Filosofía de las Armas (1569) Luis Pacheco de Narváez, Libro de las Grandezas de la Espada (1599) France André Desbordes, Discours de la théorie et de la pratique de l'excellence des armes (1610) Charles Besnard, Le maistre d'arme liberal (1653) François Dancie, Discours des armes et methode pour bien tirer de l'espée et poignard (c.1610) and L'Espee de combat (1623) England Joseph Swetnam, The Schoole of the Noble and Worthy Science of Defence (1617) The Pallas Armata (1639) Vincentio Saviolo, His Practise 1595 Germany Jakob Sutor, Künstliches Fechtbuch (1612) Joachim Meyer, Thorough Descriptions of the free Knightly and Noble Art of Fencing (1570) Johannes Georgius Bruchius (1671) Paulus Hector Mair, Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica (1542) The classical fencing tradition Classical fencing schools claim to have inherited aspects of rapier forms in their systems. In 1885, fencing scholar Egerton Castle wrote "there is little doubt that the French system of fencing can be traced, at its origin, to the ancient Italian swordsmanship; the modern Italian school being of course derived in an uninterrupted manner from the same source." Castle went on to note that "the Italians have preserved the rapier form, with cup, pas d'ane, and quillons, but with a slender quadrangular blade." Popular culture and entertainment Despite the rapier's common usage in the 16th–17th centuries, many films set in these periods (many starring Errol Flynn) have the swordsmen using épées or foils. Actual rapier combat was hardly the lightning thrust and parry depicted. Director Richard Lester and fight choreographer William Hobbs attempted to more closely match traditional rapier technique in The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers. Since then, many newer movies, like The Princess Bride and La Reine Margot have used rapiers rather than later weapons, although the fight choreography has not always accurately portrayed historical fencing techniques. Rapiers are also often featured in various video games, in particular role-playing games set in medieval- and Renaissance-inspired worlds. In the Redwall series, the rapier is the primary weapon of the Guosim shrews, though it is not exclusive to them. In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Polnareff's Stand, Silver Chariot, uses a rapier as its weapon. In X, the Sacred Swords used by Kamui Shiro and Fuma Monou both looks like a cross between a rapier and a longsword. In Magic Knight Rayearth, Umi Ryuuzaki uses a rapier-like magic sword. In Cardcaptor Sakura, the Sword card used by Sakura Kinomoto is both