Fencing Foil Class-Work Illustrated

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Preface
In every well regulated system of study and instruction there must be some basis which, by experience and 
practice, has presented itself most acceptable for the requirements and results.

In the choice of basis for the educational system, when the subjects are long established arts, such as is 
"Fencing," the "School" most universally used is accepted, as its universalism speaks its adaptability to most 
persons, It is in this way the "French School" in fencing has been uniformly established throughout the United 
States.

This book aims to present, in the form of class work, all the elementary conditions of fencing, according to the
"French School," and to prepare the fencers, who will in the future be the representatives of the art in the colleges,
in the universities and in the clubs.

The following work has been written by Professor Ricardo E. Manrique, graduate of the "French School" and a 
teacher for twenty-five years, with a wide experience in handling large classes.

Prof. Manrique is the author of "The Art of Fencing With the Foil, According to the French School," and was
awarded the only medal given for work on fencing at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901.

Introduction
Fencing in class is one of the most pleasurable subjects for the instructor to present and assists widely in 
quickening perception in the pupil and producing prompt execution of commands.

This work aims to be a convenient and a concise guide for the teacher, simplifying the evolutions of the foil in
action, and to smooth the path for the beginners by the character of class work, for it affords the inevitable help
and pleasure of companionship and observations that are essentially more agreeable through the early routine 
than is the hard, dry, individual work vis-a-vis with the instructor.

Table of Contents

History of Fencing

Part I.
The Foil.
	How to Hold the Foil. —Position of Attention. —First Position. —Preparatory Movements to Come "On 
	Guard" From First Position. —The Recover. — The Advance. —The Retreat. —Gain. —The Calls. 
	—Extension of Arm. —The Lunge. —Position of Foil Hand.— Public Salute. —Final Salute. —The Lines. 
	—The Engagement. —Change of Engagement. —Double Engagement. —Fingering. —The Attack. 
	—The Feint. —The Parry. —The Counter Parry. —Opposition Parry. —Contraction Parry. —The 
	Different Parries. —Execution of First. —The Counter of First. —Execution of Second. —The Counter of
	Second. —Execution of Third. —The Counter of Third. —Execution of Fourth. —The Counter of Fourth. 
	—Execution of Fifth. —The Counter of Fifth. —Execution of Sixth. —The Counter of Sixth. —Execution of
	Seventh. —The Counter of Seventh. —Execution of Eighth. —The Counter of Eigth. —Complex Attacks. 
	—The One-Two. — Exercise. —The Double. — Exercise. —The One-Two-Three. — Exercise. —The 
	Riposte. —The Counter Riposte. -The Second Counter Riposte. —Phrase of Arms. —The Replacing 
	(Remise). —The Redoubling. —The Reprise. —Attacks on the Blade. — The Beat. — The Double Beat. 
	—The Press. —The Glide. —The Traverse. —The Low Thrust. —The Bind. —The Cross. —The 
	Liement. —The Time Thrust. —The Stop Thrust

Part II.
The Class Work.
	Class Work. —Foil and Mask. —Count Off. —Command Calls and Exercises. —Advice to Instructors.
	
Epilogue
The Art of Fencing
Author Biography
Fencing Rules

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