Clovis Deladrier’s Target Practice and Warm Ups

Clovis Deladrier (b. 1886 d.1947) was the Maître d’Armes of the First Infantry Regiment and the 12th Artillery Regiment of the Belgian Army (1906-26) and Head Fencing Master at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis from 1927 until his death in 1947. In the very last pages of his text, published only a year after his death, featured the following photographs of Maître Deladrier’s students’ target practice and Maître performing warm-up exercises.

Clovis Deladrier, “Modern Fencing”, Arco Publishing Company, New York, 1973.

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Warming-up Exercises. Before going into a bout or a lesson, the fencer should practice the exercises demonstrated in the following photographs until he feels warm and relaxed.

Fig. 1. Dummy Foil for target practice.
Fig. 2. Group practice on dummy foil.
Fig. 3. Warming-up exercise.
Fig. 4. Swinging ball for épée practice.
Fig. 5. Dummy épée for target practice.
Fig. 6. Group practice on dummy épées.
Fig. 7. Sabre dummy.
Fig. 8. Practice on sabre dummy.
Fig. 9. The Naval Academy fencing loft.
Figs. 10-11. Some warming up exercises.
Figs. 12-16. Some warming-up exercises.