«Academia da Espada» is a project to research and bring to practice historical european martial arts (HEMA) with a particular focus on the Iberian schools of baroque fencing, «Verdadeira Destreza» and «Esgrima Comum».

Ton Puey grew up studying karate shotokan in his childhood and teenage years, before getting involved in sports fencing in 1995. He made the switch to historical fencing in 2002, and around 2004 he begins his research of the Iberian fencing school, «Verdadera Destreza», a style he has been teaching ever since in different workshops in Spain, Portugal, France, Austria or Italy.

He is a founding member of AGEA (the Galician HEMA federation), a HEMAC member and honorary member of FEEH (the Spanish HEMA federation).
He is also a fellow in the governing body of AGEA editora, where he helps publish critical editions and modern texts on Destreza and HEMA in general.