Download or read book A Newer, Shorter and Easier Method of Fencing written by Milo Thurston and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-29 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir William Hope's New, Short and Easy Method of Fencing represents a system by which a gentleman of the early 18th century might learn to defend himself with those swords commonly available to him, such as the small-sword. This book presents for the modern reader a curriculum for studying Sir William's idiosyncratic, yet effective, system for fighting with that weapon. Included also are some notes upon the spadroon as well as a discussion of techniques in his earlier work, The Sword-Man's Vade Mecum.