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- FENCING
-
- PART 3 : REFERENCES
-
- This is Part III of the 3-part rec.sport.fencing Frequently Asked
- Questions list. All parts can be found on the UseNet newsgroups
- rec.sport.fencing, rec.answers, or news.answers. Otherwise, consult
- section 3.8 for information on finding archived copies of this
- document.
-
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-
- 3.1 Fencing organizations
- 3.2 Equipment Vendors
- 3.3 Fencing Books
- 3.4 Fencing Magazines
- 3.5 Fencing Films
- 3.6 Fencing Videos
- 3.7 Fencing Software *** updated
- 3.8 Fencing Online
- 3.9 Glossary of terms
-
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-
- 3.1 Fencing Organizations
-
- The FIE head office is located at:
-
- Federation Internationale d'Escrime
- Avenue Mon-Repos 24
- CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
- TEL: +41 21 320 31 15
- FAX: +41 21 320 31 16
- URL: http://www.fie.ch
-
- A complete list of current FIE member nations and their head
- offices is available at the FIE website,
- http://www.fie.ch/Federation/carnet/federation.htm.
- The head offices of the fencing federations of English-speaking
- countries are:
-
- AUSTRALIA:
- Australian Fencing Federation
- P.O. Box 7517
- Melbourne VIC 3004, AUSTRALIA
- TEL: (61) 3 9510 8399
- FAX: (61) 3 9510 2722
-
- BRITAIN:
- British Fencing (Amateur Fencing Association)
- 1 Barons Gate
- 33-35 Rothschild Road
- London W4 5HT
- TEL: 020 8742 3032
- EMAIL: British_Fencing@compuserve.com
- URL: http://www.britishfencing.com
-
- CANADA:
- Canadian Fencing Federation
- 2197 Riverside Dr. Suite 301
- Ottawa ON K1H 7X3 CANADA
- TEL: (613) 731-6149
- FAX: (613) 731-6952
- URL: http://www.fencing.ca
-
- IRELAND
- Irish Amateur Fencing Federation
- Branksome Dene, Frankfort Park
- Dundrum
- Dublin 14
- TEL/FAX: 353-1-2984039
- EMAIL: ddonegan@iol.ie
-
- UNITED STATES:
- United States Fencing Association
- One Olympic Plaza
- Colorado Springs, CO 80909-5774
- TEL: (719) 578-4511
- FAX: (719) 632-5737
- URL: http://www.usfencing.org
- EMAIL: info@USFencing.org
-
-
- Contact your national fencing body to get the addresses and phone
- numbers of your local/provincial/divisional fencing associations.
-
- In addition to the above, there are also numerous associations for
- fencing coaches and masters. Among these are:
-
- British Academy of Fencing
- EMAIL: jperry@easynet.co.uk
- URL: http://www.baf-fencing.com
-
- United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA)
- URL: http://www.usfca.org
-
-
- 3.2 Equipment Vendors
-
- Many of the following businesses will mail you a catalogue if
- requested. Presence in the FAQ does not imply endorsement by the
- author.
