
Welcome to Verdadera Destreza Ottawa, where we study the Spanish Christian swordfighting style
("la verdadera Destreza") used in Spain during the renaissance and early modern period, as well as Spanish Christian military history.
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LIBRARY - unless marked with an [ENG] before the title, all books listed are in Spanish and have been shamelessly stolen collected from all corners of the internet.
[ENG] A letter to the King - Carranza 15XX
Carta al Rey - Carranza 15XX (version A)
Carta al Rey - Carranza 15XX (version B)
NOTE: This is a letter from Geronimo de Carranza to King Phillip II expressing his views on what constitutes insults/affronts and when it is appropriate to resort to arms over verbal engagements. It has almost nothing to do with swordfights and is added here for completion's sake. The first pdf is my English translation, the second (version A) is a hand-written copy from the 1800s and the third (version B) is another hand-written copy with no date and several missing sentences, but has easier-to-read hand-writing than version A.
Filosofia de las armas - Carranza 1582
Grandezas de la espada - Pacheco 1599
Compedio de la Filosofia - Pacheco/Carranza 1612
Modo Facil y Nuevo para Examinarse - Pacheco 1625
Nueva Ciencia (scriptus) - Pacheco 1625
Nueva Ciencia (printus) - Pacheco 1625/1672
Engaño y desengaño - Pacheco 1635
Avisos importantes - Carmona 1639/1899
Metodo de Ensenanza - Diaz 1639
Desengaño de la espada - Cala 1642
Advertencias para la Enseñanza - Pacheco 1642
Resumen de la verdadera Destreza - Arias 1667
Aforismos de la Destreza - Garay/Pacheco 1672
Compendio de los fundamentos - Ettenhard 1675
Libro intitulado defensa - Vicente 16XX
Cornucopia Numerosa - Lara 1675
Destreza de las armas - Sicilia 1678
Comprension de Destreza - Vega 1681
Resumen de la verdadera Destreza - Antonio 1688
Cartilla y Luz - Tamariz 1696
Nobleza de la Espada - Rada 1705
Defensa de la Verdadera Destreza - Rada 1711
Repuesta a Rada - Rada 1712
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