Stockholm Manual on Sabre Fencing 1893

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>Near the end of the 19th century the Swedish military desired a new manual about sabre fencing. This resulted in the 1893 manual </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>Instruktion I sabelfäktning till fots</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)> (</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>Manual on Sabre Fencing on Foot</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>) most likely penned by the famed military leader the father of Swedish sports Viktor Balck and illustrated by his equally famous acquaintance the renowned wildlife painter Bruno Liljefors.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>The system described in the manual is rooted in the basics seen throughout the European fencing systems of the time yet it also deviates from them in intriguing ways and advocates for approaches that are rather unique. In addition the text sheds light on historical training methodology by describing how lessons were directed and by presenting images of training tools.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>Until now the Swedish military sabre system has not been particularly accessible to a wider audience due to a lack of English language materials and translations. This book will be one of the first such resources about this intriguing approach to sabre fencing with a clear and understandable translation that will be useful in the fencing hall.</span></p><p></p>