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Monthly Archives: November 2016

Thibault – Chapter 5

Friday, November 25, 2016

On Attacks at the First Instance, and Feints This is the first chapter where Thibault leaves off his purely theoretical discussion and begins actual paired exercises. Poor Zachary comes off rather the worse for wear here, as he launches a variety of simple thrusts straight down the diameter (with one exception) from the first instance […]

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If it looks like a Duck

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Wikipedia has a good article on the probable source of what is now known as the Duck Test If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. In recent weeks, in light of what is happening in the US, and the direction various […]

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Thibault – Interlude and context

Saturday, November 19, 2016

A brief interlude resulting from a conversation over rather a nice stout, while we explore Chapter 5 with sword in hand. It is worth thinking about the context for Thibault’s life. Think about some of the other people and masters: Who Birth Death Thibault 1574 1627 Narvaez 157? 1640 Fabris 1544 1618 Giganti 155? 1622 […]

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Henry VI, Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers. I’ve heard back from my contact at Blue Point regarding the defunct electric car chargers. On 4th of August I was assured by Berkeley’s “Head of Estates” that matters were going to be soon resolved, and that a quick trip through Legal would see it […]

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Thibault – Chapter Four

Sunday, November 6, 2016

On The Posture Of The Straight Line This is a somewhat clunky chapter, needing to be partly read with Chapter 3, and suggesting that a good editor would have helped with the structure at this point. There are three distinct sections in this chapter that are not entirely related but also not quite separate enough […]

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