-
- AUSTRALIA:
-
- Aladdin Sports Fentec Sports
- PO Box 13, Balwyn 48 Clara St
- Victoria Australia 3103 Camp Hill QLD 4158
- TEL: (03) 9483-3077 TEL: (07) 395 3852
- FAX: +61 3 9816-4072
- EMAIL: fencing@aladdinsports.com.au
- URL: http://www.aladdinsports.com.au
-
- Fencing International Equipment
- Angelo Santangelo, Maestro of Arms
- 47 Dalrymple Avenue,
- Chatswood, NSW, 2067
- TEL: +61-2-419-8968
-
- AUSTRIA:
-
- Fechtsport Michael Martin
- Dr. Gohren-Gasse 22
- A-2340 Mvdling
- TEL: (43) 2236 471370
- FAX: (43) 2236 471378
-
- BELGUIM:
-
- Frank Delhem Sport
- Gijsbrecht van Deurnelaan 31
- Bus 6,
- B-2100 Deurne
- TEL: (32) 3 6442676
- FAX: (32) 3 6442707
- URL: http://www.synec-doc.be/escrime/materiel/delhem.htm
-
- Bambust
- 625 Brusselse steenweg
- 1900 Overijse - Jesus-Eik
- TEL: (0)2 657 42 89 or (0)2 687 65 71
- URL: http://www.synec-doc.be/escrime/materiel/bambust.htm
-
- BRITAIN:
-
- Blades Rome Fencing Equipment
- 35 Edinburgh Drive 29 Grange Way
- Staines, Middlesex TW18 1PJ Broadstairs, Kent
- TEL: 01784 255-522 CT10 2YP
- FAX: 01784 245-942 TEL/FAX: (01843) 866588
-
- Merlin Enterprises Duellist Enterprises
- 24 Prices Lane 1 Barrowgate Road
- York, YO2 1AL Chiswick, London W4
- TEL/FAX: 01904 611537 TEL: 020 8747 9629
- URL: http://www.konect.mcmail.com/merlin/
-
- Gladiators Leon Paul
- Westerleigh Units 1 & 2, Cedar Way
- North Littleton Camley St., London NW1 0JQ
- Evesham TEL: 020 7388-8132
- WR11 5QX FAX: 020 7388-8134
- TEL: +44 (0)1386 830982 URL: http://www.leonpaul.com
- TEL: (Mobile) +44 (0) 7970 642967
- FAX: +44 (0)1386 833112
- EMAIL: david.kirby@easynet.co.uk
-
- CANADA:
-
- Fencing Equipment of Canada Allstar (Herb Obst Agency)
- 2407 Bayview Place Box 31039
- Calgary, Alberta T2V 0L6 Kelowna, BC, V1Z 3N9
- TEL: (403) 281-1384 TEL: (250) 769-1810
- FAX: (403) 281-0043 FAX: (250) 769-0464
- Agents:
- Prieur-PBT Halifax: Barbara Daniel
- Vijay Prasad (902) 457-9228
- 383 Tamarack Dr. Winnipeg: Stephen and Joan Symons
- Waterloo, Ontario N2L 4G7 (204) 233-4795
- TEL: (519) 885-6496 Ottawa: Ron Millette
- FAX: (519) 888-6197 (613) 235-2226
- Regina: John Brunning
- Imex Sport (306) 244-5655
- 710 Marco-Polo Vancouver: Zbig Pietrusinski
- Boucherville, Quebec J4B 6K7 (604) 984-2157
- TEL/FAX: (514) 449-0651
-
- Dela Escrime
- 706 Papineau
- Gatineau, Quebec, J8P 3Z8
- TEL: 819 669-4459
- FAX: 819 669-5764
- EMAIL: dela@cactuscom.com
-
- DENMARK:
-
- Allstar-Danmark
- Skoldhoj Alle 6F
- DK-2920 Charlottenlund
- TEL: (45) 39638463
- FAX: (45) 39623760
-
- FRANCE:
-
- Prieur Soudet
- 18 rue Nemours 31 Boulevard Voltaire
- 75011 Paris (metro Parmentier) 75011 Paris (metro Oberkampf)
- TEL: (0)1 43 57 89 90 TEL: (0)1 48 06 48 48
- FAX: (0)1 43 57 80 11
-
- Uhlmann/Allstar Uhlmann/Allstar
- 7, rue Leonard de Vinci 138 rue de Chevilly
- 69120 Vaulx-en-Velin, Lyon 94240 L'Hay-les-Roses, Paris
- TEL: (0)4 78 79 28 96 TEL: (0)1 46 87 26 70
- FAX: (0)4 78 80 11 33 FAX: (0)1 46 87 24 68
-
- Escrime Technologies/Fencing Technologies
- (see Scoring Machines subsection, below,
- for contact information)
-
- GERMANY:
-
- Allstar Fecht-Center
- Carl-Zeiss Strasse 61
- D-72770 Reutlingen, Germany
- TEL: +49 (0)7121 9500-0
- FAX: +49 (0)7121 9500-99
- EMAIL: info@allstar.de
- URL: http://www.allstar.de
-
- Uhlmann Fecht-Sport Fecht-Sport H.Lieffertz
- Uhlandstrasse 12 Eibenweg 3
- D-88471 Laupheim, Germany D-50767 Koln
- TEL: +49 (0)7392 9697-0 TEL/FAX: +49 221 795254
- FAX: +49 (0)7392 9697-79 EMAIL: hagen@netcologne.de
- EMAIL: info@uhlmann-fechtsport.de
- URL: http://www.uhlmann-fechtsport.de
-
- ITALY:
-
- Allstar-Italia di Mazzini Lucia Negrini Fencing Line
- Via Nostra Signora di Lourdes 72 TEL: ++39-45-8001984
- I-00167 Roma FAX: ++39-45-8002755
- TEL/FAX: (39) 6 6638830 EMAIL: negrini@negrini.com
- URL: http://www.negrini.com
-
- NETHERLANDS:
-
- Stichting Topschermen Den Haag
- Van Galenstraat 14M
- NL-2518 EP Den Haag
- TEL/FAX: (31) 70 3640624
-
- PORTUGAL:
-
- Joao Firmino Paulino Cabral
- Av. Curry Cabral 9 1Esq.
