Digging into the Spanish (colonial) histrory and wanting to own a spanish sword, I think it would be good to know something about Spanish swordplay of the period. I also heared (here?) about the spanish circle that involves a special technique of foodwork and posisions.

So my question is, is there a book that deals with this Spanish circle/magic circle fencing technique?
That I could buy and read?

thanks Folkert

Beat to the punch...

Note Thibault was Dutch, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Thibault_d%27Anvers . I believe one of the claims of his book is that you can learn his system with just his book. I understand it is not that easy

mackenzie

Thanks guys! Very intriquing info!

That's another book for on my list!

Here's are some interresting webpages on the subject to get a feel for what it's all about...

http://sjaqua.tripod.com/spanishc.htm

http://www.martinez-destreza.com/articles/spanish1.htm

Cheers!

You can find scans of the whole of Thibault's book by following the links in this thread. It is actually one of my favourite treatises :) I did a write-up about some of the basic principles here, but the work is a lot richer than what I described...

Puck & Mary Curtis have put some good articles online in addition to the ongoing Ettenhard translation.

Regards,

Does any one have an opinion on Greer's translation?
Is it a good tool to work with for a unilingual North America?
mackenzie

Hallo Folkert

Thibault is a fantastically complex and interesting source, with a huge and daunting focus on details. Do read it.

Other than that, I think there is a manuscript somewhere in Belgium, or in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek that Matt Galas has talked about on a few occasions. that seems to describe the older style of fencing, and it written (in Belgium) by a Spaniard.

You might also be interested in this:

www.bruchius.com

If you have further questions, feel free to contact me.

Cheers,

Reinier