The work with swords from the mid-16th century and early 17th century differs from that carried out with later weapons.

Weapon: swept hilt rapier

Source: Carranza, Pacheco, Ferrara, Figueiredo

We will analyse some of the differences between the old and new interpretations of techniques over these two centuries, paying more attention to the old ways.

Skill level of Participants: Intermediate (few years experience for this weapon)
Needed Equipment: mask, gloves, jacket

About the trainer – Ton Puey

Trained in shotokai karate and olympic fencing, he pivoted in 2003 towards historical martial arts. Since then, Ton has specialized in Verdadera Destreza according to the fencing treatises of the Iberian baroque period.

He is founding member of the Galician Association for Historical Fencing, honorary member of the Spanish Federation of Historical Fencing, and a Historical European Martial Arts Coalition member.

Ton is one of the founders, current vice president and has a seat in the editorial council of AGEA editora. From that publishing house he conducts research and commentary on Destreza sources.

In 2015 Ton was recognized as Mestre de Armas by HEMA Portugal. In 2018 he was received as the first non-Italian Master of Historical Fencing by the Italian Fencing Federation.

He is the current technical director and Mestre de Armas of Academia da Espada, where he develops and teaches the whole panoply of arms according to Destreza.

He also takes care to look into contemporary fencing traditions in the peninsula, recorded by masters such as Domingo Luiz Godinho, in order to have a complete picture of Iberian fencing in the XVI – XVIII centuries.

Ton has taught seminars in France, Austria, Italy, Holland, Ireland, Greece, USA, Mexico, Australia, China, Turkey, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, or Spain, among other places.