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Destreza Videos – Pacheco and the Vulgars

Filed as Destreza (Spanish swordplay), Fencing, General, Historical Fencing on April 22, 2011

This is a class I taught at the Western Martial Arts Workshop in 2009 based on Pacheco’s vulgar techniques from New Science.

Part I:

The introduction includes:

• Blade mechanics
• Stance
• Movements

Part II:

Includes:

• Three Universal Methods of Defense
  • Right Angle
  • Atajo
  • Conclusion
• Footwork

 

Part III:

Includes material from Pacheco’s New Science

• #17 Gaining in the Air (p. 621-624)
• #3 Botonazo (p. 586-587)
• The General Technique called “Estrechar” (Narrowing) (p. 450-454)

Part IV:

Includes material from Pacheco’s New Science

• (Continued) The General Technique called “Estrechar” (Narrowing) (p. 450-454)
• #4 The Passata Sotto (p. 587-589)
• Line in Cross (p. 447- 450)

Part V:

Includes material from Pacheco’s New Science

• #4 The Passata Sotto (p. 587-589)
• Estrechar (Narrowing) (p. 450-454)

Final Notes:

There is another video available on YouTube From the SCA’s Known World Academy of the Rapier 2007 and I have a blog article for it here with comments concerning the techniques and the source texts.

• Link to previous video

You can find a series of Articles on Spanish Fencing Notation here:

LINK TO ARTICLE 1

LINK TO ARTICLE 2

LINK TO ARTICLE 3

LINK TO ARTICLE 4

LINK TO ARTICLE 5

ALL DESTREZA RELATED ARTICLES

~P.