Tag Archives: Angelo

Angelo’s Plates I-XV from Escrime in the Encyclopédie, 1765

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Scott

Domenico Angelo rocked the fencing world.  He was an Italian trained in France, appointed as Royal Fencing Instructor by George II where trained the future King, George III, in escrime.  In 1763, working with artist Gwyn Delin, he published L’Ecole … Continue reading →

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Opposing Smallsword with Saber

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Scott

If opposed to the Small Sword, have recourse to the Cuts Three [ascending from inside low to outside high] and Four [ascending from outside low to inside high], directing them at the arm, by which means there is every probability … Continue reading →

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Angelo on Elasticity and Recovery

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Scott

You ought to practice not only to make your thrusts with great quickness and vivacity, but also to deliver them with an elastic disengagement and disposition; and the motion of the body should appear like divers [sic] springs throughout the … Continue reading →

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Angelo’s Plate XV, “Escrime,” in Encyclopédie

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Scott
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Angelo’s Demi Volte

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Scott
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