By the Sword von Richard Cohen 2003 Modern Library Paperback Edition; Kapitel 17 "Exodus" S. 392
Es geht hier um die Beeinflussung von Italienischem und Ungarischem Säbelfechten in der zweiten Hälfte des 19 Jhr.Not long after, an Italian master, Carlo Pessina, went to Russia to study Cossack swordmanship. He returned home convinced that the Steppe horsemen were so accurate with their sabers because they were cutting not from the wrist, as was being taught elsewhere, but from the elbow, holding the wrist "in one pice" with the forearm, this enabling them to perform astonishing feats with absolute sureness and precission.
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