Identifier: fencing1890poll (find matches)
Title: Fencing
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Pollock, Walter Herries, 1850-1926 Grove, F. C Prevost, Camille Michell, E. B Armstrong, Walter Castle, Egerton, 1858-1920
Subjects: Fencing Boxing Wrestling
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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e left, with the hand in pronation, a little ad-vanced, and at the level of the left breast, the sword almosthorizontal, and half-way to the left. Then bring the handback near to the face again, as above, and, with the hand insupination, reverse the process just described. (In pubhc assaults, the salutes should be addressed directlyto the President and Vice-President, if there is one. On noaccount must both fencers make them in the same direction.The President, without rising from his seat, acknowledges eachsalute with a motion of his foil ; the Vice-President, sittingopposite to him, answers with an inclination of the head.) Now the adversaries fall on guard as above described(without, however, raising the hand), making an engagementin quarte. The attacker disengages, with the nails up, in the line ofsixte-tierce^ without touching his adversary, and taking carethat the movement of the arm precedes that of the legs. Theadversary parries tierce or sixte lightly and then drops his point
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