The Dardi school is named after Lippo Bartolomeo Dardi, a professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Bologna, who was licensed as a fencing master and founded a fencing school in Bologna in 1415, just a few years after Fiore dei Liberi had completed his Fior di Battaglia.
Dardiho škola je pomenovaná po Lippovi Bartolomeovi Dardim, profesorovi matematiky a astronómie na univerzite v Bologni, ktorý bol licencovaný ako šermiarsky majster a zakladateľ školy šermu v Bologni v roku 1415, len niekoľko rokov potom, ako Fiore dei Liberi dokončil svoj Fior di Battaglia.