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u/Wertilq · 13 pointsr/wma

For primary sources:

Two books are completely translated for True Destreza:
Viedma and Thibault

There are also partial translations, for Pacheco, Ettenhardt and a few others I can't remember off the top of my head.

There is also MANUEL ANTONIO DE BREA for smallsword, which is post-rapier Destreza. I think he is more or less fully translated.

For secondary sources:

There is some content on youtube.

Alberto Bomprezzi's Channel It's some sort of mixed Destreza.

Associació Catalana d'Esgrima Antiga (Barcelona) I am unsure what Author(s) they use.

Tim Riveras Spanish Swordsociety. There is some information on Viedma there.

Puck Curtis lectures on J Diamond's channel. It's Pacheco.

Puck Curtis own channel It's Pacheco and lots of videos of his kids.

Phil Swift's Channel I think it's on Pacheco.

Ton Puey's Academia Espada The rapier is Rada. Think the two swords and Montante is mostly Godinho.

UmeHFS(my club) has a series on Rada. It is still in its infancy.

UmeHFS also has some workshop videos with Aleix Basullas Vendrell aka /u/Azekh. It's Rada.

Also, check the gilded comments on this sub. There is a book worth of comments there by /u/Azekh

u/AlexanderZachary · 7 pointsr/wma

Tim has two translations up regarding the True Art. Pacheco de Narváez and Díaz de Viedma. See below.

https://www.spanishsword.org/translations


There is also a translation of Rada that is currently out of print. However, there is an excellent series of videos made by the author that demonstrates the plays, linked below.

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCnXYpHcxGH3iFN6qIfKUDBw


Here is puck curtis’s partial translation of Ettenhard.

http://www.destreza.us/translations/ettenhard.html


And here is Puck demonstrating some plays.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UX3wJ6wLiMM


Thibault is not Spanish, and holds his sword funny, but he studied in Spain with the styles founder for 10 years and very clearly fights in the style. You can buy his book below:

https://www.amazon.com/Academy-Sword-Gerard-Thibault/dp/1904658849/ref=nodl_



The previous post made note of the earlier works being sidesword rather than rapier. He’s not wrong, yet I would recommend you read them anyway. The early works show how Destreza was “counter meta” when it was first developed, using point centric play to defeat cuts and beats. The later works deal more with using the style against opponents using thrusts and “point forward” stances.

Also, you don’t need a 1000 pages. Rada needed an editor, and his work included a lot of religious text. The translation I posted is much shorter than that

u/Aristotle29 · 2 pointsr/wma

Buy this book, message the author directly on facebook, Sébastien Romagnan. Tell him I sent you, he likes it that I'm helping him:
https://www.amazon.com/Destreza-historical-fencing-S%C3%A9bastien-Romagnan/dp/2954886218

Also pre-order this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Academy-Sword-Gerard-Thibault/dp/1904658849/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Q3T2ZJZWGDCTHNA5MD37

With both of these in your hands you will have a good start.

u/dm1986 · 2 pointsr/wma

Wertilq,

It's not cheap, but John Michael Greer published a well-regarded translation of Thibault's famous and elaborately illustrated rapier treatise. This book is strongly related to Spanish Destreza, but is not considered to be representative of orthodox technique. Nevertheless, a classic text well-worthy of any serious rapier enthusiast's shelf:

https://www.amazon.com/Academy-Sword-Gerard-Thibault/dp/1904658849