Chronicle of a journey to Tomar – November 2017
Building on the precedent stablished with «Cronica duma viagem a Lisboa» on November 2016, we bring here the memory of the […]
Chronicle of a journey to Lisbon – November 2016
Our comrades Manuel Valle Ortiz and Ton Puey were invited by HEMA-Portugal to give a lecture and a practical lesson
Dandic, pompous and quarrelsome: uses and customs in Iberian fencing salles at the XVI and XVII centuries
Uses & customs in Iberian fencing salles of the sixteen and seventeenth centuries: safety regulations and equipment; traditions, rituals & salutes; scoring in tournaments; teacher’s wages and teaching methods.
New sleeves for old books
Today, we fix History! We are testing and printing dust jackets for some of our earlier titles, from a time
A very brief history of the Verdadeira Destreza in Portugal
This brief article describes the history of Verdadeira Destreza in Portugal between the XVI and XVIII centuries. It presents the fencing scene as it probably was at the time, sets context for the apparition of Verdadeira Destreza and its eventual displacement of the older common fencing style and lists and describes the known sources.
«Memorial da Prattica do Montante» videos
Our fellow Ton Puey in his school Academia da Espada, is doing extensive work of theoretical and practical research in
An Overview of the Iberian Montante
This article gathers a series of notes written while studying the sources on the Iberian montante sword of the late XV century and following centuries. The extant sources are listed and analysed. Different approaches to teaching this weapon’s handling are described, stressing those who can provide a context for its use.
Un texto de Esgrima Española del Siglo XVI
We reproduce here an excerpt from the 2009 article «Un texto de Esgrima Española del Siglo XVI» which Manuel Valle Ortiz and Mary Dill Curtis wrote for number 7 of the Materiales para la Historia del Deporte publication, from the Pablo de Olavide University in Sevilla.