User:Diniz Cabreira

Diniz Cabreira («Denís Fernández Cabrera») used to train Judo and Aikido before learning about Historical European Martial Arts. He co-founded Gallaecia in Armis in 2008, and Arte do Combate in 2017. A Physics and Computer Science student, he ended up working as graphic designer. He blames his interest in HEMA on his father, who raised him with tales about King Arthur and chivalric romances.

He taught longsword instructor at Gallaecia in Armis until it was disbanded in 2017; then created Arte do Combate to continue studying and teaching Johannes Liechtenauer’s Kunst des Fechtens with a focus on the older sources. He has taught seminars for the galician federation AGEA, the portuguese federation FPEH, HEMA-Portugal and GEMAC.

Interested in the integration of Galiza with the rest of lusophone countries, he co-founded ESPADA – Comunidade Iberoamericana de Artes Marciais Históricas Europeias with Ton Puey and Alberto Bomprezzi, and is correspondent with HEMA practitioners from Portugal and Brasil.

He strives to promote the work of the AGEA Federation and AGEA Editora in the international HEMA community, translating into english books such as Manuscrito da Espada or Lições da Espada Preta as well as articles or treatise fragments.

«Há Uma Única Arte da Espada» is his portuguese translation of GNM HS 3227a, one of the essential texts for the Liechtenauerean Kunst des Fechtens.

He keeps a blog (in portuguese) titled «Nur eyne Kunst» where he writes about Kunst des Fechtens topics.

As member of the AGEA Editora editorial board he is responsible for the website, general graphic design and book layout.