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Explorations in Historical European Martial Arts

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    • Introduction and Prospectus
    • Part 1 – Chapter 5: Steps
    • Part 2 – Chapter 1: Of the Common Guard and Movements of the Arm and Sabre
    • Reference
      • Basic Guards and Parries
  • Visual Thibault
    • Drafting the Circle
    • Gripping the Sword and Changing Grips
    • A Comparison of Thibault’s Mysterious Circle and the Leiden Circle
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    • Four Degrees of Extension Exercise
  • D.I.Y.
    • Hanging Precision Target
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    Lam. 1, Fig 2
    The Common Guard

    Lam. 3, Fig. 5, A: Offensive Stance

    51. To finish this movement we call choosing the distance, step first to assert the offensive stance (§36) with the arm slightly bent, the hand perfectly covering the grip and the thumb and index finger playing a little on the shell: The guard at the height of the median plane (Lam. 1, fig 2, numbers 3 & 4; the point at the height of the opponent’s mouth, the cutting edge directed toward the ground and the left hand held back so it is protected from the cuts of your own saber or that of your opponent; all of this is represented in fig. 5, let. A, lam. 3; this skill is called asserting the common guard in the stated stance.

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