Aldo Nadi

Aldo Nadi was one of the greatest Italian fencers of all time.

Aldo was born into a fencing family in Livorno, Italy, and both Aldo and his brother Nedo Nadi were fencers from a very young age. They were both taught foil and sabre in the classical Italian school of swordsmanship by their father, Beppe Nadi, who believed the pe to be an undisciplined weapon and refused to teach it. The brothers therefore practiced pe by themselves.

Source: Wikipedia