Eights: High parries.

Keep your guard up: The sword is a

defensive weapon as well as an offensive one;

every defensive move and every offensive

move comes from a basic position of readiness.

Parry: A defensive move; a block; moving

your opponent’s blade aside with your own.

Three notes on parries: One, parry with the

flat of the blade, not the edge. Two, parry to

deflect your opponent’s blade, not chop it in

half. Three, the best parry is the beginning of

an attack (see riposte).

Pell: A training post made of wood; a target.

Quarters: Low parries.

Riposte: An attack made immediately

after a parry.

Salle: A training room.

Stop-thrust: An attack made into

the opponent’s forward motion.

Waster: A wooden practice weapon;

a practice sword.

Some Terms:

By Rowan Forestal(learned from Kerrn, captain of the Dawn Palace guards)

Swordcrafting is the art of fighting with the sword.

Though swordcrafting is an art, it is not for dueling and not for show. It is for fighting. If you are not prepared to fight, then you should not take up swordcrafting.

The four elements of swordcrafting are distance, perception, timing, and technique.

Quickness can defeat strength.

Cleverness can defeat strength.

Strategy is one thing. Tactics are something else.

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