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- From: shick@europa.eng.gtefsd.com (steve hick)
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- Subject: Spanish/Moorish Swordsmanship (was Re: More European History)
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 10:31:22 GMT
- Article-I.D.: hick.9301261031.AA22252
- References: <1993Jan23.021134.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca>
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- In article <1993Jan23.021134.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca>,
- comptec92024@camins.camosun.bc.ca writes:
-
- >
- > In article <1jo880$li@agate.berkeley.edu>, actize@garnet.berkeley.edu
- > writes:
- > >Stuff removed>
- > > People in Spain were very good swordsman. Toledo steel made the
- > > finest swords. We can see some remnants of this art today in Bull-
- > > Fighting. (stuff removed)
-
- The Spanish were the most feared swordsmen in Europe, although some saw their
- style as mystical claptrap (mostly historians of fence, eg Castle) . There
- is significant amounts of material extant on what they did, all of it (so
- far) untranslated. They were very analytical, almost mystically so, and
- divided the combat area into circles with associated arcs, tangents, cords
- and diameters. Movment was dictated as being along these lines for purposes
- of attack and defense. The standard en garde was very high, feet narrowly
- spaced, hand high in between carte and tierce, point directed towards the
- opponents face.
-
- >
- > And just to get an argument going, you could say that spanish sword and
- > knive work is seen in Arnis. (mind you Spanish sword work was likely
- > heavily influenced by Moorish style)
- >
-
- I am in the process of tracing down a 14th century Moorish manual of arms,
- more on this later.
-
- ST
-