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Thank you Amigo! Yes its Malleus's Diestro. Quickly becoming my favourite.

Ah, I can see you have fine taste. These are pascal's from high hill pants. You can find a link on our website to them. Very comfortable to fence in.

@@Cheeseitnow thank you haha. The look is simply immaculate

HP high hill pants, you can find a link on our website.

Cheers Martin, I will be around more often. hopefully we will be able to cross blades and have a beer in the near future.

@@grayschoolofarms9575 🔥

Cheers Pj, hope you are keeping well.

sigi forge is good quality.

Look to vulgar destreza for your answer.

There are similarities, Also the lounge is something we do not do in destreza however here I use it for practice.

@@grayschoolofarms9575 Have a look at Marco Docciolini (late sidesword/rapier) and Gio. Pietro Gorio (smallsword with cuts). They are Italian manuals that are basically LVD with lunges.

@@justanothercomment4701 I know them well. There are certainly some similarities within the systems.

Thanks for the comment, its true the weapon favors thrusting and it is often the safest thing todo. However Destreza implements both cutting and thrusting. Cutting can be very effective when utilized against hands or the face for example.

We study predominantly Rada. You are correct the use of lunges is not suggested within Destreza, However we do practice them to work the legs and gain a better understanding of their use.

Honestly we just prefer the term Western martial arts or WMA for short.

@@grayschoolofarms9575 i do too. i feel that the word historical adds an anachronistic aspect to the practice. i feel the art is a living history that draws upon its past but is not defined by it. that is Lancet Fencing core belief. would you agree? _ Where do you guys practice how long have you been around?

@@LancetFencing I would agree, we practice and try to recreate an art from the past. But it will always be different and adapted to the present. We are Based in Dublin Ireland and have been around for about 9 years now. How about you ?

The Art performs well, depending on the practitioner and context of course.

I know this is late but I’m pretty sure Destreza was designed specifically to counter the Italian rapier of that time. Not sure about how it would hold up against modern forms

@@EpicurusWasRight you are correct, it was designed as a counter to Italian fencers at the time (I’m new to a Destreza fencing school so the theory is still fresh in my memory) It has its origins in side sword duelling so thats why you see more cuts with these fencers. Fun fact: shorter blades were more favourable among these Iberian fencers as it was considered manlier being closer to the enemy On the modern fencing part, my instructors mentioned a HEMA event in Europe that had newly arrived Russian Competitors who wore reenactment gear and used modern fencing styles. Beat up the HEMA competitors in terms of scores and pissed everyone off XD Sounds like a really fun story, but I never bothered following up on it so im not sure how true it is myself. I just find it funny

@@cheesingiron3145 sounds like that was Swordfish 2017 or so, Novichenko was the main fencer I think that caused some discourse. He got 2nd

Going back, is mostly done with transversal steps (diagonal) and then with a circular step. Also note the circular step can be down either cross legged or not. It is an old video and we will put up a newer one soon :)

Ah, this is an old video, that dose not have the best description. Footwork forward and back on a direct line is used mainly when the advantage warrants it. In Destreza moving along a circular line and transversaly (diagonally stepping off) is favored. We hope to do a new video on footwork soon but covid is making it a slow process.