- Venda-Nova
- P-2700 Amadora
- TEL: (351) 1 4744040
- FAX: (351) 1 3978376
-
- SPAIN:
-
- Es.Fid SA
- Av. Madrid 171-177
- Esc. Isda 3070
- E-08028 Barcelona
- TEL: (34) 3 2112933
- FAX: (34) 3 4186844
-
- SWITZERLAND:
-
- Fechtsport Raeber und Co.
- Habsburgerstrasse 26
- CH-6003 Luzern
- TEL: 041 / 210 22 40
- FAX: 041 / 210 22 44
- EMAIL: info@fechtshop.ch
- URL: http://www.fechtshop.ch/
-
- USA:
-
- Blade Fencing Equipment, Inc. George Santelli, Inc.
- 245 West 29th St. 465 South Dean St.
- NY, NY 10011 Englewood, NJ 07631
- TEL: (212) 244-3090 TEL: (201) 871-3105
- FAX: (212) 244-3034 FAX: (201) 871-8718
- URL: http://www.blade-fencing.com URL: http://www.santelli.com
-
- Triplette Competiton Arms American Fencers Supply
- 101 E. Main St. 1180 Folsom St.
- Elkin, NC 28621 San Francisco, CA 94103
- TEL: 336-835-7774 TEL: (415) 863-7911
- FAX: 336-835-4099 FAX: (415) 431-4931
- URL: http://www.triplette.com URL: http://www.amfence.com
-
- Colonial Distributing Uhlmann International
- Fencing Equipment Wolf Finck, Pres. USA Headquarters
- PO Box 636 330 N. Fayette Drive
- Cedarburg, Wisconsin 53012 Fayetteville, GA 30214
- TEL: (414) 377-9166 TEL: (770) 461-3809
- FAX: (414) 377-9166
-
- The Fencing Post Zivkovic Modern Fencing Equipment
- 2543 Monticello Way 77 Arnold Road
- Santa Clara, CA 95051 Wellesley Hills, MA 02181
- TEL: (408) 247-3604 TEL: (617) 235-3324
- FAX: (408) 243-1918 FAX: (617) 239-1224
- URL: http://www.thefencingpost.com URL: http://www.zivkovic.com/
- EMAIL: saul@thefencingpost.com
-
- Cheris Fencing Supply Southern California Fencers Equipment
- 5818 East Colfax Avenue 16131 Valerio Street
- Denver, CO 80220 Van Nuys, CA 91406
- TEL: (303) 321-8657 TEL: (818) 997-4538
- 1-800-433-6232 FAX: (818) 998-8385
- FAX: (303) 321-8696 Hours: 4:30pm - 7:30pm Wed & Thurs
-
- Alexandre Ryjik Fencing Equipment Belle and Blade
- 4094 Majestic Lane Suite 163 124 Pennsylvania Ave.
