A Brief History of the French School of Fencing: Lecture by Maître Cecil Longino, Part 1 of 5

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This is part one of Maître d'armes Cecil Longino's lecture on the history of the French school of fencing. Parts 2 through 5 will follow.
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[@zeljkocela5408]

Thank for the lesson.

[@robertrichnavsky7772]

Thank you for this!
Just started going through Angelo’s book here at Laurel City Historical Fencing.
We are a KDF club and smallsword is completely new to us!

[@altermellion6984]

Thanks for the video. Learned a lot.
The anecdote about the edict was funny and interesting.
If my people could have half the love you have for their own history, that would be awesome.
Just two small remarks : in french, we talk about the Ancien Régime, not Régime Ancien. It's the official way to talk about what was before the french revolution.
About the left hand in the back, that you mentioned briefly, you didn't mention the purpose. So in case someone is wondering why, it's to help propulsing and regrouping. It acts as a counterbalance.
Thanks again and have a great day!

[@garyowen766]

very interesting!

[@szablotukpolski5201]

Nice film :) gretings from Poland and szablotłuk polski

[@OneMindAnyWeapon]

The laws keeping schools of Fence out of the city of London is older than this period. It is also viewed that such schools attract the wrong sort. We should note that London does not have a University. Paris does.
Also there were the loop holes in the law and why people had schools of fence in the city on formally ecclesiastical land such as Black Friars