Facts: - first english edition: '' forgeng , 2006 . the art of combat '' , dr. jeffrey - header: personal life military service - death place: schwerin , germany , holy roman empire - branch: landsknecht - signature: joachim_meyer_sig . jpg - death date: 24 february 1571 - spouse: appolonia ruhlman - allegiance: holy roman empire holy roman empire - birth date: ca. 1537 - name: joachim meyer - citizenship: strasbourg - image: joachim_meyer . jpg - birth place: basel , germany , holy roman empire - occupation: knife maker freifechter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joachim meyer .
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joachim meyer -lrb- ca. 1537 -- 1571 -rrb- was a self described freifechter -lrb- literally , free fencer -rrb- living in the then free imperial city of strasbourg in the 16th century and the author of a fechtbuch '' grundtliche beschreibung der kunst des fechtens '' -lrb- in english , '' thorough descriptions of the art of fencing '' -rrb- first published in 1570 .