Lessons’ aim is to train students in Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) so their stage combat skills for creating fencing proposals on stage or in front of the camera will be improved. Both regular group lessons and specific private lessons are offered.
Lessons content can be customized, but here is an example of the program for a typical class:
The longsword, the cross-sectional concept of fencing
- Popular characteristics.
- Style: Liechtenauer.
- Style: Fiore.
- Style: Meyer + Marozzo.
- The treaties and references.
Other weapons: Rapier and the arming sword
- Rapier:
- Differences between True and Vulgar.
- Biomechanics of True Destreza.
- Arming sword: I.33 and Viking weapons (Migration period sword + hand-held shield)
Swordplay dramaturgy and stage concepts
- The staging:
- Timing and stage notation.
- Style suitability.
- Interpretation: Character creation.
- Interpretive systems
Specific curriculum
Degrees
- Superior Degree in Interpretation, Textual Specialty (2016)
- Superior Degree in Direction and Playwriting, Directing Specialty (2020)
- Specialist in Historical Fencing (Sala Viguesa de Esgrima Antiga)
- 2nd Dan Black Belt from the Royal Spanish Fencing Federation
Training
- Workshop in Stage Fencing with Ton Puey, Santiago de Compostela, 2015
- European Historical Martial Arts at Sala Viguesa de Esgrima Antiga, 2016-Present
- European Historical Martial Arts at Arte do Combate, 2021-Present
Experience
- Course: integration of fencing and acting with Gastrafetes group (2019)
- Course: Introduction to Stage Fencing with AESAD (2019)
- Course: Introduction to Stage Fencing with AESAD (2018)
- Practices in Theatre Pedagogy at IES Pino Manso (2016-2017)
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