Fiore: Longsword: Guard: Frontale (Fol 24v)
Frontale (Fol 24v)
System: Fiore: Longsword
Section: Fiore: Longsword: Guards
Source Text and Drawing
This is the frontal guard, called by some masters the crown guard, that is good for crossing and for thrusts it is also good, so if the thrust comes high it crosses it, passing out of the way. And if the thrust comes low, it also passes out of the way, beating the thrust to the ground. Also she can alternatively, in the striking of the thrust, return with the foot backwards, and come with a fend‐ ente to the head and to the arms, and go into the boar's tooth guard, and immediately throw a thrust or two, with an advance of the foot, and return with a fendente into whichever appropriate guard. Frontal guard, unstable.
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Key Resources
Book: From Medieval Manuscript to Modern Practice: The Longsword Techniques of Fiore dei Liberi
Online Course: The Medieval Longsword Complete Course
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Source: Getty MS Ludwig XV Translation: Dr. Guy Windsor
