The Art Of Fencing

About this eBook

Author

Labat, maître d'armes

Title

The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword

Credits

Produced by Steve Schulze and PG Distributed Proofreaders. Produced from page images provided by the Digital & Multimedia Center, Michigan State University Libraries

Language

English

LoC Class

U: Military science

Subject

Swords

Category

Text

eBook-No.

12135

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12135

Release Date

April 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.or, the USE of the — Small SWORD . — Monsieur L'ABBAT;
3. 3.DEDICATION.
4. 4.PREFACE. — THE — ART of FENCING; — OR THE
5. 5.USE of the SMALL-SWORD.
6. 6.CHAP. I. — Of chusing and mounting a Blade.
7. 7.CHAP. II. — Of Guard.
8. 8.1st. Plate — The middling Guard. — The straight Guard or flat Sword.
9. 9.2d Plate. — A Lunge in Quart. — A Thrust in Quart.
10. 10.CHAP. III. — Of Pushing Quart. — Of recovering in Guard.
11. 11.CHAP. IV. — Of the Parade of Quart.
12. 12.3rd Plate. — Parade of Quart. — Parade of Quart opposing with the Hand.
13. 13.4th. Plate. — A Lunge in Tierce. — Tierce Parryed.
14. 14.CHAP. V. — Of pushing Tierce without , or on the Outside of the Sword . — Parade of Tierce.
15. 15.5th. Plate. — Parade of Tierce yeilding the Feeble. — The same parade & opposition of the Hand.
16. 16.CHAP. VI. — Of pushing Seconde.
17. 17.CHAP. VII. — The Parades of Seconde.
18. 18.CHAP. VIII. — Of Quart under the Wrist .
19. 19.7th. Plate. — Thrust under the Wrist. — It's Parade.
20. 20.CHAP. IX. — Of Flanconnade.
21. 21.8th. Plate. — Flannconade. — The Opposition of the Hand to the lowering the body.
22. 22.CHAP. X. — Of Parades . — The ripostes.
23. 23.CHAP. XI. — Of the demarches, or manner of advancing and retiring.
24. 24.CHAP. XII. — Of Disengagements.
25. 25.CHAP. XIII. — Of Feints.
26. 26.CHAP. XIV. — Of cutting over the Point of the Sword.
27. 27.CHAP. XV. — Of the Reprise, or redoubled Thrust . — The Reprises on the Outside.
28. 28.CHAP. XVI. — Of passing Quarte within the Sword.
29. 29.9th. Plate. — A Pass in Quart. — The Lowering the Body on the Pass.
30. 30.10th. Plate. — The Turning the Body on a Pass in Tierce. — Pass in Seconde Volting the Body. — To Pass in Tierce. — To Pass in Seconde.
31. 31.CHAP. XVII. — Of volting the Body.
32. 32.CHAP. XVIII. — Of Joining or seizing the Sword.
33. 33.11th. Plate. — The Seizing and presenting the Sword. — Parrying and Disarming.
34. 34.CHAP. XIX. — Of engaging in Quarte in a midling Guard.
35. 35.CHAP. XX. — Of engaging in Tierce in the Midling Guard . — When you are engaged within the Sword.
36. 36.CHAP. XXI. — Of several Guards, and the Manner of attacking them . — To attack a strait Guard.
37. 37.12th. Plate. — Attack in the high Guard. — Attack in the low Guard. — To attack the high Guard. — To attack the low Guard. — To attack the Guard where the Sword is held in both Hands.
38. 38.CHAP. XXII. — Of Left-handed Men.
39. 39.CHAP. XXIII. — Of the Parade of the Hand. — Of the Opposition of the Hand.
40. 40.CHAP. XXIV. — Of the beat of the Foot, in closing the measure, or in the same place.
41. 41.CHAP. XXV. — Of the Good Effects of a nice Discernment of the Eye.
42. 42.CHAP. XXVI. — Of Time .
43. 43.CHAP. XXVII. — Of Swiftness .
44. 44.CHAP. XXVIII. — Of Measure .
45. 45.CHAP. XXIX. — Of the Necessity of some Qualities in a Master .
46. 46.CHAP. XXX. — Rules for pushing and parrying at the Wall, and for making an Assault.
47. 47.CHAP. XXXI. — Against several erroneous Opinions. — FINIS.
48. 48.Thrusts of Emulation for Prizes, Wagers &c.
49. 49.FOOTNOTES:

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