A foil should be held as one holds a little bird; not so tightly as to crush it, but just enough to prevent it escaping from the hand.


Vigeant, Arsène. Un Maître d'Armes sous la Restauration. Paris, 1883.

Jean-Louis Michel Quotes

A foil should be held as one holds a little bird; not so tightly as to crush it, but just enough to prevent it escaping from the hand.

A foil should be held as one holds a little bird; not so tightly as to crush it, but just enough to prevent it escaping from the hand.

A foil should be held as one holds a little bird; not so tightly as to crush it, but just enough to prevent it escaping from the hand.

A foil should be held as one holds a little bird; not so tightly as to crush it, but just enough to prevent it escaping from the hand.