The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Classical Small Sword Manual of French Fencing, Footwork, Parries, Thrusts, and Dueling TechniqueBy Maître d'armes Labat
Length3h 7m
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The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword is a precise manual of eighteenth-century swordplay, devoted to posture, measure, thrusts, parries, feints, tempo, and the disciplined management of the body in combat. Written in the lucid, prescriptive manner of the classical fencing treatise, it belongs to the age in which the small sword became both a gentlemanly accomplishment and a refined science of self-defense, balancing practical violence with elegance, geometry, and decorum. Maître d'armes Labat, a fencing master formed within the French tradition, writes from the authority of the salle rather than the abstraction of the armchair. His concern with method, correction, and orderly progression reflects the professional pedagogy of European masters who taught not merely tricks of attack, but a complete art grounded in judgment, composure, and repeated exercise. The work's later English circulation also testifies to the prestige of French fencing across Britain and the Continent. This volume is recommended to readers interested in martial history, early modern civility, and the technical literature of the body. Fencers will find in it the ancestry of modern foil practice, while historians and literary scholars will appreciate its revealing portrait of honor, discipline, and embodied knowledge.
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Publish dateNov 24, 2023
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Table of contents
1The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword (Annotated)
48Of passing Quarte within the Sword.
2PREFACE.
499th. Plate.
3ART of FENCING;
5010th. Plate.
4OR THE
51To Pass in Tierce.
5USE of the SMALL-SWORD.
52To Pass in Seconde.
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6CHAP. I.
53CHAP. XVII.
7Of chusing and mounting a Blade.
54Of volting the Body.
8CHAP. II.
55CHAP. XVIII.
9Of Guard.
56Of Joining or seizing the Sword.
101st. Plate
5711th. Plate.
112d Plate.
58CHAP. XIX.
12CHAP. III.
59Of engaging in Quarte in a midling Guard.
13Of Pushing Quart.
60CHAP. XX.
14Of recovering in Guard.
61Of engaging in Tierce in the Midling Guard .
15CHAP. IV.
62When you are engaged within the Sword.
16Of the Parade of Quart.
63CHAP. XXI.
173rd Plate.
64Of several Guards, and the Manner of attacking them .
184th. Plate.
65To attack a strait Guard.
19CHAP. V.
6612th. Plate.
20Of pushing Tierce without , or on the Outside of the Sword .
67To attack the high Guard.
21Parade of Tierce.
68To attack the low Guard.
225th. Plate.
69To attack the Guard where the Sword is held in both Hands.
23CHAP. VI.
70CHAP. XXII.
24Of pushing Seconde.
71Of Left-handed Men.
25CHAP. VII.
72CHAP. XXIII.
26The Parades of Seconde.
73Of the Parade of the Hand.
27CHAP. VIII.
74Of the Opposition of the Hand.
28Of Quart under the Wrist .
75CHAP. XXIV.
297th. Plate.
76Of the beat of the Foot, in closing the measure, or in the same place.
30CHAP. IX.
77CHAP. XXV.
31Of Flanconnade.
78Of the Good Effects of a nice Discernment of the Eye.
328th. Plate.
79CHAP. XXVI.
33CHAP. X.
80Of Time .
34Of Parades .
81CHAP. XXVII.
35The ripostes.
82Of Swiftness .
36CHAP. XI.
83CHAP. XXVIII.
37Of the demarches, or manner of advancing and retiring.
84Of Measure .
38CHAP. XII.
85CHAP. XXIX.
39Of Disengagements.
86Of the Necessity of some Qualities in a Master .
40CHAP. XIII.
87CHAP. XXX.
41Of Feints.
88Rules for pushing and parrying at the Wall, and for making an Assault.
42CHAP. XIV.
89CHAP. XXXI.
43Of cutting over the Point of the Sword.
90Against several erroneous Opinions.
44CHAP. XV.
91FINIS.
45Of the Reprise, or redoubled Thrust .
92Thrusts of Emulation for Prizes, Wagers &c.
46The Reprises on the Outside.
93Footnote
47CHAP. XVI.
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