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Explorations in Historical European Martial Arts

  • Welcome
  • Nimble
  • Visual Frias
    • Introduction and Prospectus
    • Part 1
      • Part 1 – Chapter 1: Division of the Sabre
      • Part 1 – Chapter 2: Arrangement of the Body and Its Division into Planes
      • Part 1 – Chapter 3: Of the Inferior Plane
      • Part 1 – Chapter 4: Distances and Placements
      • Part 1 – Chapter 5: Steps
    • Part 2: Removals
      • Part 2 – Chapter 1: Of the Common Guard and Movements of the Arm and Sabre
      • Part 2 – Chapter 2: Removals of the First Order
    • Part 3
      • Part 3 – Chapter 1: Defensive Guards and Simple Strikes with a Single Step and Firm Foot Removal
      • Part 3 – Chapter 2: Graduation, Transferring, Opposing, and Carrying from One Removal to Another
    • Part 4: Combats of Two Attacks and Removals Revisited
      • Part 4 – Chapter 1: Removals of the Second Order
      • Part 4 – Chapter 2: Battles on the Guard of Third Forming the Second Shot Below the Guard
      • Part 4 – Chapter 3: Shots Formed by the Point
      • Part 4 – Chapter 4: Battles on the Guard of Fourth, forming a Second thrust from Below the Guard
      • Part 4 – Chapter 5: Shots Formed by the Point of the Sabre
      • Part 4 – Chapter 6: Battles on the Guard of Sixth
      • Part 4 – Chapter 7: Battles on the Guard of Fifth
    • Part 5: Battles of Three Shots, and Gathering the Removals, Steps, and Advances
      • Part 5 – Chapter 1: General Rules
      • Part 5 – Chapter 2: Battles of Three Shots on the Guard of Third
      • Part 5 – Chapter 3: Battles of Three Shots on the Guard of Fourth
      • Part 5 – Chapter 4: Battles on the Guard of Fifth
      • Part 5 – Chapter 5: Battles on the Guard of Sixth
    • Part 6: Offenses by Sabre, Graduating, Transferring, Opposing, and Carrying from One Removal to Another
      • Part 6 – Chapter 1: Offenses by the Sabre on the Five Guards.
      • Part 6 – Chapter 2: Of the Thrusts, Graduations, and Transfers
      • Part 6 – Chapter 3: Offenses Opposing and Carrying from One Removal to Another
      • Part 6 – Appendix: Provocations
    • Part 7: Of the Conclusions, Their Oppositions, and Methods of Transferring Them
      • Part 7 – Chapter 1: Conclusions on the Removals
      • Part 7 – Chapter 2: Conclusions on the Shots
      • Part 7 – Chapter 3: Conclusions on Thrusts by the Sabre
      • Part 7 – Chapter 4: Hand Blows
      • Part 7 – Chapter 5: Timed Blows
    • Part 8 – Points Uncovered by the Attacker, and Replies
      • Part 8 – Chapter 1: Points Uncovered on the Shots
      • Part 8 – Chapter 2: Of the Replies
      • Part 8 – Chapter 3: General Notes for the Battle
      • Part 8 – Chapter 4: Doctrine and Opposition of the Moulinet
      • Part 8 – Chapter 5: Doctrine Against the Left Handed
      • Part 8 – Chapter 6: Doctrine Against the Sword and Foil
      • Part 8 – Chapter 7: Notes for Teachers
    • Reference
      • Basic Guards and Parries
  • Visual Thibault
    • Drafting the Circle
    • Dimensions of the Sword, Cincture, and Hanger
    • Gripping the Sword and Changing Grips
    • Chapter 5: Advantages of the Straight Line, and Responding to Feints
    • A Comparison of Thibault’s Mysterious Circle and the Leiden Circle
  • Purpose Oriented Training
    • Four Degrees of Extension Exercise
  • D.I.Y.
    • Hanging Precision Target
    • Cushion Style Wall Target
  • Contact

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Thibault: Plate 1 - Swords Detail
Swords Detail from: Gerard Thibault, “Academie de l’Espee” – Plate 01 – The Hague, KB, National Library of the Netherlands + shelf mark (=KW 1049 B 7)
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Thibault: Plate 1 - Circle 5 Detail
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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.