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Iberian Swordplay - Domingo Luis Godinho's Art of Fencing (1599) (Paperback)
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Iberian Swordplay - Domingo Luis Godinho's Art of Fencing (1599) (Paperback)
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In 1599, during the period when the Portuguese crown was united to
the crowns of Castile and Aragon, the Portuguese master-at-arms
Domingo Luis Godinho wrote a manuscript in Spanish entitled Arte de
Esgrima (The Art of Fencing). Although his life is largely a
mystery and Godinho's text was never published in his lifetime,
today his manuscript is of utmost relevance in the study of
Renaissance Iberian fencing. It is the only complete treatise
discovered so far describing the 'Common' or 'Vulgar' style of
Iberian fencing, first documented in the fifteenth century, but by
Godinho's day, displaced by the new system of La Verdadera Destreza
(the true skill). The work includes instructions for the single
sword, a long-bladed, cut & thrust weapon taught alone and with
the use of the shield, buckler, dagger, and cape, as well as paired
with a second sword. Godinho's instructions also included the
longest known text on the use of the montante, or two-handed sword,
a devastating weapon that was used by soldiers and body-guards, in
duels and battlefields, in crowded streets and aboard galleys.
Translator Tim Rivera provides a detailed introduction that
explains Godinho's relationship to earlier masters of the 'Common
School' of swordsmanship, and a short primer on the various
weapons, guards, parries, footwork and terminology of the
tradition.
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