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Destreza
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La Verdadera Destreza is the conventional term for the Spanish tradition of fencing of the early modern period. The word destreza literally translates to 'dexterity' or 'skill, ability', and thus la verdadera destreza to 'the true skill' or 'the true art'.
Académie de l'Espée by Girard Thibault, fig. xiii, 1628
Académie de l'Espée by Girard Thibault, fig. xiii, 1628
Image: Destreza 01
Image: Destreza 01
Historical European martial arts
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Historical European martial arts (HEMA) are martial arts of European origin, particularly using arts formerly practised, but having since died out or evolved into very different forms.
The first page of the Codex Wallerstein shows the typical arms of 15th-century individual combat, including the longsword, rondel dagger, messer, swor
The first page of the Codex Wallerstein shows the typical arms of 15th-century individual combat, including the longsword, rondel dagger, messer, sword-and-buckler, voulge, pollaxe, spear, and staff.
Fol. 4v of the I.33
Fol. 4v of the I.33
Longsword guards (1452 manuscript)
Longsword guards (1452 manuscript)
Students fencing with rapier and dagger, ca. 1590.
Students fencing with rapier and dagger, ca. 1590.