The drawing seems to be depicting an early form or predecessor of Epee. What is "real" fencing? The three major sport forms come from some very old sword fighting styles: Foil, Saber and Epee. Foil was just a training style, but Saber is based on how carvery riders fought in the civil war (lower body is off target, because you want to kill the man and not the horse .. horse is worth money).