Lessons of the Broadsword Masters - Couverture souple

Thompson, Christopher Scott

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0359139639 ISBN 13 : 9780359139637

Editeur : Lulu.com, 2018

Synopsis

The most comprehensive book ever written on the art of fencing with the basket-hilted Highland broadsword, including every major technique and concept from broadsword and backsword masters Donald McBane (1728), Thomas Page (1746), Andrew Lonnergan (1771), John Ferdinand (1788), Captain G. Sinclair (1790), Archibald MacGregor (1791), Henry Angelo (1799), John Taylor (1804), and Thomas Mathewson (1805). Includes: • Fundamental Skills • Plain Playing • Timing • Slipping the Leg • Slipping the Body • Double Attacks • The Feint • The Invitation • Actions on the Blade • Disarms • Counter-Disarms • Set Play • Loose Play • The Grounds of the Sword • Traversing Footwork • Double Weapons (sword and targe, sword and buckler, sword and dagger, etc.) • The style of the stage gladiators • The style of the Highland Regiments • The training curriculum of the Cateran Society • The history of broadsword and backsword fencing • Nearly 500 separate training exercises

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lulu.com
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0359139639
• ISBN 13: 9780359139637
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 307
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: HACHETTE LIVRE SA; https://www.hachette.fr/; ; 1 AVENUE GUTENBERG; MAUREPAS CEDEX; 78319; France