contributor to the growing community of Western Martial Artists. This work is encapsulated in the 2001 title Secrets of German Medieval Swordsmanship: Sigmund Ringeck's Commentaries on Liechtenauer and further promoted in his 2004 training manual for the German longsword, Fighting with the German Longsword. His most recent release is In Service of the Duke: The 15th Century Fighting Treatise of Paulus Kal.