Broad-Sword and Single-Stick
by Baron Rowland George Allanson-Winn Headley
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About this eBook
- Author
- Phillipps-Wolley, Clive, 1854-1918
- Title
- Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence
- Credits
- Produced by Delphine Lettau, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
- Subject
- Weapons
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 31214
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31214
- Release Date
- February 7, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.BROAD-SWORD
- 2.AND — SINGLE-STICK — R. G. ALLANSON-WINN, — AND — C. PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY. — BROAD-SWORD
- 3.AND — SINGLE-STICK. — WITH CHAPTERS ON — QUARTER-STAFF, BAYONET, CUDGEL SHILLALAH, WALKING-STICK, UMBRELLA, and other Weapons of Self- Defence . — BY
- 4.C. PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY, — INNS OF COURT SCHOOL OF ARMS.
- 5.PREFACE.
- 6.CONTENTS.
- 7.SINGLE-STICK.
- 8.CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTORY.
- 9.CHAPTER II. — THE QUARTER-STAFF.
- 10.CHAPTER III. — THE BROAD-SWORD. — General. — The Modern Cut-and-Thrust Sword. — Instructions for Drawing the Sword (Long). — The Four Cuts (from Second Position). — The Four Guards. — Points and Parries. — Extension Motions. — First Extension Motions. — First Position in Three Motions. — Second Position in Two Motions. — Third Position in One Motion. — Loose Practice.
- 11.CHAPTER IV. — SINGLE-STICK. — Contributed by C. Phillipps-Wolley. — Outfit. — Position. — Hits, Guards, Feints, etc. — The Salute. — Acknowledging. — Foul Hits. — Competitions.
- 12.CHAPTER V. — THE BAYONET.
- 13.CHAPTER VI. — THE CUDGEL. — The Shillalah. — The Walking-stick . — The Umbrella.
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