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A pioneer of modern fencing, Alfred Hutton was the first president of the Amateur Fencing Association and a father of modern research into the Western combat arts. In addition to his lectures about ancient weapons and his demonstrations of their use, Hutton created this 1889 classic, a continuing source of instruction and enlightenment to modern readers.
The techniques associated with the sabre differ markedly from those of the pe and the rapier. This study offers both technical and historical views of the art of the sabre. It begins with a look at the weapon's construction and its grip, followed by explanations of a variety of different strokes and parries as well as methods of combining attack and defense. Additional topics include approaches suitable for left-handed fencers, ceremonial aspects of the art, and contrasts between the sabre, the bayonet, and the French sword. Descriptions of associated weapons cover the great stick and the constable's truncheon, and the book concludes with considerations of the short sword-bayonet, or dagger. Fifty-five illustrations demonstrate how to hold the sabre, how to parry and guard, seizure, and numerous other aspects of the art of fencing with a sabre.
Author: Alfred Hutton
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 06/23/2006
Pages: 194
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9780486449319
ISBN10: 0486449319
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Fencing
The techniques associated with the sabre differ markedly from those of the pe and the rapier. This study offers both technical and historical views of the art of the sabre. It begins with a look at the weapon's construction and its grip, followed by explanations of a variety of different strokes and parries as well as methods of combining attack and defense. Additional topics include approaches suitable for left-handed fencers, ceremonial aspects of the art, and contrasts between the sabre, the bayonet, and the French sword. Descriptions of associated weapons cover the great stick and the constable's truncheon, and the book concludes with considerations of the short sword-bayonet, or dagger. Fifty-five illustrations demonstrate how to hold the sabre, how to parry and guard, seizure, and numerous other aspects of the art of fencing with a sabre.
Author: Alfred Hutton
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 06/23/2006
Pages: 194
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9780486449319
ISBN10: 0486449319
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Fencing
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