SPANISH MARTIAL ARTS

[Loboestepario]

Por si os interesa os copio el anuncio de un cursillo intensivo que dan en agosto en USA unos guiris sobre artes marciales españolas, donde enseñan a manejar "the bastón de paseo" y "the navaja". Pese a que hablan de artes españolas su web no está traducida al castellano. Siento no tener el tiempo de traducirlo, pero más o menos supongo que se entenderá.


For all those interested in SPANISH MARTIAL ARTS, we want to let you know about another exciting event on August 12th, 13th and 14th 2005!

Martinez Academy of Arms and its guest Raven Arts Institute are pleased to host a 3 day Spanish Martial Arts Weekend. Maestros Ramón Martinez, Jeannette Acosta-Martinez and James Loregia will be teaching classes on rapier, small sword, sabre, walking stick, and navaja.

Spanish bladed martial arts are unique cultural artifacts that incorporate social, philosophical, and aesthetic values of Spanish culture. Beginning with the golden age and proceeding through to the beginning of the 20th century we will follow a progression that will demonstrate how these weapons were used in methods that are unique to Spain.

At the end of the 16th century Don Jeronimo de Carranza created a system of fencing that was to influence the Spanish martial arts through his lifetime and well into the 19th century. This series of classes will demonstrate a continuum of the theory created by Carranza and how it was applied or incorporated into the use of other types of weapons.

The weekend will begin with Carranza's unique system, La Verdadera Destreza and its application with single rapier. Students will learn the movimientos, compases, and llave y gobierno, which are the hallmarks of the system.

The Spanish smallsword (espadin) unlike its French counterpart is a rapier of reduced size in that it retained and utilized all of the elements of the rapier hilt and blade. The blade length was greatly diminished yet still retained the typical geometry of a Spanish rapier blade; being double edged as the diestros continued to use cutting techniques. The system for the use of this weapon incorporated many French and Italian techniques upon the foundation that was laid down by Carranza in the end of the 16th century. In this class the students will learn the technical application of this lighter and shorter weapon as a direct continuum of Spanish rapier theory.

The Spanish fencing masters of the 19th century saw the saber as a direct descendant of what they termed the espada antigua (older sword). The use of the saber retains some of the circular elements, angulos, some of the movimientos, and cuts as used by Carranza.

This weekend will also include a comprehensive class on the use of the walking stick or bastón de paseo. Two distinctive approaches to the use of the walking stick will be taught. One style is completely founded upon sabre fencing that includes Spanish, French and Italian methods. The other style is based entirely upon Spanish systems of stick combat.

The weekend will conclude with an introduction to the Navaja, the Spanish folding clasp knife, which was used in Spain and the Mediterranean from the 16th century to the present day. Covering not only the technical aspects of its use, it will also introduce the students to several of the various regional styles.


Schedule:

Friday August 12th from 6 pm - 10 pm
Spanish Rapier: taught by Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martinez

Saturday August 13th 10 am - 7 pm
Spanish Small sword: 10am - 12 noon taught by Maestro Ramon Martinez
Spanish Sabre: 1pm - 4pm taught by Maestro Ramon Martinez
Spanish Walking stick: 4pm - 7pm taught by Maestros Ramon Martinez and James Loriega

Sunday August 14th from 1pm - 5pm
Navaja: taught by Maestro James Loriega

Fee:
Pre-registration: $125.00 and must be received by August 8th 2005
Registration at the door: $150.00

Location:
Saint George's Episcopal Church
550 Ridgewood Road
Maplewood, NJ 07040

Please check our website as additional information and registration forms will be available later this week http://www.martinez-destreza.com

Sincerely,
Martinez Academy of Arms

[Sottho]

Gracias lobo,


Je, me gustaría saber quién da el curso de Spanish Navaja, er gitanillo de huerva

[Pankratos]

Je, me gustaría saber quién da el curso de Spanish Navaja, er gitanillo de huerva

busca por "james loriega" en este foro y ya veras

[Goldstein HC]

"La solución de la dubda es el invencio de la verdad."

-- Don Jeronimo de Carranza, 1569

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