Excerpt from one of Maitre Bac's books:

The principles at the very of this book are derived from the theories and practices of the innovative ancient French fencing masters schools which were concerned with the development to full potential of a fencer's intrinsic physical and mental abilities. In this book I have incorporated technical ideas that have grown out of my teaching experience to give the fencer not only an intellectual awareness of the French traditional fencing technique, but also to create the understanding necessary to experience their essence as well as their physical form. We know too well that this process cannot be hurried unnaturally; nevertheless, the way can be illuminated by quietly studying and analyzing such that one's body, gradually by degrees, learns to do the bidding of the mind.

"To go a thousand miles one has to take the first step" is a familiar saying. Each step is ostensibly like the following but the added experience that each step brings to the next contributes to endurance, agility and strength. The great variety of the French fencing forms, the intensely interesting techniques - the subtleness of which unfold with experience - and the sheer beauty of the postures of the French traditional style gives delight and grace.

As one develops understanding and progresses with the techniques from this book, the French technique of fencing becomes a richer entity, seemingly limitless in what it has to offer. The ability to perform it at its minimum gives one good lasting form. To perfect it and live with it as a life-long exercise is to assure oneself of stable health, mental alertness and equanimity of spirit.