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id: 31214
author: Headley, Rowland George Allanson-Winn, Baron
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  usual for a right-handed man to stand with his left foot in advance of In quarter-staff, as in stick-play, broad-sword exercise, fencing, etc., in all cuts, points, or guards, the second knuckles of the fingers in their hands _pointing_ and _cutting_ weapons, and make slashing guard,'' where the point of the sword is necessarily directed upwards, to angles, right foot pointing towards target; shoulders square to left, _First Point._--Turn the wrist, with the edge of the sword upwards, to _Second Point._--Turn the edge upwards to the left, draw the elbow _Guard Three._--Turn wrist and edge to the left, the hand being rather _Guard Five._--Wrist and edge to the left, with blade pointing _Guard Six._--Wrist and edge to the right, with blade pointing right to left of your body, the sword returning to its position as of it, the point of the sword lowered to the left front, edge upwards.

title:
  Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence


id: 12135
title: The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword
author: Labat, maître d''armes
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  Volting, Passing, and Lowering the Body, are three things which Mr. _L''Abbat_ disapproves of, in which Opinion I join; because the Sword Body forward, and give more Swiftness to the Thrust: The Left Hand easy, by pushing _Quart_; and to avoid a second Thrust from the Enemy at Adversary''s Sword, the Wrist turned in _Quart_, but a little lower: The In case the Adversary pushes _Quart_, in order to take the Time, you Thrust, Feint, Engagement, or Rispost; and if the Enemy parrys, you must time and push _Quarte_, if he comes to your Sword with his Fort, you the same time the Guard of his Sword with your Left-hand and carrying the Left-hand, risposting in _Quarte_; if he takes the Time cutting the Left-hand: This Thrust is good against a Man that pushes at the same pushing _Quarte_ afterwards, opposing with the Left-hand: This Thrust


id: 39385
title: The Jester''s Sword How Aldebaran, the King''s Son Wore the Sheathed Sword of Conquest
author: Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)
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  How Aldebaran, the King''s Son, Wore the Sheathed Sword of Conquest When the great day came at last for the Sword to be put into his hands, king knew that Aldebaran would fail not in the keeping of that oath. ''Twas passing wonderful how soon Aldebaran began to taste the sweets of Most of all Aldebaran thought of Vesta. Aldebaran hid his face within his hands. "Because thou _art_ a king''s son," said the Jester. The Jester looked down on Aldebaran''s wan face. "At any rate," he said, "for one whole day thou hast kept thy oath. "Yet it would show still greater courage if thou couldst face thy fate So Aldebaran went out determined to be glad in heart as well as speech, "As Aldebaran the star shines in the heavens" (_no light within itself, Jester, and in time Aldebaran began to feel the gladness that he only


