MUFG, "Z" fencing,

Eric, thanks. That is a great article! I think I want to make a
digital copy of it for our file folder.

Take care driving this evening...

Cheers!
CLF

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--- In mufencingguild@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Sher" <aeric@m...> wrote:
> http://www.fencing101.com/content/view/142/35/
>
> This is a good article was written on the subject of the FIE's
> proposed plan to change Foil for the better. His description of
> common techniques today are very insightful.
>
> He says, "Arcing flicks, marching footwork, and the tactics to
> defend against them were originally borrowed from sabre. These
moves
> are undoubtedly prospering in foil, but the FIE's language when
> justifying the rule changes contains terms like "foil's specific
> character" and "foil heritage" — they're looking for something
> foily, which is tip and Right of Way."
>
> This was everything at the Junior Olympics. I did not see one
> disengage, because it was all "beat-prep-screen-prep-screen-prep-
> flick". The waving of the blade down and up apparently kept right
> of way for the directors, even though it would be considered as an
> attack which fails, and then another attack which fails, and not
one
> constant attack.