Re: [CFML] Question about historical fencing.

on 4/30/04 9:33 PM, Sean Hayes at hayes@efn.org wrote:

> The anonymous author(s) of manuscript I.33 (circa 1300 AD and currently t=
he
> oldest known fencing text) clearly detail actions that stop/deflect the
> incoming attack. Don't get hung up on the word "bind" that is used in th=
e
> translation: think of the action itself, not the terminology. Binding th=
e
> sword, in I.33, necessarily starts with an interruption of the offensive
> action by use of the defending blade.

I think this is close enough to on-topic that our gentle moderator will
allow it...

I should also add that I.33 shows binds against swords that are not
attacking, but are in some position close to point or blade in line (the
seventh ward, a.k.a. Longpoint, and some of the coverings used against the
various wards). In this case the "bind" doesn't involve an action that we
think of as a parry, but something rather like a blade seizure, where the
first action of the attack is directed to the sword.

The interesting thing about I.33, taken as a whole system, is that the
buckler is never used to parry. Also, the expression of tempo found in the
system is highly sophisticated - this is not the system of Meister
Hackenbash, by any means. We have actions in second intention as well as
actions in countertime. It's simple and elegant, and arguably very
effective.

Cheers,

Sean Hayes
Maestro d=B9armi
Northwest Academy of Arms



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