My name is Lesley Stene. I'm a Scot living in Sheffield and a student in the Society for the Study of Swordsmanship's Sheffield Chapter. Our instructor is...
Hi, My name is Rick Peacock I live in Eckington a small village in Derbyshire England. I am a member of the Society for the Study of swordsmanship which is a ...
... *Please cross post as appropriate* Let me know if you're planning to come so that we can get an accurate lunch count! -- Brian ... MEDIEVAL SWORD AND...
The Southern Oregon Fencing Center invites you to participate in a classical (non-electric) foil tournament on February 25th, 2006. Contact us for entry form...
John McDougall
mcdoog@...
Feb 11, 2006 6:05 pm
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Greetings! I'd like to take a few moments to thank everyone for the exceptional weekend of I.33 study that took place here in DFW on Feb. 11-12. Dr. Robert...
Klassisches Fechten Soest will hold its Spring Foil Seminar on Saturday, April 29, outdoors in the Wall Park, directly behind the 17th century half-timbered...
Hello. A friend of mine and I are looking for period manuals that are still in print. I've got a copy of Italian Rapier Combat (which I've really been...
There are no period treatises still in print; that would be the longest print run in history! What you're looking for are translations or reprintings of...
Ken Mondschein
editor@...
Feb 27, 2006 2:24 pm
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Capo Ferro can be ordered through the Martinez Academy here: http://martinez-destreza.com/shop.htm ... -- Ken Mondschein www.corporatemofo.com "O for the wings...
Ken Mondschein
editor@...
Feb 27, 2006 4:21 pm
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Dear Mike, I believe Italian Rapier Combat is close to being 'out of print' so it will become more difficult to get from amazon, etc. You should always be...
I run a small discussion forum for fencing in Texas. Needless to say, in my area that largely means sport/competitive/Olympics style fencing. I have had...
Kim-- I inserted the addendum, and this will fly.....Thanks for the trouble.... KFS submits this draft definition of classical fencing for discussion: ...
... I only have a problem with the tone of this section, especially the use of the word "catastrophic". While it is true that there is a distinct break...
I disagree with a lot of what Bill said in his original post, and agree with much of Brian's critique that we ought not to define classica fencing as something...
Ken Mondschein
editor@...
Mar 3, 2006 9:15 pm
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In einer eMail vom 3/3/2006 10:16:29 PM W. Europe Standard Time schreibt editor@...: I disagree with a lot of what Bill said in his original...
In einer eMail vom 3/3/2006 11:07:01 PM W. Europe Standard Time schreibt bdschenck@...: "Although challenged by 19th century romantism, the fundamental...
...Don't know anything about a "catastrophic reaction" and its relationship to the "Enlightenment", but if we simply define valid Fencing as "using swords in a...
I would like to announce the second annual session of the Sonoma State University Fencing Master's Certificate Program, to be held July 24-29th 2006. Come...
If I may borrow a line from The Bard, "Brevity is the soul of wit." A definition is best kept short, simple -- and therefore memorable. This definition is more...
... Maybe in America... what about Europe? And what about the '62 Olympics? -Ken...
Ken Mondschein
editor@...
Mar 4, 2006 12:51 am
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... Um, no, they're not. They've evolved into two different beasts entirely. -Ken...
Ken Mondschein
editor@...
Mar 4, 2006 2:14 pm
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In einer eMail vom 3/3/2006 11:56:56 PM W. Europe Standard Time schreibt sword_teacher@...: ...Don't know anything about a "catastrophic reaction" and...
I must add that here in Germany we can actually date a couple of related "breaks" in technique almost exactly a century after the Franco-Prussian war opened...
If you read my screed, I quote Aldo Nadi..."There is only one fencing." And explained why. Of course that doesn't mean that how the German bureaucracy views...
In deference to American perceptions, although bemused by the contradiction between the difficulty of compressed expression on one hand and the desire for...
I'm utterly bemused, Kim. I expected attention to the substative portion of the draft. From here, what we see is something that might surprise the Americans:...
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