PROGRESSIVE PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION.
1. Intervals, distances, positions.
2. Explain hand-to-hand fighting, and inculcate the spirit of the
bayonet.
LESSON I.
3. Guard.
4. Order.
5. High Port.
First practice (in class, by word of command).
6. “Long thrust.”
7. “Withdrawal” (_a_) after stationary thrust, (_b_) after thrust,
advancing rear foot (Plate III) (first demonstrated by instructor on a
dummy).
8. Oblique long thrust.
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9. Long thrust, followed by long thrust advancing rear foot.
10. Vulnerable spots explained; region of kidney shown; class practised
in making thrusts at these.
Second practice (class working by eye):
11. Long thrust.
12. Long thrust, followed by long thrust advancing rear foot.
13. Varied direct and oblique long thrusts at thrusting ring.
Third practice (thrusting at dummy):
14. Long thrust (Plate II).
15. Long thrust advancing rear foot.
16. Advancing long thrust.
17. Advance long thrust (at two or more dummies).
LESSON II.
18. Explain value of parries; how, in charging, the parry must be
strong enough to beat aside opponent’s weapon.
First practice (in class, by word of command):
19. Explain, and make the class perform, the movements required for the
various parries.
Second practice (class working by eye):
20. Parry stick pointed at the breast.
21. Parry stick pointed at the breast and deliver thrust.
22. Parry stick pointed at head, body, or legs.
23. Parry stick pointed in varying order at head, body, or legs, and
deliver thrust.
24. When standing in a trench, parry a thrust made with stick from
above.
25. When standing on a parapet, parry a thrust made with stick by a man
in trench.
26. With stick parry a thrust made with stick by advancing opponent.
27. With stick parry a thrust made with stick by advancing opponent and
come back with a thrust.
28. With stick parry thrust made with stick lightly held in one hand
by charging opponent. (By holding his stick in right or left hand the
attacker will clearly show on which side he is thrusting, and he will
pass on that flank.)
Third practice (pointing at dummy with stick representing opponent’s
weapon):
29. Advance, parry stick, and thrust.
LESSON III.
30. Demonstrate the short thrust and explain when it is used (Plate V).
First practice (in class, by word of command):
31. Short thrust.
32. Withdrawal: (_a_) stationary; (_b_) advancing rear foot.
(Demonstrated by instructor on dummy.)
33. Oblique short thrust.
34. Short point advancing rear foot.
35. Long thrust advancing rear foot, followed by short thrust advancing
rear foot.
Second practice (class working by eye):
36. Short thrust.
37. Short thrust advancing rear foot.
38. Long thrust advancing rear foot, followed by short thrust advancing
rear foot.
39. Varied direct and oblique long and short thrusts at thrusting ring.
40. Practise various parries, parries and thrusts, from short thrust
position (Plate IV).
Third practice (thrusting at dummy):
41. Short thrust.
42. Short thrust advancing rear foot.
43. Long thrust advancing rear foot; short thrust advancing rear foot.
44. Advance, long thrust, short thrust (at two dummies in suitable
positions).
LESSON IV.
45. Demonstrate jab at dummy; then, by placing men of the squad in
suitable positions, explain when and how it is used in conjunction with
thrusts (Plate V).
First practice (in class, by word of command):
46. Jab from jab position.
47. Short thrust advancing rear foot, jab advancing rear foot.
48. Long thrust advancing rear foot, jab advancing rear foot.
49. Long thrust advancing rear foot, short thrust advancing rear foot,
jab advancing rear foot.
50. Short thrust advancing rear foot, jab advancing rear foot, long
thrust advancing rear foot.
Second practice (class working by eye):
51. Jab at thrusting ring (Plate VI).
52. Direct and oblique long and short thrusts, and jabs in varying
order at thrusting ring.
53. When in jab position, ward off high and low thrusts made with stick.
Third practice (thrusting at dummy):
54. Jab from jab position.
55. Short thrust advancing rear foot, and jab advancing rear foot.
56. Long thrust advancing rear foot, short thrust advancing rear foot,
and jab advancing rear foot (at dummies).
57. Advance, long thrust, and jab.
58. Advance, long thrust, short thrust, and two or more jabs (at
dummies).
LESSON V.
First practice (word of command):
59. Practise Butt Stroke I.
60. Practise Butt Stroke II.
61. Practise Butt Stroke III.
62. Practise Butt Stroke IV.
Second practice (working by eye):
63. Butt Stroke I at padded stick (Plate VII).
64. Butt Stroke II at padded stick.
65. Butt Stroke III at padded stick.
66. Butt Stroke IV at padded stick (Plate VIII).
68. Long thrusts, short thrusts, and jabs at thrusting ring, with butt
strokes at padded stick, varied.
69. Trips practised by men working in pairs.
Third practice (on dummy):
70. Thrust, jab, etc., at dummies, followed by Butt Strokes I to IV at
light dummies, and introducing kicks and any other form of in-fighting.