Cold Steel: The Art of Fencing with the Sabre (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)

Cold Steel: The Art of Fencing with the Sabre (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)
by Alfred Hutton

Cold Steel: The Art of Fencing with the Sabre (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)
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Author: Alfred Hutton
Introduction: Ramon Martinez
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-06-23
ISBN: 0486449319
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Dover Publications

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Book Review: Not for sport fencers; this is sabre as a weapon
Summary: 5 Stars

And a lot of other great stuff.

Much as Domenico Angelo's classic,The School of Fencing: With a General Explanation of the Principal Attitudes and Positions Peculiar to the Art did for the small sword, Hutton provides the one essential work on combative use of the sabre. He lays out a comprehensive yet straight forward series of lesson plans with detailed guidance on how to gain copetence with the sabre. I particularly liked his comments on the importance of the return or reposte. "[The riposte] is the most brilliant stroke a swordsman can make, since in making it he demonstrates his command of nerve...his activity... and his judgment". Too true, and relevant even to sport fencers. Also excellent are the dills, including blindfolded drills for developing 'sentiment du fer' or the feel of the sword.

Along with lessons for the sabre, Hutton includes instruction on the two-handed sword that is hidden within his section on the Great Stick (5' stick). Most of the movements are straight out of the height of two-handed sword fighting a couple of centuries earlier, and equally applicable to European two-handed swords and the katana, the Japanese two-handed sword (or Jedi sword play even...)

He also discusses knife fighting and the use of the 'truncheon', the baton or blackjack, in clear and accessible, though somewhat antiquated terms.

In short, brilliant. Hutton's work is a timeless addition to any fencer's or martial artists library and a 'must read' for classical Western fencers and students of the two-handed sword (of any lineage). For sport fencers, the drills may seem of questionable relevance at first, but mastery of these classical drills will only improve your competitive skills, especially with the new rulings about touches on the underside of the arm not having priority.

Great stuff, I can't recommend it highly enough.

E. M. Van Court
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Summary of Cold Steel: The Art of Fencing with the Sabre (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)

The techniques associated with the sabre differ markedly from those of the épeé and the rapier. This 1889 classic by a pioneer of modern fencing offers both technical and historical views of the art of the sabre. Topics include a variety of different strokes and parries, methods of combining attack and defense, and associated weapons. 55 illustrations.

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