Spanish Martial Arts Weekend
May 25th - 27th, 2007
New York City, NY

Martinez Academy of Arms and its guest Raven Arts Institute are
pleased to host the second 3 day Spanish Martial Arts Weekend. This
will be the most extensive look at Spanish bladed martial culture at
any workshop/seminar to date.

At the end of the 16th century, Don Jerónimo de Carranza created a
system of fencing that was to influence the Spanish martial arts
through his lifetime and well into the end of the 19th century.
Carranza's core doctrine of the "True Art and Science of Arms" being
a new and general reformation of fencing, as it existed during his
time, and his new approach to the application of fencing theory was
accepted by generations of Spanish Fencing Masters. This core
doctrine remained nearly unchanged for 300 years. The techniques and
methods for applying this doctrine varied considerably as successive
generations of Spanish "Diestros" adapted the system to suit their
needs, according to the conditions of their time and place. This
seminar will demonstrate a continuum of the theory and how it was
applied or incorporated into the use of other types of weapons. The
main focus will be the technical choices, organization and the
pedagogic rational of how La Verdadera Destreza has been
reconstructed, resurrected and taught at the Martinez Academy of
Arms. To fully explicate how these choices were made we will trace
the tenants of Carranza’s doctrine through an examination of selected
Spanish fencing treatises.

For more detailed information and registration: http://www.martinez-
destreza.com/spanish2007/


Martinez Academy of Arms
www.martinez-desteza.com









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