- Fairfax, VA 22033 Dover, NJ 07801
- TEL: (703) 818-3106 TEL: (201) 328-8488
-
- Blue Gauntlet Physical Chess
- 246 Ross Ave. 1012A Greeley Avenue North
- Hackensack, NJ 07601 Union, NJ 07083
- TEL: (201) 343-3362 TEL: 800-FENCING (800-336-2464)
- FAX: (201) 343-4175 FAX: (877) 650-3069
- URL: http://www.blue-gauntlet.com EMAIL: service@physicalchess.com
- URL: www.physicalchess.com
- M.A.S. Weapons
- 5600 E. 36th St. N. #7 Vintage Sporting Equipment
- Tulsa, OK 74115-2101 P.O. Box 364
- TEL: (918) 835-0467 Sheboygan, WI 53082
- FAX: (918) 835-6663 TEL: (800) 690-4867
- contact: Kevin Mayfield FAX: (414) 459-9666
-
- Le Touche of Class H.O.M. Fencing Supply
- TEL: 310-428-8585 P.O. Box 261121, Encino, CA 91426-1121
- FAX: 310-428-8385 or, SwordPlay Fencing Studio,
- EMAIL: letouchecl@aol.com 64 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91501
- URL:http://members.aol.com/terykins/Fencing/Fencing.html
-
- Allstar USA
- TEL: 1-888-ALSTAR5
- EMAIL: alstarusa@aol.com
- URL: http://www.allstar-usa.com
-
- SCORING MACHINES:
-
- Commodore Systems
- (Saber 3-weapon box)
- P.O. Box 22992
- Nashville, TN 37202
- TEL: 1-800-627-4903
- (615) 329-9398
- FAX: (615) 329-0640
- EMAIL: howardef@macpost.vanderbilt.edu
-
- Escrime Technologies/Fencing Technologies
- 1 rue Danton
- Besancon 25000 FRANCE
- TEL: 011 (33) 3 81-61-16-05
- FAX: 011 (33) 3 81-61-13-67
- EMAIL: EscrimeTec@aol.com, richard-marciano@uiowa.edu,
- marciano@sdsc.edu
-
- Eigertek (Eclipse 3-weapon 100% solid state scoring machine)
- URL: http://www.sonic.net/~schlae/eigertek
- EMAIL: schlae@sonic.net
-
- 3.3 Fencing Books
-
- The following list of books on the sport of fencing is not
- complete. Books on historical methods, stage fighting, Japanese
- fencing, and other eastern martial arts are not listed here.
- Online bookstores and databases (eg. www.amazon.com) are a good
- resource to search for more information.
-
- Hank Pardoel published his Biliography of the Art and Sport of
- Fencing in 1996 through the Queen's University School of Physical
- Education. It contains a thorough index of thousands of fencing
- books, articles, microfilms, and other resources dating from the
- 1400s to the present.
-
- Alaux, Modern Fencing (Charles Scribner, 1975)
- Anderson, All About Fencing (Arco, 1970)
- Anderson, Tackle Fencing (Paul, ?)
- Angelo, The School of Fencing (Land's End Press, 1971)
- Barbasetti, The Art of the Foil (EP Dutton, 1932)
- de Beaumont, All About Fencing (Coles, 1978)
- de Beaumont, Fencing: Ancient Art and Modern Sport (ES Barnes, 1978)
- de Beaumont, Teach Yourself Fencing (McKay, 1968)
- de Beaumont, Your Book of Fencing (Transatlantic, 1970)
- Beke & Polgar, The Methodology of Sabre Fencing (Corvina Press, 1963)
- Bower, Foil Fencing 7th Ed. (Brown & Benchmark, 1993)
- Campos, The Art of Fencing (Vantage Press, 1988)
- Castello, The Theory and Practice of Fencing (Charles Scribner, 1933)
- Castello, Fencing (Ronald Press, 1962)
- Castle, The Schools and Masters of Fence (Arms & Armour Press, 1969)
- Crosnier, Fencing with the Foil (Faber & Faber, 1951)
- Curry, Fencing (Foresman, 1969)
- Curry, The Fencing Book (Human Kinetics, 1983)
- Deladrier, Modern Fencing (U.S. Naval Institute, 1948, reprint 1954)
- Evangelista, The Art and Science of Fencing (Masters Press, 1996)
- Evangelista, Encyclopedia of the Sword (Greenwood, 1995)
- FIE, Rules of Competition (AFA, CFF, USFA, etc., every year)
- Garret, Foil Fencing (Penn State, 198?)
- Garret et al, Foil, Sabre, and Epee Fencing (Penn State, 1994)
- Gaugler, Fencing Everyone (Hunter, 1987)
- Gaugler, History of Fencing (Laureate, 1997)
- Hutton, The Sword and the Centuries (Charles E. Tuttle, 1980)
- Kogler, Planning to Win (CounterParry, ?)
