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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
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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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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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