My sincere condolences on the death of Maitre Poujardieu. A good mentor leaves his student richer for the experience, and clearly this was the case with him. ...
As previously announced on this group, the University of Richmond was considering the development of a classical fencing instructor program with an online...
Walter, Where can we read more about this already established online program, it's director and instructors and their fencing instructor certification ...
First please excuse the cross posts. I sent this to three groups. Question !. What is the origin of the word "fencing"? Question 2. It is so hard to find...
... It's from the word "defence." See http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/fencing.html for more details. ... It's one thing to find video clips of fencing on the...
Kim Moser
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Jan 12, 2005 8:06 pm
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Bill, As far as I know the word "fencing" is derived from the word "defence". The word "defence" itself is the British English (not the American English) ...
Dear All, and Bill Pirkle, I am one of those who reads something and then a mere 25 years later can't remember where he saw it, but I believe in 16th-century...
...If memory serves me right, one of the term "defensing" was applied as early as the Tudor era under Henry VIII. when he accredited fencing schools in mid...
Hi fencers, If you happen to be in Ashland, Oregon, make plans to fence. Maestro John McDougall has opened a beautiful new fencing salle there. To my ...
I just noticed that this list is being archived at fencing.net and also that they state that people can supposedly post replies to our threads there. ??? See:...
... This list is indeed being archived at fencing.net but people can't post replies from there. For a brief time it was possible to post replies from ...
Kim Moser
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Jan 27, 2005 7:11 pm
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For the past seven years I've maintained a Web page containing classical fencing resources: http://www.kmoser.com/classicalfencing.htm Much of this information...
Kim Moser
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Jan 28, 2005 5:04 pm
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Hello All, I would just like to announce that the Whitman Fencing Club will be hosting a 2-day (Saturday-Sunday) Italian Foil Symposium with Maestro Sean Hayes...
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Jan 28, 2005 8:49 pm
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I desparately need your help. My newly established fencing club is trying to fence in the school gymnasium but the school is telling us that these are weapons...
Hello everyone, The 2nd Annual Salem Classical Fencing Winter Novice Foil Tournament was a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who fenced and/or helped out. Here is...
... As far as Classical Fencing clubs around here are concerned, I know of one that fences on academic grounds, but that's a university. When we lost one of...
While not classical fencing, I know of a few WMA and SCA groups that use schools. The local SCA group here used to use the gym of a middle school for their...
Hello, The International Swordfighting and Martial Arts Convention continues to grow as we go into our 6th year of bringing together the finest instructors ...
Hi Bill, First, I have taught fencing as an after-school program at Judson Middle School and at West Salem High School -- both of which are in Salem, Oregon...
Hello, The School of Fencing by Domenico Angelo will once again be available in reprint. Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martinez has added over a hundred annotations...
... Jared, You and the Martinez's did a great job on Capo Ferro's Gran Simulacro, so I am looking quite forward to picking up this as well. -- Patrick Shannon...
Thanks everyone for your feedback on "where to fence". As you may remember I am in a fight with the school district over using school facilities for fencing....
Bill, Have you contacted the USFA (www.usfencing.org)? I'm sure they can point you to such resources since they exist largely to promote (sport) fencing. -- ...
Kim Moser
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Feb 6, 2005 9:56 pm
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Hi Bill, There isn't a whole lot of data out there on fencing injuries. What I knew about, I included in my previous posting on January 30. Here it is ... ...
I know that someone has asked this in the past, but I'm about to purchase and I need an update. Who makes the best rapier blade for use in actual bouting? I'm...
You got you about three choices, the way I sees it: Del Tin practice rapier blade: Diamond-shaped, kinda heavy. Del Tin FISAS rapier blade: Lighter, triangular...
Ken Mondschein
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Feb 8, 2005 4:59 pm
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In Triplett's new "Zen Warrior Armory" catalog, in addition to the schlager and double wide epee blades, they also offer a blade they call the "Triplette...
In watching several SCA rapier fencers lately I have noticed that their fencing doesn’t really look like historical rapier, but more like a modified form of...
