Re: Cutlass training


Brian Sharrock wrote:
> "Michael Mcneil" <weatherlawyer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:7f61682113fa33569420d603c6aec0fe.45219@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Anyone got a link to the way that RN sailors were taught to use a
> > cutlass in combat?
> >
> > Apparently it was a sort of dance. Which is, I suppose what any martial
> > art is.
> >
> >
> According to Brian Lavery, Nelson's Navy, Part VIII- Techniques;
> Edged Weapons, p178: - There was no standard drill until 1814 ...
> Page 197 is a facsimile of a plate "Naval Cutlass Exercise" (1814)
> "Under the authority of the Right Honourable Lord Vincent Melville
> & The Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty" ... HMM JOD/48
>
> By inference, the plate illustrates a sequence of movements forming
> cuts, guards and steps - balance(s) reaches - and movements
> which are iterated by standard words of command. (Rather like
> 'Squad will fix bayonets, ... Fix ! ,,, wait for it ! ... Bayonets!"
> In might appear that the sequence of movements was a sort of dance
> but not apparently to the opponents men so trained.
> --
>
> Brian

This is one of those treasured items from eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/SHIPS-SAILOR-at-CUTLASS-DRILL-Antique-Print-1878_W0QQitemZ3727646064QQcategoryZ10164QQcmdZViewItem

Title: THE BRITISH FLEET IN THE SEA OF MARMORA: CUTLASS DRILL.

DATE PRINTED: March 23rd. 1878. ARTIST: W. H. OVEREND.
The overall size is approx. 22x16 inches. Folded at the centre.
This is a brief description with a note of the contents of this
picture: This lovely historical engraving shows these sailors on board
the naval vessel. Note they have bare feet.

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