Today, I worked short-blade Destreza almost exclusively. It was glorious. I think I need to try a heavier pommel for my standard blade when doing Destreza, because of how the movement from a 45º atajo to a 90º atajo works. Basically - the movement hinges around a point too far forward on my standard blade to actually and effectively prevent a disengage. More importantly, my moulinet needs to rotate around that same point, which makes it too slow and hard to control for in-fighting. And lastly, the tip-heaviness of my sword means that in order to perform a slicing cut, I need to do it very far out - at about thrust range for my 37" sword, and at about a 45º shoulder-angle from my opponent.
All of these factors are nice when I'm fighting Italian - the tip-heaviness makes my disengages quicker and the far-forward cut-point means I can transition to a cut if I miss my thrust. But for Destreza, all of these things are not super useful. I might be able to get the blade opposition to work if I leaned far forward, Fabris-style, but I am unsure. On the plus side, I better understand how to perform good cuts now.
But yeah. Lots of talking, lots of slow work, lots of single-versus-case. Fun times.
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