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Medium Guard (MILLER good old school)

(MILLER.) good old school, whose name is recorded only in these two books.

In 1804 a new edition of Roworth came out in which the "medium" guard disappeared, and in the "inside" and " outside " guards the point is lowered into the positions of quarte and tierce as now understood.

In 1817 the first edition of Angelo's "authority," and after this point we notice the decadence of English swordsmanship, when the teaching of it was taken out of the hands of the highly trained fencing master, and transferred to those of the mere drill sergeant.

Carl of Winchelsea & Nottingham ris Lordships most obedient Seri James Miller- Seconde," which was at that time the guard most in fashion; it was good to shelter under, but very fatiguing to the arm if maintained for any length of time. It is worthy of note that the fencing sabres used in Waite's day were very heavy, quite equal to the Infantry officer's sword, and his book was written with the view of training the swordsman for war purposes.

In 1889 I myself endeavoured to transmit in my Cold Steel the old English play with certain additions from modern Italian. masters, especially Parise and Cesarano; but the engaging guard which I find most useful for general purposes is a "medium" I adapted from the "Guardia mista" of Alfieri (1640), in which the upper arm and especially the deltoid muscle is in very reasonable repose, and I added to this a