The Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad Sword and Sabre

Buch | Softcover

152 Seiten

2017
Freelance Academy Press (Verlag)
9781937439309 (ISBN)

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First published in 1804, intended for civilians wanting to learn to fence with the sabre, broadsword or spadroon. Illustrated - 21 digitally enhanced originals. Original text is reproduced in a modern typesetting, aimed at current students and enthusiasts of Historical Martial Arts.

Originally published in 1804 and aimed at the volunteer regiments of the Napoleonic Era, when engagements with swords were still a reality of warfare, The Art of Defence was written for civilians wanting to learn to fence with the sabre, broad-sword or spadroon.

The growing interest in Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) has led to a world-wide increase in clubs and societies, and this text is aimed at these new students.

The content is presented in a highly-structured way and in easily accessible language. Although primarily aimed at the novice, the text contains a number of more advanced techniques, from which more experienced fencers can benefit.

This newly transcribed edition puts the complete, original text into a modern typesetting to make it easily accessible during lessons, but is otherwise left unchanged. To ensure the transcription will remain as compatible with other sources that refer to specific parts of the text as the original edition, all content has remained on the same page.

All the plates, including the foldouts, have been photographed and digitally enhanced in order to reproduce them in as much detail as possible.

Peter Frank was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and attended schools in the Scottish Borders and in Germany. He studied Japanology, Dutch culture and language and German philology at the University of Cologne. After living in Kyoto for a year he returned to Cologne in 2008 and joined Die Freifechter - Gesellschaft für Historische Fechtkunst (Society of the Historical Art of Fencing), which is where he was first introduced to this text.

Part One: Practice at the Target

Of Holding the Sword

Position

Longeing

Medium Guard

Inside Guard

Outside Guard

Introductory Remarks on the Six Cuts

Direction of the Cuts

Method of practicing the Six Cuts at the Target

o Cut I

o Cut II

o Cut III

o Cut IV

o Cut V

o Cut VI

Combining the Six Cuts

Part Two: Practice with the Antagonist

General Observations

Distance

The Advance

The Retreat

Traversing

Disengaging

Forcing an Adversary’s Guard

Timing

The Slip

Inside Guard

o 2d position

o 3d position

Outside Guard

Hanging Guard

St George’s Guard

Spadroon Guard

Bearing

Battering

Feints

Disarming

Application of the Point

Thrusts

Parades

Cuts differing from the general principles of the System

Cut at the Advanced Leg

Parade & Return for the above

Remarks on the Spadroon

Appendix

Opposing the Small Sword

§ Spadroon

§ Musket & Bayonet

Variations from general prinicples of the System when engaged with Sticks

Erscheinungsdatum	28.03.2017
Mitarbeit	Zusammenstellung: Peter Frank
Verlagsort	IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	219 x 296 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-13	9781937439309 / 9781937439309
Zustand	Neuware