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Prise de Fer (“Taking the Blade”)

“A prise de fer is a movement that takes an opponent’s blade into any one line and holds it there as a preparation to an attack” (3, 60) There are 4 prise de fer actions:

1. Opposition (a.k.a. Glide)
   1. Can be executed in all lines. Fencer controls opponent’s blade in one line and does not release until action is complete (5, 129)
   2. The glide is “in reality a feint of direct thrust. Glide along your adversary’s blade slyly and without giving alarm” (4, 43)
2. Bind (a.k.a Transfer)
   1. “With the blades engaged, the action of carrying the opponent’s blade diagonally across from high to a low line, or vice versa” (1, 180)
3. Croisé (a.k.a. Cross)
   1. “A semibind executed by taking the opponent’s blade vertically from the high line to the low line” (5, 51)
   2. Is not executed from low to high (1, 183)
   3. Also called a “liement” where “the blade is taken from high to low line or vice versa” (3, 60)
4. Envelopment (a.k.a. Circular Transfer)
   1. Takes the blade in one line and controls it while in that line and completing a circular motion. Contact remains throughout (5, 50)

References

1. Crosnier, Roger. Fencing with the Foil, New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1948.
2. Barbasetti, Luigi. The Art of the Foil, New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1932.
3. Hett, G. V. Fencing, New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1939.
4. Rondelle, Louis. Foil and Sabre, Boston: Dana Estes and Company, 1892.
5. Garret, Maxwell R., Emmanuil G. Kaidanov, and Gil A. Pezza. Foil, Saber, and Épeé Fencing, University Park: Pennsylvania Stat University Press, 1994.