Carranza

La Verdadera Destreza is a Spanish type of fencing. Image File history File links Carranza. ... Image File history File links Carranza. ... In the broadest possible sense, fencing is the art and science of armed combat involving cutting, stabbing, or bludgeoning weapons directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot or thrown (in other words, swords, knives, pikes, bayonets, batons, clubs, and so on). ...

The Spanish sword system is a universal method of fighting based on reason, mathematics, and other diverse aspects of a Renaissance education. They called the system La Verdadera Destreza, "the True Skill", and it is largely based on the works of Aristotle, Euclid, and other classic authors. Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Look up Sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, known today as the father of geometry; shown here in a detail of The School of Athens by Raphael. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ... Aristotle (Greek: Aristotélēs) (384 BCE – March 7, 322 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. ... Euclid (also referred to as Euclid of Alexandria) (Greek: ) (c. ...

The tradition is founded on the work of two primary authors, don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza and his student, don Luis Pacheco de Narváez. The system of combat is tied to an intellectual, philosophical, and moral ideal and Carranza expresses concern about the future of Spain if the young men are not well taught. Carranza Don Jerónimo de Carranza is commonly called the Father of Spanish Fencing and he wrote his text Of the Philosophy of the arms, of its art and the Christian offense and defense in 1582 under the sponsorship of Duque Alonso Perez de Guzman de Medina-Sidonia). ... Don Luis Pacheco de Narváez was don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranzas student and later published a multitude of works based on the Destreza school of fencing. ...

The fighting method was first documented in 1569 and describes a conservative system of swordplay using both thrusts and cuts. The weapons were shorter than the rapiers used by the Italians and Pacheco specifically rebuts the works of many Italian authors in his text "The New Science".

Like the Italian school, the Spanish system recognizes three degrees of strength in the blade (the near, the middle, and the far) and the superiority of the point over the cut. By contrast the Spanish system includes specific circular footwork as part of both offense and defense.

There is historical evidence indicating that Camillo Agrippa's work was the inspiration for the Spanish school of swordplay. Pacheco makes the claim that Carranza based his text on the work of Camillo Agrippa in a letter to the Duke of Cea in Madrid on May 4, 1618. This seems to be reinforced by a common use of geometry and circular movement in both systems. Camillo Agrippas portrait, found on his Treatise. ... Location Coordinates : 40° 23’N , 3°43′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Villa de Madrid (Spanish) Spanish name Villa de Madrid Founded 9th century Postal code 28001-28080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 91 (Villa de Madrid) Website http://www. ... Table of Geometry, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ...

Following the work of Carranza and Pacheco was a collection of authors. One of the most notable was a Gerard Thibault whose French manual was strongly based on the Destreza system.

1500s

• Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza

1600s Carranza Don Jerónimo de Carranza is commonly called the Father of Spanish Fencing and he wrote his text Of the Philosophy of the arms, of its art and the Christian offense and defense in 1582 under the sponsorship of Duque Alonso Perez de Guzman de Medina-Sidonia). ...

• Luis Pacheco de Narváez
• Luis Méndez de Carmona Tamariz
• Gerard Thibault
• Miguel Pérez de Mendoza y Quijada
• Francisco Antonio de Ettenhard (Tenarde) y Abarca
• Alvaro Guerra de la Vega
• Francisco Lórenz de Rada
• Nicolás Tamariz

1700s Don Luis Pacheco de Narváez was don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranzas student and later published a multitude of works based on the Destreza school of fencing. ...

• Manuel Cruzado y Peralta

External links

• LA ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE ESGRIMA ANTIGUA (A.E.E.A.)
• The Destreza Translation and Research Project (DTRP)
• The Martinez Academy of Arms