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From Violence to Peace introduces us to three monotheistic
religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and the distorted
image of a God who is praised when committing violence. Instead
peace should be the soul and lungs of all religions. Religion is
not the source of violence; violence is constellated through human
manipulation. There is an urgent need for self-awareness, the sine
qua non for all transformation so that western countries can move
away from this distorted image or dominant religion or "new opium."
Several concrete observations are proposed with the book ending
with a call to a wider vision of transcendence, an openness to a
larger frame of reference, that is, of meaning and an enlarged
vision of the role of religion's passion to bring spirit and
forgiveness to public life and provide a vision of moral order.
A pioneer of modern fencing, Alfred Hutton was the first president
of the Amateur Fencing Association and a father of modern research
into the Western combat arts. In addition to his lectures about
ancient weapons and his demonstrations of their use, Hutton created
this 1889 classic, a continuing source of instruction and
enlightenment to modern readers.
The techniques associated with the sabre differ markedly from those
of the epee and the rapier. This study offers both technical and
historical views of the art of the sabre. It begins with a look at
the weapon's construction and its grip, followed by explanations of
a variety of different strokes and parries as well as methods of
combining attack and defense. Additional topics include approaches
suitable for left-handed fencers, ceremonial aspects of the art,
and contrasts between the sabre, the bayonet, and the French sword.
Descriptions of associated weapons cover the great stick and the
constable's truncheon, and the book concludes with considerations
of the short sword-bayonet, or dagger. Fifty-five illustrations
demonstrate how to hold the sabre, how to parry and guard, seizure,
and numerous other aspects of the art of fencing with a sabre.
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