This is a six-week Beginning Spanish Rapier and Dagger Class. The cost is $150 and all equipment is provided. Start your introduction to HEMA with this elegant sport.
Spanish Espada is commonly known as a Rapier. The system we will learn is called La Verdadera Destreza or true dexterity fencing for noble people.
We will learn rapier fencing presented by king’s fencing masters of Spain from XVI to XVIII centuries: Luis Pacheco de Narvez Jeronimo Sanchez de Carranza Don Francisco Antonio de Ettenhard and Francisco Lorenz de Rada. Main noble rule in Destreza was about controlling. According to those masters philosophy, killing the opponent wasn’t good for a noble soul. So, fencing was about domination or taking over the opponent forcing him/her to recognize defeat. In other words, fencing was viewed as a conversation between people with swords. Because of that concept, Destreza had become one of the most beautiful and aesthetically pleasing martial arts of all times.
We will learn the main systems of Destreza with various techniques as circular movements, ways of handling the sword, evasive footwork, controlling distance, good timing, engaging, right angles, disengaging, thrusts, parries, and disarming. Classes will include old Spanish carousel systems of training, use of the non-armed hand or use of the dagger or cloak.
On top of it all, we will touch styles of some Italian schools of the same time period because some of them, like Fabris, taught techniques to beat the Spanish espada fencers or so-called Answers to Spanish styles.
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