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Basic Cuts and Guards

Illustrated below are the 7 Basic cuts and 5 basic guards used by the sabreur, of note to Americans is that “Hanging Guard” is referred to as “St. George Guard” in many British sword systems.

Henry Angelo’s Naval Cutlass Exercise 1814

Henry Angelo was the son of famed fencing master Domenico Angelo, and believed to be the teacher of Charles Roworth, author of “The Art of Defence on Foot” 1798 upon which Henry Wayne based the sabre section of his “Sword Exercise Arranged for Military Instruction” 1850.

Henry Angelo also famously wrote “Infantry Sword Exercise” 1817 which was the standard manual for british military swordsmanship for over 100 years, and was plagiarized in its entirety by George Minniss in his “A Practical Treatise on Infantry Sword” 1833.

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The Baltimore Academy of Defence is located in the central Baltimore neighborhood of Hampden. Easy access off I83 and always FREE parking at:

3900 Roland Ave. Baltimore, MD 21211

Enter down the stairs on the left side of St. Mary’s Church .
This building is also home to the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory.

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