![]() Idiosyncratic names for parries and an emphasis on the above technique. Reprises with Half-lunges going for the opponents arm. To get the flavour of McBane as opposed to say his near contemporaries Such as Hope or any of the other Parisian masters its necessary really to read into the 15 or so short smallsword lessons and see what is emphasised i.e turns up again and again which is: This is important to bear in mind because its pedagogically very different from later 19th and 20th century foil systems when trying to reconstruct. Like most pre 1880's smallsword, Mcbane forms a parry and thrusts are made from those hand positions so for example: a parry of tierce had a thrust in tierce. The other hand positions such as Italian High Quarte and Seconde/Hanging guard, and a slew of others may require more reading into and interpretation but are strictly auxiliary and I wouldn't bother experimenting with them until you get your bread and butter parries down. So Tierce/Quarte/Quarte Basse/Seconde of most systems McBane calls these Quart/Tierce/Low Quart/Portgueze Guard/ ![]() The thing to understand about McBane is that its essentially French smallsword (he first learnt it in Ireland - possibly the Mahon-L'Abbat line) and then changed to his idiosyncratic method when on campaign in Flanders and the low countries.Ī lot of the Hand positions have their names changed but can be mapped somewhat on the typical french smallsword systems: Old Scottish Customs: Local and General £15.Don't try to compare to illustrations as they are poor. ![]()
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