Complete Treatise of Fencing of the Spanish Saber

First ever translation into English of what is probably the best saber manual ever written in Spanish. First published in Toledo in 1862, where the author, Jaime Merelo y Casademunt, was hired as the fencing instructor for the cadets at the infantry school there. Merelo teaches a very complete use of the infantry saber based upon the much older concepts of Destreza. This book is a complete system that gives a very unique view of how military saber was in mid-19th century Spain. Translated by John Jakelsky