GR translation: With a high slash that Bladdery tries to parry in third

[Dave Monroe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cuihrjLNAo

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Mike Jing
<gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> So "in third position" then?  It appeared many time in that book.
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Regulations and Instructions for the Cavalry Sword Exercises - Page 32
>>
>> https://books.google.com/books?id=kXti-W8D6mYC
>> Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office - 1819 - ‎Read
>> Prepare to give Third Point. Advance the body by the extension of the
>> left leg, and give Third Point, which when parried, draw back the arm,
>> ready to parry. Draw back the body and Left Parry. Prepare to Parry.
>> Left Parry with the body and hips  ...
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 6:26 PM, David Ewers <dsewers at comcast.net> wrote:
>> > Maybe this (lifted from the wikipedia glossary of fencing):
>> >
>> > TierceParry #3; blade up and to the outside, wrist pronated. The point
>> > is
>> > significantly higher than the hand. Covers the outside high line. This
>> > is
>> > the basic en garde position in sabre.
>> >
>> > ?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Aug 17, 2015, at 2:53 PM Jolly good day we are having, Mike Jing
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > V597.11-17   Krypton stashes Slothrop in a garbage bin and goes looking
>> > for
>> > Seaman Bodine. After a number of short, glittering feints, Purfle dodges
>> > in,
>> > quick as a fighting-cock. With a high slash that Bladdery tries to parry
>> > in
>> > third, Purfle rips through the Commando’s blouse and draws blood. But
>> > when
>> > he goes to jump back, it seems thoughtful Bladdery has brought his
>> > combat
>> > boot down on the American’s low dress shoe, nailing him where he stands.
>> >
>> > What exactly is "to parry in third"?
>> >
>> >
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