Lectures

We offer lectures on a variety of aspects of fencing history, such as dueling customs, weapons design and function, national systems, training etiquette, as well as the socio-cultural environment in which these existed. Lectures can include visual accompaniment (i.e., digital slideshows) and can be combined with live demonstrations. Contact us to discuss your organization's interests.

Past lectures have included:

  • European Court Entertainment's: Distractions for the Royal taste, 1500-1789, at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
  • Talk and presentation of La Verdadera Destreza, at the Wallace Collection in London, UK
  • Jeronimo de Carranza's "Philosophy" of Arms, at the Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting in Cambridge, UK
  • Presentation of Spanish rapier and French small-sword, at the Higgins Armory Museum
  • "La Verdadera Destreza," pertaining to the Academy's theme, "Cultural Cross - Currents: Spain & Latin America, ca. 1550-1750," at Aston Magna Academy at Rutgers University
  • "From Fencing to Fandango: Dance in Imperial Spain" (Fencing and its Relationship to Dance in Imperial Spain), at Aston Magna Academy at Rutgers University
  • "The Common Vocabulary of Dancing and Fencing in Seventeenth Century Spanish Texts", at Aston Magna Academy at Rutgers University
  • Lecture and presentation of La Verdadera Destreza, Spanish Martial Arts Exposition, Spanish Benevolent Society (Centro Español), New York, NY
  • The History of Swordswomen From The 16th - 19th Century, at the Martinez Academy of Arms, New York, NY
  • The Mysticism of Western Swordsmanship: Beyond the Physical, at the Learning Annex, New York, NY