Wood, John George, 1827-1889. [from old catalog] · London, New York, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge · leaf 92
es, in quarte and tierce. Tierce andprime are intended for the outside, quarte and circle for the insidedivisions of the body, and octave and quinte for the thrusts underthe arm. The parade of tierce isto oppose a thrust over thearm, so as to throw youradversarys point off to theright side of your… … Prime is employed to-ward off higher thrusts, andis performed by lifting thehand to about the height ofyour shoulder, turning thenails downward, as in tierce,and allowing tlie point ofthe foil to drop very littlebelow the level of the wrist(as shown in the illustration),out of the line of your…
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