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Excerpt from Fencing Foil Class Work Illustrated

This book aims to present, in the form of class work, all the elementary conditions of fencing, according to the French School, and to prepare the fencers, who will in the future be the representatives of the art in the col leges, in the universities and in the clubs.

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Excerpt from Fencing Foil Class Work Illustrated

In every well regulated system of study and instruction there must be some basis which, by experience and practice, has presented itself most acceptable for the requirements and results.

In the choice of basis for the educational system, when the subjects are long established arts, such as is "Fencing," the "School" most universally used is accepted, as its universalism speaks its adaptability to most persons. It is in this way the "French School" in fencing has been uniformly established throughout the United States.

This book aims to present, in the form of class work, all the elementary conditions of fencing, according to the "French School," and to prepare the fencers, who will in the future be the representatives of the art in the colleges, in the universities and in the clubs.

The following work has been written by Professor Ricardo E. Manrique, graduate of the "French School" and a teacher for twenty-five years, with a wide experience in handling large classes.

Prof. Manrique is the author of "The Art of Fencing With the Foil, According to the French School," and was awarded the only medal given for work on fencing at the Pan-American Exposition Buffalo, 1901.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.