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The Beat and Disengagement

The beat here takes the character of the first disengagement in one-two, i.e. becomes a feint, and is intended to induce the adversary to return to the place he occupied when the beat was made. You then immediately pass to the opposite side of his blade in the manner described in the disengagement. It will be seen that all these movements pass under the adversary's blade. However, there are certain situations in the assault, as a fencing bout is called, when an adversary is more assailable over the point than under the blade; for this purpose there is what the French call the coupe sur peint, or