HEMA Drill Book

The First Book of Dialogs

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Table of Contents

The First Day of the First Book
Why the art of fencing is so little valued
Why fencing is the foundation of the military art
Theory and practice, foundations of the arts
Art of fencing has six headings
Blows are of multiple sorts
There are eight guards which are the most important
Coda lunga
Porta di ferro
Porta di ferro stretta, and larga
Coda lunga of three types
Guard and its types
Stepping in the Guards [9 Videos]
The Second Day of the First Book
Unaccompanied sword: why it is preferred to the other arms
Parrying with the sword: in how many ways it can be done
Wounding with the thrust is better than with the cut
On the motion of the feet and the body
Ways of defending yourself from the enemy, and of harming him
Coda Lunga Stretta [11 Videos]
Coda Lunga Alta
Porta di Ferro Stretta [4 Videos]
Cinghiale Porta di Ferro [1 Video]
Which is the surer defense
Guardia d’Alicorno [6 Videos]
All Guards Together [5 Videos]
The Third Day of the First Book
Of provoking and harming
Why provocations are performed
Coda Lunga Stretta
Coda Lunga Alta
Porta di Ferro Stretta
Cinghiale Porta di Ferro
Provocations in cinghiale porta di ferro
Mezzi mandritti, why they are done, and why they are named so
Guardia d’Alicorno
The tempo for attacking is recognized in five ways
Straits of the half sword
False Edge Stretta 1
False Edge Stretta 2
False Edge Stretta 3
False Edge Stretta 4
False Edge Stretta 5
False Edge Stretta 6
True Edge Stretta 1
True Edge Stretta 2
True Edge Stretta 3
True Edge Stretta 4
True Edge Stretta 5
True Edge Stretta 6
On parrying with the true edge of the sword and striking with a thrust