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LUNGE AND PARRY

The rapier was undoubtedly the most popular

duelling

ficult

fencer's positions, the student must learn

is

weapon
one
of

in

Spanish America.

It

is

a perfect lunge something thot

practised

pointed sword without any sharp edges and

in

use

is

of the most delicate

duellist

and de-

manding

weapons. The

needs ab-

solute control of every faculty and must guard himself instantaneously because the

day after day. In the lunge, the sword is aimed first, the arm is straightened in o thrust and only then is the right foot moved forward. The rest of the body follows naturally
until

the fencer finishes his

lunge with the

is

"target"

is

the entire body.

finger, in the

"touch"

may

point of his sword extended as far as

sible without
it

pos-

be

made on a
duellist

arm or even on
a fencing
lighter ver-

overbalancing forward so that

recover. The fencing master

the sole of the foot.

The fencing master trains

rapier with
is

is

difficult to

the

for

the

hos parried
will

his student's

lunge perfectly and

sword called the epee which

sion of the rapier.

now

thrust or

lunge as the student re-

After learning to stand

and walk

in

the dif-

O
When
fall

lunging, the chief difficulty

this,

is

not to

down. Besides
At

the

left

shoulder must

be kept back out of the reach of the opponent.

all

times,

duellist

or

a fencer
his

must show only one side of the body to

opponent, never the front of

his chest.

o
The perfect parry sword
just

deflects

the
is

opponent's

enough

so that there
in

no "touch"
a quick

yet leaves the sword

reply
is

line so that

possible.

THE SWORD OF ZORRO.

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