Er schreibt doch genau, was es bedeutet:
COMMANDING.
Commanding, that is to say, seizing either the person or the weapon of the opponent is, like its accessory the pass, regarded as obsolete in the modern fencing room, though in old times it formed a regular part of the system of instruction; and it seems to have held its own, on account of its usefulness, so long as the small sword continued to be a necessary part of the costume of a gentleman, and recourse to it undoubtedly saved many a life in the “rencontres” and sudden quarrels which were then matters of every-day occurrence.
But if they tell you that I've lost my mind
Baby it's not gone just a little hard to find