- Lukovich, Electric Foil Fencing (Corvina Press, 1971)
- Lukovich, Fencing (Corvina Press, 1986)
- Manley, Complete Fencing (Doubleday, 1979)
- Morton, A-Z of Fencing (Queen Anne, 1988)
- Nadi, The Living Sword: A Fencer's Autobiography (Laureate Press, 1995)
- Nadi, On Fencing (G.P. Putnam, 1943) (Laureate Press, 1994)
- Nelson, Winning Fencing (Henry Regnery, 1975)
- Norcross, Fencing: the foil (Ward Lock, ?)
- Palffy-Alpar, Sword and Masque (FA Davis, 1967)
- Pitman, Fencing, Techniques of Foil, Epee, and Sabre (Crowood, 1988)
- Manley, Compleate Fencing (Doubleday, 198?)
- Selberg, Foil (Addison-Wesley, 1976)
- Selberg, Revised Foil (Spotted Dog Press, 1993)
- Shaff, Fencing for All (Scribner, 1981)
- De Silva, Fencing: The Skills of the Game (Crowood, 1992)
- Simmonds and Morton, Start Fencing (Sportman's Press, 1989)
- Simmonds and Morton, Fencing to Win (Sportman's Press, 1994)
- Simonian, Basic Foil Fencing 4th Ed. (Kendall/Hunt, 1995)
- Skipp, Fencing (Know the Sport) (Stackpole, 1997)
- Szabo, Fencing and the Master (Corvina Kiado, 1982)
- Bac Tau, Fencing (self published, 1994)
- Vass, Epee Fencing (Corvina, 1976)
- Wyrick, Foil Fencing (W.B. Saunders, 1971)
-
-
- 3.4 Fencing Magazines
-
- Hammerterz Forum - A quarterly publication focussing on the
- practical traditions and literature of swordplay. US$35/year,
- US$60/2 years. Hammerterz Verlag, P.O. Box 13448, Baltimore, MD,
- 21203, USA.
-
- Cut and Thrust - A journal dedicated to the history, research and
- development of edged weapons. Published 4 times/year by Ronin
- M/A Publications, 34-3 Shunpike Road, Dept 162 Cromwell, CT
- 06416 USA. Subscription cost: $20/year.
-
- Veteran Fencers Quarterly - A quarterly publication
- focussing on veteran's fencing. Subscriptions are $8/year.
- Contact zippydav@aol.com for more information.
-
- Academy of Arms Online Quarterly - A Web-zine "dedicated to
- the True Art, Science, and Spirit of the Sword." Subscriptions
- are US$20 per year. See http://www.clarityconnect.com/webpages/ifv/v1n1.html
- for information.
-
- Japanese Sword Society of the United States Newsletter - on
- collecting and appreciating Japanese Swords. Published by
- JSS/US Box 712 Breckenridge, Texas USA 76024. Subscription
- cost: $25/yr in USA, $35/yr foreign.
-
- Gekkan Kendo Nippon (monthly Japan Kendo) - Japanese sword arts
- magazine, published in Japanese by Ski Journal Co. Ltd. 3-11
- Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan. Subscription cost: 8106
- yen/year.
-
- Fencing Association Magazines/Newsletters:
-
- Escrime Internationale - published by the FIE (see section 3.1
- for contact information. Prices are 170 FF or $35 US for
- subscribers outside of France (150 FF/$30 otherwise). A
- subscription form can be found on the FIE web page.
-
- American Fencing - published quarterly by USFA (see section 3.1
- for contact information). Subscriptions for non-members of
- the USFA are $12 in the US and $24 elsewhere. USFA members
- subscribe through their dues. Subscriptions also include the
- quarterly National Newsletter. Back issues available at
- http://www.uncg.edu/student.groups/fencing/AmericanFencing/.
-
- Escrime - published 6 times/year by Federation Francaise
- d'Escrime, in French. Subscription cost: approx 230 FF/yr +
- 75 Fr for Air Mail. See section 3.1 for telephone/address
- info.
-
- The Sword - published quarterly by Amateur Fencing Association.
- Subscription cost: 12 pounds/yr (domestic?). See section 3.1
- for telephone/address info, or visit their website at
- http://www.britishfencing.com/The_Sword.html.
