Didrik von Porat

[Hans]

I have written an article about the swedish 17th century fencing master Didrik von Porat. I found some interesting info about him and his life. It can be found here:

http://www.hroarr.com/didrik-von-porat/

Hope you like it!

/Hans Jörnlind
Gamla Stans Fäktskola
Sweden

[Ulrich von L...n]

Interesting article, especially the things related to Karl XII (his dirty boots, very realistic).
Thank you for posting it.

I'm not a native speaker, but if you allow, I would suggest a slight correction. "His family weapon..." I'm almost sure that you have meant "a coat of arms". Wappen, vapen, weapon... Quite easy to mix up.

[Reinier]

Nice bit of research, Hans. Thanks for sharing this with us!

[admin]

Thanks for this Hans!

"family weapon" sounds quite rude...

[Hans]

Hahaha yes the family weapon is usually used to guard the family jewels...

I totally missed that one, it should of course be Coat of Arms.

/Hans

[HPFlashman]

Interesting article, thanks for the write up.

As a tidbit of unrelated information: A descendant of his, Otto Von Porat won the Olympic Gold in Boxing for Norway in heavyweight in the 1924 Olympics in Paris, so some martial genes must have passed down the line.