József Keresztessy (fencer)

József Keresztessy (7 August 1819 – 16 April 1895) master of fencing, founder of the sword fencing in Hungary.
He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He got a job at the Fencing Institution in Pest under the direction of Ignác Friedrich. Here he was the assistant in fencing. After practising through six years he was getting a diploma about becoming a master of fencing. After getting this document he started to teach in the National Fencing Institute in Pest. During the Hungarian Revolution he was a member of Lajos Aulich’s company. He took part in the battles of Buda, Pered, and as a soldier of György Klapka, at the Battles of Komárom. His room of fencing was opened in 1851.