Alfred Hutton was a Victorian officer of the King's Dragoon Guards, antiquarian and swordsman. He originated the first English revival of historical fencing, together with his colleagues Egerton Castle

Egerton Castle

Egerton Castle M.A., F.S.A. was a Victorian era author, antiquarian, and swordsman, and an early practitioner of reconstructed historical fencing, as well as the captain of the British épée and saber teams at the 1908 Olympics.He was born into a wealthy family; his maternal grandfather was the...

, Captain Carl Thimm, Colonel Cyril Matthey, Captain Percy Rolt, Captain Ernest George Stenson Cooke

Ernest Stenson-Cooke

Ernest Stenson-Cooke was a British Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.-References:...

, Captain Frank Herbert Whittow, Sir Frederick and William Pollock.

Works

• 1867, The Cavalry Swordsman
• 1887, Swordsmanship, for the use of Soldiers
• 1889, Cold Steel, a practical treatise on the sabre
  Sabre
  The sabre or saber is a kind of backsword that usually has a curved, single-edged blade and a rather large hand guard, covering the knuckles of the hand as well as the thumb and forefinger...
  
   also on various other weapons of the present day including the short sword-bayonet
  Bayonet
  A bayonet is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped weapon designed to fit in, on, over or underneath the muzzle of a rifle, musket or similar weapon, effectively turning the gun into a spear...
  
   or dagger
  Dagger
  A dagger is a fighting knife with a sharp point designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon. The design dates to human prehistory, and daggers have been used throughout human experience to the modern day in close combat confrontations...
  
  ,the constables truncheon
  Baton (law enforcement)
  A truncheon or baton is essentially a club of less than arm's length made of wood, plastic, or metal...
  
  ,the great stick or staff
  Quarterstaff
  A quarterstaff , also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European pole weapon and a technique of stick fighting, especially as in use in England during the Early Modern period....
  
   and the French sword (small-sword)
• 1892, Old Swordplay – The Systems of Fence in Vogue During the XVIth, XVIIth, and XVIIIth Centuries, with lessons arranged from the works of ancient masters, based on Achille Marozzo
  Achille Marozzo
  Achille Marozzo was an Italian fencing master teaching in the Dardi or Bolognese tradition.Marozzo was probably born in Bologna. His text Opera Nova dell'Arte delle Armi was published in 1536 in Modena, dedicated to Count Rangoni, then reprinted several times all the way into the next century...
  
  's 1536 Opera Nova. This is more often known as Old Sword Ways.
• 1893, Our Swordsmanship, lecture at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall
• 1895, Notes on Ancient Fence, lecture at the Albany Club.
• 1897, Sword Fighting and Sword Play, The Indian Fencing Review.

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