The School of Fencing: With a General Explanation of the Principal Attitudes and Positions Peculiar to the Art1787 - Fencing - 105 pages |
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The School of Fencing With a General Explanation of the Principal Attitudes ... Domenico Angelo No preview available - 2018 |
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adverfary's blade adverfary's body adverſary ſhould againſt alfo alſo appel attack beat becauſe bending breaſt broad fword CALLED circle parade cloak cloſe counter difengage dagger defence deliver demi-circle diſtance eaſe edge elbow engaged in carte engaged in tierce execute face falute fame feconde feeble feeking his blade feint feize fencing fide fingle finiſhed firſt flanconade force your blade ftir ftrait fuch fufficient fword in tierce give GLIZADE guard half circle half thruſt handed fencer himſelf infide inſtead keep knee lanthorn leaſt left arm left foot left hand left hip left leg likewiſe low carte mafter moſt motion muft nails upward neceffary obferve oppofed oppofition oppoſe outfide pafs paſs PLATE pofition poſition prefent prime parade quickneſs quinte raifing raiſe redouble right foot right ſhoulder ſhould parry ſtretched ſword thefe theſe thoſe throw thruſt carte thruſt ſtraight tierce or carte turn your wrift uſe wrift in tierce wrift turned wriſt
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Page 93 - They make appels or attacks of the foot, and also half thrusts to the face, keep their bodies back, and form a circle with the point of their swords to the left, and straightening their arm, they advance their body to give the blow on the head, and recover instantly to their guard, quite straight, with their point in a direct line to their adversary's face.
Page 93 - ... the left, and carry the body forward ; when they retire they bend the left knee and straighten the right ; they throw the body back well, in a straight line with that of the antagonist, and parry with the left hand, or slip the right foot behind the left. " Their swords are near five feet long from hilt to point, and cut with both edges ; the shell is very large, and behind it is...
Page 87 - Italians seldom go out at night without these two weapons," and that the "tight handed man carries his dagger by the side of his right thigh, and the left handed man by his left: they draw this weapon the moment they have sword in hand.
Page 77 - If you are engaged in tierce, make an attack of the foot, and force the enemy's blade on the outside to excite him to thrust...