The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games

Every sport and game of the Edwardian world in four volumes — from angling and ballooning to yachting — written by the people who did them, Theodore Roosevelt on big game among them.

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A circular or oval piece of wood or linen about 14 in. in diameter, with the cuts and guards marked upon it, before which the learner can rehearse by himself; also that part of the body and limbs on which hits are allowed to count.

Thrust.-A stroke delivered with the point and not the edge of the sword.

Time cut, hit, or thrust.-The putting in of a cut or thrust at the exact moment when the opponent is shifting his position, especially when he does so in preparation for an attack. To be distinguished from a Counter, which is a stroke delivered, not before, but at the moment of, an opponent's attack.

Transport." The transport is the passing of an opponent's blade from one position to another, describing a conical movement." (F. V. Wright.)

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