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 v
Académie de l'Espée by Girard Thibault, fig. xiii, 1628
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Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza
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Don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza,, Jerónimo de Carranza, Portuguese: Hieronimo de Carança; c. 1539 – c. 1600 or 1608 was a Spanish nobleman, humanist, scientist, one of the most famous fencers, and th
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…authors such as Aristotle, Euclid, and Plato. The tradition is documented in scores of fencing manuals, but centers on the works of two primary authors, Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza (Hieronimo de Carança, died c. 1608) and his student Luis Pacheco de Narváez (1570–1640). Jerónimo Carranza's seminal treatise De la Filosofía de las…
A Treatise on "The Philosophy of Arms", Jerónimo de Carranza ("Compendio de la filosofia de las armas de Geronimo de Carrança")