First position to draw a sword, guard positions in carte and tierce, and fencers in inside guard/thrust positions. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from the Escrime fencing section of Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.
First position to draw a sword, guard positions in carte and tierce, and fencers in inside guard/thrust positions. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from the Escrime fencing section of Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.