GUARDS.
Wait after the third point has been delivered for the word,
Defend.—At this word draw up the hand smartly, and form the first guard. Make the other guards in succession as they are named, while the instructor proves their accuracy by giving the corresponding cuts. The guards must be learned from the target, by placing the sword in exactly the same position as those delineated. The guards are these:
| A First guard. | E Fifth. |
| B Second. | F Sixth. |
| C Third. | G Seventh. |
| D Fourth. |
The two spots H and I mark the places towards which the points are made, H for the first and second point, I for the third.