Spanish Rapier drills with Hector 01

Hector helps us with a Spanish rapier drill after the style of Carranza

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• fencing
• rapier
• sca
• spanish
• carranza

[Nagrandt]

the Italians were excellent swordsmen but, simply not the best at the renaissance age. It's true that they contributed with most of the great sword techniches in the medieval ages and renaissance, but during this period if u had to face a WELL trained spaniard swordsman well... u simply will shit in your pants. They were the most feared foot soldiers of all over European renacentist infantry (Tercios...)

[themailman43]

@Quillons1 You talk as if you were some kind of a master know it all about swords and swordfights. Italian styles of swordfights were NOT better than the Spanish.....do yourself a favor and go to the library and read a little.

[HipposHateWater]

@pochazet

Maybe the known Spanish manuals were written when the rapier's cutting edge hadn't gone completely vestigial?

(I don't know much about the cut-and-thrust/rapier timeline of development.)

[pochazet]

it seems that spanish fencing uses more cuts than the other european styles.

[Quillons1]

@themailman43 And you talk as if you have no idea about what period fencing is. So I guess we're even. I had forgotten you were even there. You may go now. Yes, that's a dismissal. Keep to your small, ridiculous SCA mindset on what period rapier is and you'll continue to be a joke. Instead of looking at period manuals, try reading one. I've done my share.

[themailman43]

@Quillons1 The Rapier was born in Spain , and i have done my researching and reading. You should do some of both yourself.

[habojspade]

Miguel, is that you in green?

[Quillons1]

@themailman43 In addition, If they were so great, why did they have to develop technique SPECIFICALLY to face Italian-trained opponents. And the fact that the rapier was born in Spain is a theory, not solid fact. Study up.

[Quillons1]

@themailman43 Whatever. I think if you REALLY did your homework you'd find that it was the Italian systems that dominated Europe and were the most sought after masters and instruction. You are they only person/source I've ever heard say "The Spaniards were well known as the best swordsmen in Europe." Frankly, this does not speak volumes for your experience. Keep trying though.

[themailman43]

@Quillons1 They know what they're talking about. The Rapier originated in Spain and there too was developed the most effective style of fencing. The Spaniards were well known as the best Swordsman in Europe.