Classical Academy of Arms

One of the little known areas of classical fencing history is the development of the Spanish School of fencing.  Much attention has been devoted to the various Italian schools and the French schools of foil and epee, but the development of the Spanish School of  fencing and those who taught a distinct Spanish style has not been widely examined.  In collaboration with our Research Fellow, Leonardo Bacarreza, Ph.D., a fencer and a professor of the Spanish language, we are accumulating a collection of translations that we believe will eventually provide an understanding of this neglected school.

• No. 1 Angel Lancho biographical materials 
• No. 2 Articles by Alvaro Calzado and Maestro Adelardo Sanz  (1907)
• No. 3 Article The New Spanish Sword (1902)
• No. 4 Report of a Duel between Angel Lancho and Afrodisio Aparicio (1905) 
• No. 5 Afrodisio Aparicio biographical materials
• No. 6 Julio Martinez Castello on the Spanish School (1937)
• No. 7 Extracts from Bossini ​La Esgrima Moderna (1946)
• CAA Monograph 1 Some Biographical Notes about Adelardo Sanz from Spanish Newspapers