His feint of a straight thrust, when engaged under the blade and disengagement over the blade, may be parried with seconde and prime.
His feint of a straight thrust, when engaged over the blade and disengagement under the blade, may be parried with prime and seconde.
How To Parry “One, Two.”
His “One, Two” below and above your blade may be parried with seconde and prime, and his “One, Two” above and below your blade with prime and seconde.
If he should deceive your quarte by feinting in quarte and thrusting in tierce, parry tierce.
If he deceive your tierce by “One, Two,” parry seconde.
Should you at any time foresee that he is going to attack with “One, Two,” do not answer the feint, but wait and parry his last movement.
Your parries, which should be made with the edge of the forte of the sword, must be close, and finished with firmness, without stiffness or too much force.
RETURNS.
The best returns from the different parries are the following, placed in the order of their comparative merits; but their application should greatly depend on the adversary’s defence.