I think good technique is good technique, and proves itself time and again in all applicable situations. Does that mean it is always successful? No, there ...
... The question is really one of two separate issues--Form & spirit. You can have one & not the other. Perfect form don't mean diddly against someone who...
Dear All, thought I would share something with you from Milton:"I am a man of courage and strength and in my earlier days I learned, through daily practice,...
I can't place a date where classical became sport fencing. Some attacks and parries morphed from clean and graceful to amazingly athletic. Back in the '70's I...
We, the organizers of the West Coast Sabre Conference, regret to announce that this years conference set for July 17-18 1004 is cancelled. We did not receive...
Hello fencers, We have some new copies of Charles Selberg's excellent 1993 book, The Revised Foil, for sale -- autographed by the author himself just a few ...
Michael Heggen wrote: p.s. It was a real pleasure to have my head handed to me on a platter by a 73-year-old man who hadn't fenced in almost ten years when we...
Michael, Thanks for the book announcement. I have a video tape of Maestro Selberg teaching foil at a seminar. I do not practice at the Pacific Fencing Club...
Hello, does anyone have historical information of the roman short sword greek short sword. Is there anyone training these weapons today? Want to learn...
Sorry....I forgot to mention that Harold Hayes our fencing master At PFC was also a student of Maestro Selberg. He teaches in a classical manner and also...
Arie, I would like to drive down to Alameda and practice at PFC sometime but since it is a drive I want to make sure I come on a good night. Can you tell me ...
I fear that the term "classical fencing" may be a bit misleading. It doesn't refer to the swordplay of classical Greece and Rome, but to the style of fencing ...
... The only people I know of who are doing Roman sword and shield are some members of Nova Scrimia, specifically Sala d'armi Bologna. You can contact Marco...
John, Wednesday nights and Saturday after the morning class is when Arthur is around. Also Wednesday after the class is when people come out to play epee, its...
Hi fencers, John Sullins, your copy of Maestro Charles Selberg's "The Revised Foil" shipped today. Unfortunately, the e-mail address you supplied bounced....
I have attempted to get registered on swordforum.com but the ID hasn't been approved and appears to have been autodeleted or otherwise expired. Mail to the...
Way back in November, I brought up some info about George Silver (that he was something of a lumber baron, and that he'd challenged Saviolo to a public...
Jeff, I don't know whre you originally read it, but I believe there is a decent account of Silver challenging Saviolo in Hutton's "The Sword Through the...
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Try Alyward's English Master of Defense for info on George. Steve...
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Dear Zebee, I am a moderator (albeit a junior one) on swordforum and will try to sort out what went wrong. Cheers Stephen Hand Stoccata School of Defence ...
This information is in J.D. Aylward's "The English master of arms from the twelfth to the twentieth century", London, Routledge & Paul [1956] Sean Hayes ...
Jeff, I have two suggestions off the top of my head. I would bet you could find references to Silver's challenge of Saviolo in both Egerton Castle's "Schools...
I just read several very useful responses to this thread which appeared in my mailbox. If you meant to post to the list, I'll post 'em. The gist was that the...
The information about the challenge comes from Silver himself, in the last section of Paradoxes. There is a good chapter on Silver, including the lumber baron...
I have completed the transcription of "Traite d'Escrime Modern" by Jean Joseph-Renaud, 1928 Subject: Solely Epee, an undestanding of foil is assumed. Pictures:...
The Western Martial Arts Workshop 2004 event website has been updated with the schedule, class descriptions/synopses and biographies of the teachers and...
Does anyone know if Colonial Distributing of Wisconsin is still around for fencing gear? Or have their number? Thank you. Mike...
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Mike- Will this be *only* fencing bouts, or is there a possibility for demonstrations of other kinds of fencing like the very elegant medieval sword &...
