LESSON FOUR
MODES OF ATTACK AND DEFENSE
After the combatants are in their guard, both are careful not to attack their enemy in haste, and rather wait for their opponent to strike first so that his attacks may be met and his destreza known.
For the sake of understanding the best mode of attack and defence, we will now go on to explain in the successive lessons what is meant by terreno, jiros, contrajiros and cambios, words whose significance and familiarity is for us essential.