Alberto Bomprezzi started his martial artist career practicing karate in the Shotokan school in the early eighties, eventually switching to sport fencing where he competed at national level until the 2001 the year he retired to start researching and teaching historical fencing.
In the 2002 he founded the AEEA (Asociación Española de Esgrima Antigua) with only the Madrid group, but in few years the number grew and now 12 schools all over Spain work to spread historical fencing in the spanish territory. Since the 2006 he is a professional fencing teacher, the only one in Spain strictly focused on historical fencing.
His main interest are body mechanics as a way to develop practical methods that may be, through training, applied to all kind of straight double edged weapons. To that extent he trains and teaches longsword, sword and buckler, montante, cut and thrust, all kind of rapiers alone and with dagger and /or buckler.
From the theoretical and historical point of view though he studies all sources that may be useful to learn and improve, mainly Italian and german, he mainly uses, researches and teaches la Verdadera Destreza the spanish theoretical method of the XVI and XVII century based on geometry which he uses as a tool to analyze fencing and develop a true practical method for the use of historical weapons. He has also an interest on the southern XVII century and early XVIII century Italian style for its close relationship with the Spanish method.
In academical terms he has been teaching historical fencing to students of History in the Universidad Computense de Madrid. He was invited to participate in the 1st Congress of Military History held in 2014 where he participated with the conference “The military mindset as generator of a theoretical method to be used to learn how to safely face duels”.
The conference was published in the papers of the congress by Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
He has published articles in the specialized magazines:
- Arma Blanca – a specialized magazine on edged weapons
- Despertaferro – One of the most important History magazines in Spain, for which he often collaborates as an advisor for weapons and fighting styles of the XV,XVI and XVII centuries.
He has also participated in history documentaries on TV since the 2004:
- 2004 El Madrid de Alatriste made by National Geographic on the XVII century swordmanship
- 2015 El siglo de Aguila Roja made by RTVE – Radiotelevisiion Española the spanish televisión – on duels and history of swordmanship and fencing
He also he is a permanent teacher for the armament course of the IHCM – the spanish Institute of Culture and Military History – and collaborates with the Army Museum in Toledo and with the Royal Guard of Spain.
On the 2012 he was awarded the Great Cross of the Order of Santa Maria de España for his work of research and resurrection of la Verdadera Destreza.