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The Art of Fencing with the Sabre

By: ALFRED HUTTON

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Paperback | 28 July 2006

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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 epee 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.

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The Sabre
Introduction	p. 1
The Parts of the Sabre	p. 2
How to Hold the Sabre	p. 3
Guard	p. 4
The Guards	p. 7
The Moulinet	p. 17
The Cuts	p. 23
The Point	p. 26
The Pummel	p. 26
The "Parade," or Parry	p. 28
The Return, or "Riposte"	p. 52
Simple Attacks and Parries, with one Riposte	p. 53
Distance	p. 63
To Advance	p. 63
To Gain Ground on the Lunge	p. 64
To Retire	p. 64
The Traverse	p. 65
The Pass	p. 66
Commanding	p. 67
Timing	p. 68
Slipping	p. 71
Counter-time	p. 72
Disengaging	p. 72
Beating	p. 73
Redoubling	p. 73
The Stop-thrust	p. 74
The Under Stop-thrust	p. 74
Feints	p. 77
Lesson for Receipt of a Feint	p. 78
Double Feints	p. 79
Lesson for Returns preceded by Feints	p. 79
The Sword Arm	p. 80
Combinations of Ripostes	p. 83
Left-handed Swordsmen	p. 88
Left-handed Swordsmen Lessons for	p. 89
Left-handed Swordsmen Feints for	p. 91
Left-handed Swordsmen Returns for	p. 91
Combinations of Ripostes for Left Hand against Right	p. 92
The Salute	p. 94
The Assault	p. 95
To Acknowledge a Hit	p. 95
Equipment	p. 99
The Game of the Sword	p. 101
The Guard	p. 105
The Attack	p. 105
The Parries	p. 107
Sabre Against Bayonet	p. 109
The Sabre Opposed to the French Sword	p. 115
The Great Stick	p. 119
Guard (Quarte)	p. 122
False-guard (Tierce)	p. 125
The Moulinets	p. 126
The Cuts	p. 131
The Parries	p. 132
Lessons with one Riposte	p. 143
Combinations	p. 144
The Constable's Truncheon	p. 147
The Short Sword-Bayonet, or Dagger	p. 153
Lessons	p. 159
Throwing the Dagger	p. 161
The Seizure in Dagger Play	p. 162
Rules	p. 181
Judges	p. 186
The Blindfold Lessons on Defence with Foil or Sword	p. 187
Index	p. 192
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