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 322
Fig. 8.—Engaged in Carte. lows with the left, so that the dis-tance between his feet remains thesame. In retiring, the left footmakes the first movement. The thrusts usually take theirname from the position of the fencerwhen he makes the longe. Thusthe straight thrust in carte is made … Fig. 9.—Guard of Octave. from the engage in carte. Wheneverthe fencer sees that his opponent isnot covering or protecting him-self, there is said to be an open- ing. In like manner, the semi-circle thrust (also called low carte)is made from the semicircle guard,and the octave thrust in like manner.…
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