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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/
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