La Verdadera Destreza: The True Art & Skill of Spanish Swordsmanship
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Anthony De Longis Performance & Combat Arts
Anthony De Longis Performance and Combat Arts is dedicated to quality live and on-video weapons instruction. Bladed weaponry include both theatrical and historical combative swordplay. His bullwhip videos focus on safety and performance. From beginners to experienced performers, there is always more to learn. We are glad to help your progress.
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La Verdadera Destreza: The True Art & Skill of Spanish Swordsmanship
This 2-DVD set presents for the firs time the Spanish School of Swordsmanship – in a simple, basic form so that it is conprehensible to the modern swordsperson training without a master.
Taught by Maestros Ramon Martinez and Jeannette Acosta-Martinez, the techniques of the complex but lethal form of swordsmanship are presented in concise sequential lessons:
weapon and blade selection
proper grip and hand positions
affirmarse y compases – stance and footwork
atajo, cambio de atajo, oppositions – blade actions
developing tacto – sensitivity
moviementos
lines of attack
arrebatar, medio tajo, mandoble – cuts
estocadas – thrusts
desvios – defensive blade actions
desvio by extraño
dagger selection & grip
attack and defense with rapier and dagger
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Anthony De Longis is an actor, fight choreographer, swordsman, stuntman, and teacher. His decades-long career has been dedicated to physical performances that speak as eloquently and powerfully as words. His expertise with a variety of bladed and flexible weapons is renown in the entertainment industry, and he has been called to teach, choreograph, and perform with some of its biggest names – including Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jet Li, Josh Brolin, Tom Cruise, Brendan Fraser, Placido Domingo. He created Anthony De Longis Performance and Combat Arts to share his knowledge – all it takes is a desire to learn. His video company, Palpable Hit Productions, markets self-produced, high-quality instructional videos for his favorite weapons: the Bullwhip and the Sword.
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