Wood, John George, 1827-1889. [from old catalog] · London, New York, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge · leaf 94
from that of quarte, inthat your wrist is higher,and the point of your bladelower, than your opponents;it is therefore chiefly usedagainst low thrusts. In thisIDarade, also, the finger-nailsshould be turned upward. In OCTAVE, the wrist andfoil are kept in the sameposition as in the parade ofcircle,… … The parade of QUINTE ismade from the position of |^prime, by dropping the pointof the foil, so as to cover thebody under the arm, bythrowing the point of yom-antagonists blade out to-wards the right side: youmust keep your wrist in thesame position as in prime,except that the thumb mustbe brought…
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