Traité sur l'art de faire des armes ...The Author, 1830 - 60 pages |
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appelle coup appels du pied attaque baissez Battemens cercle commence de l'engagement corps de l'adversaire corps du côté coup pour coup degagé dégagemens demi-alonge demi-cercle dernier dégagement dessous le bras développement dirigeant double dégagement Doublé et Dégagé engagement en quarte epée exécuter FEINTE DE SECONDE fencing fermer la ligne Flanconnade fleuret JOINDRE LES LAMES l'ad l'adver l'adversaire passe l'attaque de l'adversaire l'engagement de quarte l'engagement de tierce l'opposition lame au faible lame de l'adversaire lier le fer ligne de quarte ligne du coup ment mettront en garde mouvemens mouvement octave ou quinte opposition parade d'octave parade de quarte parade de tierce parades tierce parcequ'il parceque pareur pied gauche poignet de l'adversaire position de garde position de quarte première position quarte et tierce remet en garde riposte s'exécute saire SECTION simple parade talon gauche tierce ou prime tireur tour et demi trompe les parades trompe tierce TROMPER QUARTE trompez octave versaire
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Page vi - and thorax necessarily become more enlarged, by means of which a consumptive tendency may be prevented. Various instances may be adduced where fencing has prevented consumptions and other disorders. It has been remarked, also, that those who practise
Page vi - remarkable for long life and the good health they have enjoyed. These considerations, combined with the graceful movements which it establishes, and the elegant means of selfdefence which it furnishes, certainly render the art an object of considerable importance." " Fencing," says Locke on Education,
Page vi - so necessary a qualification in the breeding of a gentleman, and has so many advantages in regard to health and personal appearance, that every gentleman of respectability ought to have so striking a mark of
Page viii - manly, firm, and graceful attitudes, open your chest, place your head upright, and plant you well upon your legs.
Page vi - and other disorders. It has been remarked, also, that those who practise the art are remarkable for long life and the good health they
Page vii - to his nephew, Thomas Pitt, Esq. (afterwards Lord Camelford, then at Cambridge)
Page v - to health, better entitled to the attention of those who are placed among the higher orders of Society, than that of Fencing. The positions of the body in fencing have for object erectness, firmness, and balance ; and in practising that art, the chest, neck, and shoulders are placed in positions the most beneficial to health. The various motions of the arms and limbs whilst the body maintains its erect position, enable the muscles in general to acquire vigorous strength, and in young people the bones...
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