Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago

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“El angulo recto y el medio de proporción VS. La droit ligne et la premiere instance – (Rada VS. Thibault)”


Cuadratura del Círculo is a joint project in the field of historical martial arts by Malte Melms and Chris Lee-Becker to promote and research La Verdadera Destreza (henceforth LVD), the Spanish tradition of historical martial arts of the early modern period. Their main focus is on making LVD known for the German-speaking area, as very little literature is available in German so far. In terms of content, they particularly want to shed light on the differences and similarities between two authors from the 17th century, Gerard Thibault d’Anvers and Francisco Lórenz de Rada, and investigate the extent to which Thibault actually belongs to the Spanish tradition.


This is one of the six 45 min workshops which were given at the "Swords of the Renaissance II" in October 2021 here in Potsdam. A yearly international two day event with the focus on to create an open space that reflects both the diversity of the historical martial arts between the 15th and 17th centuries and the diversity of today’s practitioners. From the elegant movements of the Italians (Bologna), the deep stances of Fabris, the sporty demands in Germany (Meyer), the dancing forms of the Spaniards (Destreza), the space-creating presence of the Portuguese (Montante) to the grumpy Englishmen (Silver! – not our instructors… they are wonderful – not grumpy!) and many more.
The participants have the opportunity to deal with weapons and styles that are unknown to them by talking to the specialists in conversation and hands-on. (berliner-rittergilde.de/swords-of-the-renaissance-ii/)

Special shoutout to Lorenzo Braschi for providing his additional GoPro footage.


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