SECTION 2: POSITION AND MOVEMENTS General 201 13 The Guard Position 202 14 Change of Direction 203 18 Foot Movements 204 18 SECTION 3: INDIVIDUAL ATTACK General 301 23 The Slash 302 23 The Vertical Butt Stroke 303 27 The Smash 304 31 The Horizontal Butt Stroke 305 34 The Jab 306 38 SECTION 4: INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE General 401 43 Parry Right 402 43 Parry Left 403 44 Block Against Slash 404 46 Block Against Vertical Butt Stroke 405 48 SECTION 5: COMBINATION MOVEMENTS General 501 51 List of Movements 502 52 SECTION 6: GROUP ATTACK AND DEFENSE General 601 53 Group Attack 602 53 Group Defense 603 54 SECTION 7: TRAINING General 701 59 Demonstration and Application of the Basic Fundamentals 702 60 The Assault Course 703 62 The Pugil Stick 704 73 INDEX 83 SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION 101. GENERAL a. Evolution of the Bayonet.—The bayonet is the infantry weapon which has changed the least during the development and refinement of weapons of war during the last three hundred years. There are several suggested origins of the bayonet. Some sources suggest that it derives from the Baioniers, crossbowmen of the middle ages, who carried a large knife or dagger to supplement their crossbows. Other sources credit the smugglers of Basque with using a bayonet-type weapon as a last ditch defense. Most English literature sources give the credit to Seigneur Marecal de Puysegur who, in 1647, at Ypres, France, ordered his troops to insert their daggers into the muzzles of their muskets after firing. De Puysegur and his unit were from Bayonne, France, a town known for dagger manufacture, hence the term bayonet.