| Prises de fer finishing in sixte and octave are to be preferred, since they drive the opponent's blade outside. |
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| If the hand is on the left side, then the bind from sixte to septime is more appropriate. |
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| The stop hit with opposition is best learned on a disengage attack into the sixte line of the defender, thus giving the added protection of the sword arm if the attacking blade should slip off the defending blade. |
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| This is not to say that they cannot be done in these lines but the counter attack should be aware that those lines afford less protection than sixte or octave on the sword arm side. |
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| If a change of line is involved, i.e. from absence of blade in sixte to contact on the outside of the defending blade, or visa versa, it is called a change of engagement. |
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| It should be remembered that the stop hit in opposition can only be made in the high line in sixte providing the attacker's sword arm is low and point high. |
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| The first is narrated by a man named Sixte, who lives in the H6tel de la Vermine et des Rats and loves a woman named Reine. |
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