The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 320
e engaging in a regular con- FENCING 311 FENCING test, the fencers must practice someof the most common positions andmovements. Each fencer first as-sumes what is called the first posi-tion, by placing the right heel in thehollow of the left foot, and holdingthe foil just below the hilt, betweenthe… … Fig. 3.—Lines of Defense. 5), by bending his right arm acrosshis body, and taking the foil by thehilt, and third position (Fig. 6),by raising both hands above thehead, sliding the foil through the leftthumb and fingers till they hold itnear the button. Both knees arenow slightly bent till they are…
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