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Danet on the Demi-Volte
Patrick MorganHead Instructor, Columbia Classical Fencing, LLC. Scott A. WrightInstructor, QueenCityClassicalFencing.comCurator, SmallswordProject.com In 1766, Guillaume Danet published the first of two volumes of L’Art des Armes. Volume I was Danet’s attempt to reassert the supremacy of the French school of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Theory, Weapons
Tagged 18th Century, Angelo, Counter Attack, Danet, Demi-volte, escrime, esgrima, Esquive, French, L’Art des Armes, Small Sword, smallsword, Volte
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Etiquette in the 18th and 19th Century Fencing Schools: Part I
Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martinez of the Martinez Academy of Arms has penned the first of a two-part series in The Historical Fencer on the culture of the salle. In her first article, Maestro Acosta-Martinez goes through the regulations and practices 18th … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 18th Century, Culture, Jeannette Acosta-Martinez, Martinez Academy of Arms, Salle
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Sir William on Contre-Temps
A two-part tweet from the Linacre School of Defense: …but what is so Composed and made up of Contre-temps, that one would think the greatest Art they learn, and aime at, is to strive who shall Contre-temps oftnest…” — LSD … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Contre-temp, Counter Attack, Linacre School of Defense, Sir William Hope
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Crawley’s Five A’s of French Fencing
Phil Crawley, Provost with the Black Boar Swordsmanship School and administrator with the Smallsword Symposium, has gleaned these 5 themes of French fencing from a number of 18th and 19th Century texts. They are presented here with his permission, and … Continue reading
Posted in Theory
Tagged 18th Century, 19th Century, 5 A's, Crawley, Five A's, French
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Restored: H. Angelo’s Print — Highland Broad Sword, 1799
A beautifully restored version of Henry Angelo’s print illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson, The Manual and the Ten Divisions of the Highland Broad Sword (1799) has been posted to the web without indication of who did the restoration work — and … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Weapons
Tagged 1799, 18th Century, Angelo, Aquatint, art, basket hilt, Broadsword, English, Etching, Henry Angelo, Highland Broad Sword, Light Horse Volunteers, Rowlandson, saber, sabre, Scottish, Thomas Rowlandson
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