Gérard Thibault d'Anvers
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Gérard Thibault of Antwerp was a fencing master and writer of the 1628 rapier manual Academie de l'Espée. Thibault was from the Southern Netherlands which is today Belgium. His manual is one of the mo
Chapter 43, Plate XII of Académie de l'Espée, describing the correct way to fight a left-handed swordsman
Watercolor by Torrentius in the album amicorum of Thibault, incl. the six-point star from the coat of arms of the Thibault family
Several versions of Thibault's "mysterious circle" from chapter 1 of Academie de l'Espée.
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
Gérard Thibault d'Anvers
…whose closest known relative is the contemporary Spanish school of swordsmanship, also known as La Verdadera Destreza, as taught by masters such as Don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza and Luis Pacheco de Narváez. Not unlike the Spanish, Thibault advocated the use of upright postures, walking steps instead of lunges, and non-linear…
A Treatise on "The Philosophy of Arms", Jerónimo de Carranza ("Compendio de la filosofia de las armas de Geronimo de Carrança")