Nicolaes Petter, the BiographyThe ultimate Nicolaes Petter source. Nicolaes Petter was a Wine Merchant and a well known and undefeated Wrestler in Amsterdam during the 17th century. In 1674 his knowledge about wrestling and self defence was published in a book with 71 etchings by the famous artist and illustrator Romeyn de Hooghe. According to many martial artists and historians, it is one of the most important martial arts books ever published. This book is the biography of