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n. A Spanish type of fencing
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La Verdadera Destreza is an Iberian system of fencing. The word "destreza" literally means "skill." However, the full name is perhaps best translated as "the true art."
While Destreza is primarily a system of swordsmanship, it is intended to be a universal method of fighting applicable to all weapons. This includes sword and dagger; sword and cloak; sword and buckler; sword and rotella; the late-renaissance two-handed montante; the flail; and polearms such as the pike and halberd.
Its precepts are based on reason, geometry, and incorporate various other aspects of a well-rounded Renaissance humanist education, with a special focus on the writings of classical authors such as Aristotle, Euclid, and Plato. Authors on Destreza also paid great attention to what modern martial artists would call biomechanics.
The tradition is documented in scores of fencing manuals, but centers on the works of two primary authors, don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza and his follower, don Luis Pacheco de Narváez. The system of combat is tied to an intellectual, philosophical, and moral ideal.
Usage examples of "destreza".
Celeste Imperio, y entró impetuosamente en un consorcio con Samuel Nemirovsky, ponderado ebanista que, en el centro mismo del Once, fabrica todos los armarios y biombos que los admiradores de su destreza reciben directamente de Pekín.
Pero las bromas pronto cesaron cuando los demás guardias se dieron cuenta de que era preferible no provocar las iras de Conan ni sus poderosos puños como martillos, y a medida que su destreza como jinete y como arquero aumentó con la práctica.