Parade de Canne
Parade
A defensive stick guard in French la canne; guards are distinguished on the inner and outer lines and head guards quinte and sixte.
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Parade de canne is a defensive stick guard in French la canne. Guards are distinguished for the inner line (prime, quarte, septime), the outer line (seconde, tierce), and head guards (quinte, sixte); the names prime, quarte, or tierce are used here in the sense of la canne, not rapier fencing. Prime protects, depending on the height of the stick grip, the leg, the belly, or the inner side of the face, tierce the flank or the outer side of the face. In quinte the hand is above the head on the right, thumb down, in sixte above the head on the left, arm crossed in front; both guards protect the crown. As a sport discipline, la canne is closely linked to canne de combat, which arose in the early 19th century from French stick self-defence and was standardised in the 1970s by Maurice Sarry. The guards protect against stick strikes such as brisé, croisé tête, or enlevé; thrusting attacks are forbidden in canne de combat, and points are scored for horizontal and overhead strikes to the calves, trunk, and head. Each guard corresponds to a particular attack, for example croisé jambe to the outer shin is parried differently from enlevé to the inner shin.