Hello,

Quick introduction post. I'm Jean-Loup, originally from Normandy, France
but now settled in Edinburgh Scotland.

I've been doing historical fencing since January 2003, initially with
the Society for Creative Anachronisms but now primarily with the Dawn
Duellists Society in Edinburgh (though I do still play with the sca
since I have many friends in there still).

I don't consider myself particularily proficient but I am certainly very
keen to continuously improve my skills with the blade. I would like to
specialise in French style in the long term. I have started my own
translation of Henri de St Didier and was pleased to discover a period
French translation of Giganti recently. If I could afford an original
copy of Thibault, I'd get that too but you can only do one thing at a
time. For the moment, I'm quite happy to stick with the principles of
basic Italian Rapier :)

I'm quite pleased to have found this list, I've been looking for a
non-sca rapier-specific list for a while so I hope I can bring something
constructive to this group.

Cheers

-Jean-Loup