Sword & Shield: Monte vs. Marozzo? @International Rapier Seminar 2023

[@frenchgalloglass]

The imbroccata at 2min58 was amazing ! Great fluid sparring guys

[@palestrita]

Playing calmly, interesting techniques were possible.

[@frenchgalloglass]

@@palestrita yes it's very good fencing

[@FedericoMalagutti]

Nice!

[@SchildwachePotsdam]

Thank you! 😊

[@Davlavi]

Very cool.

[@palestrita]

And now I discover that this video exists. Martin, it was a real pleasure to share fencing with you, I hope to meet you in the near future and play different weapons. A big hug from Spain.

[@pj_mckenna]

Marvelous!

[@jasonjames9836]

Lovely fencing. Thanks for posting as I couldn't stay for Sunday and I really enjoyed Pedro's classes.

[@palestrita]

It was a privilege to share fencing with you.

[@corrugatedcavalier5266]

Very nice! You both looked great, but I don't think I've ever actually seen some really "fencing Monte" so it was very cool. More sword and shield is always great to see.

[@palestrita]

You are indeed correct, the seminar I gave was about Pedro Monte's fencing. This friendly assault was not circumscribed to any particular style. What Martin meant was that I was using weapons described in Pedro Monte's works.

[@MartinGreywolf]

Dark Souls has stamina bar, here in the real world, we have "how far forward and how high can you hold your rotella" bar. I'd hazard a guess that this was fairly late in the day? :)

[@SchildwachePotsdam]

Haha, literally my last bit of sparring that weekend, yes.😁 I hope it's still interesting 😊

[@MartinGreywolf]

@@SchildwachePotsdam More interesting even - you see a lot of sparring between fresh opponents, but what do you do when you can't lift your shield properly any more is a very important problem to solve. Conversely, how to best stab someone who can't properly lift their shield is important as well.

[@Bermuda-e7f]

Pedro is a War Machine 😄❤

[@SchildwachePotsdam]

He held two great workshops and was lovely to fight with. 😊

[@palestrita]

I'm going to have to blush.

[@diegofernandezrodriguez4548]

Where did you find such a fine rotella? I love the heart shape

[@SchildwachePotsdam]

The heart-shaped shield was made by Pedro himself 😊

[@sergireig]

“Monte”? I never heard about him. Is it easy to find??

[@Brokenlance]

Maybe I’m just not versed in sword and Rotella but I feel like the Rotella could’ve been held out and actively defending more during these bouts. Either way, beautiful fencing!

[@hjorturerlend]

Perhaps, tho in general the inability to push the shield forward (or sidewards or vertically) is the price you pay for the stability and ease-of-use of a strapped shield.

[@Brokenlance]

@@hjorturerlend fair, however in systems like Capo Ferro, the Rotella is held out for most of the plays as that is a bit more of an active defense and helps cover your sword arm.

[@SchildwachePotsdam]

Thanks and yes - in an ideal world I hold it out with a stretched arm. Here, I was just tired of a weekend full of fencing and tried to conserve energy when I am out of range... and as I got even more tired even within range 😅 Still I was very happy to fence Pedro as my very last bout of the weekend. 😊

[@Brokenlance]

@@SchildwachePotsdam Understandable, I have a Rotella and have trained with it a little bit and can understand how tiring on the arm it can be, I didn’t realize you had already done a lot of fencing up to this point. Either way it was a fantastic video!

[@Thesandchief]

what style is the guy holding the Adarga shield? also where did he get it?

[@Thesandchief]

@@tatumergo3931 did the Spanish use adarga shields? I thought it was a muslim thing mostly.

[@palestrita]

@@Thesandchief At first it was mainly a piece used by Muslim kingdoms, but by the end of the 15th century it was also used by Christians.