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SABER FENCING FROM THE XVIth TO THE XVIIIth CENTURIES Ciecia Prawdziwa Szabla Highlights of Wojciech Zablocki's review of Polish Sabres, including "ANALYSIS OF FENCING MOVEMENTS" (Analiza Dzialan Szermierczych) in Ciecia Prawdziwa Szabla
© Richard J. Orli, 1994, 2000 |
Comprehensive catalog
of Polish Sabre varities. Zablocki also provides a brief review of traditional Polish Sabre fencing technique, based largely on the 1830 work by Michal Starzewski, the "Treatise on Fencing", the only known period sabre manual in the Polish language. |
| Comments or questions? I'll be happy to hear from you: Rick Orli Thanks to Szczepan Twardoch for his assistance with the research, and to Joanna G. for help with translations. Check out Boleslav Orlicki's Horse Artillery, my 17th Century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Reenactment Unit, based in the Washington DC area. The Polish Language equivalent of this page by (Dariusz Górecki) is: http://republika.pl/dgorecki/index.html Further Reading: Master Zabloski has just (Fall 2001) published a new historical sabre fencing book, in Polish. Review and details to follow soon. A wonderful overview of Husars and other 1400-1645 Polish Military topics: http://www.domnasz.freeserve.co.uk/Wojna13.htm
"Polish Arms - Side Arms" Sabre handling in Cavalry reenactments: http://www.militaryhorse.org/features/saber.asp Also William Hope, The Complete Fencing Master, by Rick Orli, for the Smallsword perspective Rapier Fencing - DiGrasse's 16th C. Manual The Rapier perspective Rapier Basics Review: Movement, Measure, the Thrust, and the Cut.
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