In Fencing Manual: Point and Counterpoint (1884), Brunet provides the practitioner with a very clear and understandable interpretation of the Joinville Academy fencing curriculum, adapted for a civilian audience. The volume covers the standard weapons of the conventional French fencing style of the period, foil and sabre, starting with fundamental principles and building to a complete system capable of handling all common fencing situations. This book is a must have for fencers everywhere, and especially practitioners of historical fencing and those interested in the history and development of the modern sport. Jules Auguste Romuald Brunet was one of the most well respected fencers in France in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. He was a decorated former officer of cavalry, a talented and popular musician, winemaker, and writer on fencing and life in the cavalry. Chris Slee is a swordsman with an academic background in Renaissance thought, history, literature and languages. He has fenced with rapier, side-sword and sabre for nearly two decades. He is the chief instructor at LongEdge Fencing, specialising in 17th century and 19th century fencing as described in period French texts.