Destreza: Rada vs. Thibault - Chris Lee-Becker & Malte Melms - Swords of the Renaissance 2021

“El angulo recto y el medio de proporción VS. La droit ligne et la premiere instance – (Rada VS. Thibault)” Cuadratura del Círculo is a joint project in the field of historical martial arts by Malte Melms and Chris Lee-Becker to promote and research La Verdadera Destreza (henceforth LVD), the Spanish tradition of historical martial arts of the early modern period. Their main focus is on making LVD known for the German-speaking area, as very little literature is available in German so far. In terms of content, they particularly want to shed light on the differences and similarities between two authors from the 17th century, Gerard Thibault d’Anvers and Francisco Lórenz de Rada, and investigate the extent to which Thibault actually belongs to the Spanish tradition. This is one of the six 45 min workshops which were given at the “Swords of the Renaissance II“ in October 2021 here in Potsdam. A yearly international two day event with the focus on to create an open space that reflects both the diversity of the