Description
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
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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