Fencing essential skills training
Fencing is a sport that demands a high degree of discipline, concentration and co-ordination, not to mention considerable skill. Ed Rogers provides a range of training exercises to enable fencers to practice skills in a logical and progressive manner.Covering foil, sabre, and epee in turn, the exerc...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ramsbury
Crowood
2003
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| Summary: | Fencing is a sport that demands a high degree of discipline, concentration and co-ordination, not to mention considerable skill. Ed Rogers provides a range of training exercises to enable fencers to practice skills in a logical and progressive manner.Covering foil, sabre, and epee in turn, the exercises work from the basics of on guard and control of the weapon, through simple attacks, to parries, ripostes, counter-ripostes, and compound attacks. The exercises can be used by two fencers of similar ability, or by coach and pupil, thereby offering an invaluable aid for students and coaches alike. |
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| Physical Description: | 237 pages illustrations 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]) and index |
| ISBN: | 9781861265944 (pbk) 1861265948 (pbk) |