... I doubt that. My experience of Italy is the living tradition has a reasonably high profile as it tends to tends to be part of the show when the town...
William Black
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Aug 1, 2004 4:54 pm
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... He has done more research on it than anyone else to my knowledge, but only he can tell you what he has (or hasn't) found....
Ken Mondschein
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Aug 1, 2004 4:54 pm
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Right. Sorry, I was typing on the fly. ... -- Ken Mondschein www.corporatemofo.com "O for the wings of any bird other than a battery hen" -Hawkwind...
Ken Mondschein
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Aug 1, 2004 4:54 pm
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... How far back does this tradition go? -Ken...
Ken Mondschein
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Aug 3, 2004 3:45 am
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Very true. Thanks for pointing it out, Steven! ;-) --Jeph...
... No idea, and my Italian wasn't good enough to find out. However there's no reliance on the surviving contemporary printed sources often used for...
William Black
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Aug 3, 2004 3:45 am
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Well, never having seen one, I'll have to hold off judgment on the fencing. Though I'm sure Maestro Sinclair can tell the list. -Ken...
Ken Mondschein
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Aug 3, 2004 3:45 am
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... I have a question, perhaps for Maestro Sinclair, what is left of the fencing material from Scuola Magistrale in Milan? I am tracking down where...
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Aug 3, 2004 1:12 pm
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Just because the events have a histiry that stretches back to the rennaisance doesn't neccessarily mean that all the pomp & ceremony that goes with it is...
... I don't know how far back it goes (I suspect local festivals have long since melded into tourist events, but that's just supposition), but I saw lots of ...
... I've been to a Ren-faire in the USA. It's very unlike an Italian town fete/carnival indeed. How authentic the displays are is open to discussion, however...
William Black
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Aug 6, 2004 2:55 am
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Registration for the Western Martial Arts Workshop 2004, Oct. 22-24 in Amsterdam NY is now open. Visit the event website at http://ahfi.org/wmaw2004/ to...
We are looking for a family to host David, age 17, from Germany for the 04/05 school year, provide room/board, supportive environment. He has been Fencing for...
La Scherma Italiana: the Basics of Italian Rapier Fencing is NOW AVAILABLE! Maestro Ramôn Martínez instructs you in short sequences (with the assistance of...
I want to send a big thank you to everyone that attended ISMAC this year. Without ya'll, John and I would be sitting around with nothing to do :) It was the...
Hi everyone, Apparently American Fencers Supply is discontinuing their jackets with snap closures (except for the quilted version). So, I am trying to find a...
I got a Santelli saber jacket with buttons instead of zips. Looks sharp. ... -- Ken Mondschein www.corporatemofo.com "O for the wings of any bird other than a...
Ken Mondschein
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Aug 17, 2004 10:40 pm
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Hi fencers, Well, electrical sabre is not immune to subjectivity in the officiating -- despite technology's best efforts. I watched the ten minutes of...
... So long as there is a human element in fencing, and the judgement rests on that element to determine right-of-way, there will always be some subjectivity...
... Don't know about any others, but I have a Santelli button jacket. While not as convenient to open/close up as a snap, zipper or velcro, the jackets look...
I used to use a velcro-close saber jacket. It was a great jacket, but after a few washings, the velcro no longer stayed closed, and it particularly liked...
We've added class descriptions for Christian Tobler, Gary Chelak and Dr. Richard Swinney/Scott Crawford. We also added bios for Christian Tobler and Gary...
Hello Michael, I've noticed that Olympic fencing has moved on to electric, the sport has gotten worse and worse spectator-wise. Now that the object is merely...
Tyson
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Aug 23, 2004 12:05 pm
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... In recent years, the FIE/USFA have taken measures to increase the stiffness of weapons. Primarily this was done in sabre to prohibit the whipover....
Brian has already dealt with the "flimsy sabre" question. They're no flimsier than any sabre used in the Olympics in the past 50 years. ... The exchange was...
In the vein of how far modern fencing has evolved from Classical Fencing, I am forwarding this e-mail from the United States Fencing Coaches Association group...
... However, the electric machine adds a whole new element to it. Now "cuts" can be made with the flat of the blade, and no proper cutting technique need be...
Ken Mondschein
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Aug 30, 2004 4:39 am
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I met M. Gradowski once; it's gratifying to know his opinions on these matters. Here are mine. ... I thought, aesthetically, the uniforms were appalling; like...
Ken Mondschein
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Aug 30, 2004 4:40 am
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... True, this is a "classical" fencing list; but it does seem to generate a fairly high number of complaints about "sport" fencing as part of the process....
... I don't care to define classical fencing only in opposition to "sport" fencing; in fact, I really don't care what sport fencers think. Nor is classical...
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