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What is sixte?

What is sixte? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (fencing) The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at eye level.
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The sixte is to do them also with al mekenesse bothe in spyryte and gesture.
The sixte parry is therefore followed, as a continuation of the movement, by the parry of quarte, or a counter parry.
Prises de fer finishing in sixte and octave are to be preferred, since they drive the opponent's blade outside.
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.
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.
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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