-
- 3.5 Fencing Films
-
- The following films involve some amount of swordfighting or
- swashbuckling. They are rated on a four-star system, which is a
- general critics' opinion of the film as a whole (taken from commercial
- movie databases), not an indicator of the quality or quantity of the
- film's fencing. Major actors and occasionally the director (denoted by
- a '!') are named. Films with 2 stars or less have been omitted, as
- have recent films that have not yet been widely released or reviewed.
-
- The Adventures of Don Juan (1949, Errol Flynn, Raymond Burr, ***)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, ****)
- Against All Flags (1952, Errol Flynn, Anthony Quinn, **1/2)
- Barry Lyndon (1975, Ryan O'Neal, Patrick Magee, !Stanley Kubrick, ***1/2)
- Black Arrow (1985, Oliver Reed, **1/2)
- Black Pirate (1926, Douglas Fairbanks, ***1/2)
- Black Swan (1942, Tyrone Power, Anthony Quinn, ***1/2)
- Blind Fury (1990, Rutger Hauer, **1/2)
- Bob Roberts (1992, Tim Robbins, ***1/2)
- Braveheart (1995, Mel Gibson, ***1/2)
- By the Sword (1993, F. Murray Abraham, Eric Roberts, **1/2)
- Captain Blood (1935, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, ***1/2)
- The Challenge (1982, Toshiro Mifune, Scott Glenn, **1/2)
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936, Errol Flynn, David Niven, ****)
- Conan the Barbarian (1982, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, **1/2)
- The Corsican Brothers (1941, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, **1/2)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1934, Robert Donat, ***)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1975, Richard Chamberlain, Tony Curtis,***)
- The Court Jester (1956, Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, **1/2)
- Crossed Swords (1978, Raquel Welch, Charlton Heston, **1/2)
- Cutthroat Island (1995, Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, **1/2)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1950, Jose Ferrer, ***1/2)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1990, Gerard Depardieu, ****)
- Dangerous Liaisons (1988, John Malkovich, Glenn Close, ***1/2)
- Don Juan de Marco (1995, Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, ***1/2)
- The Duellists (1978, Harvey Keitel, Keith Carradine, !Ridley Scott, ***)
- El Cid (1961, Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, ***)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, ****)
- Excalibur (1981, Nicol Williamson, !John Boorman, ***1/2)
- The Fencing Master (1992, !Pedro Olea, ***)
- First Knight (1995, Sean Connery, Richard Gere, **1/2)
- The Flame and the Arrow (1950, Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, ***)
- Flesh and Blood (1985, Rutger Hauer, !Paul Verhoeven, **1/2)
- The Four Musketeers (1975, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, ***)
- Frenchman's Creek (1944, Basil Rathbone, Joan Fontaine, ***)
- Gladiator (2000, Russel Crowe, !Ridley Scott, ****)
- Glory (1989, Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, ***1/2)
- Hamlet (1948, !Laurence Olivier, ****)
- Hamlet (1969, Anthony Hopkins, ***1/2)
- Hamlet (1990, Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, !Franco Zeffirelli, ***)
- Hamlet (1996, Kenneth Branagh, John Gielgud, Charlton Heston, ****)
- Henry V (1944, Laurence Olivier, ****)
- Henry V (1989, !Kenneth Branagh, ***1/2)
- Highlander (1986, Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, **1/2)
- The Hunted (1995, Christopher Lambert, **1/2)
- Ivanhoe (1953, Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, ***1/2)
- Ivanhoe (1982, James Mason, **1/2)
- Ladyhawke (1985, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, **1/2)
- Long John Silver (1954, Robert Newton, Kit Taylor, ***)
- Macbeth (1948, Orson Welles, Roddy McDowall, ***)
- Macbeth (1971, Jon Finch, ***1/2)
- The Magic Sword (1962, Basil Rathbone, **1/2)
- The Man in Grey (1946, James Mason, Stewart Granger, ***1/2)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998, Leonardo di Caprio, Jeremy Irons, ***)
- The Mark of Zorro (1920, Douglas Fairbanks, ***)
- The Mark of Zorro (1940, Basil Rathbone, Tyrone Power, ***1/2)
- The Mask of Zorro (1998, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, ***)
- The Messenger (1999, Milla Jovovich, !Luc Besson, ***)
- Morgan the Pirate (1961, Steve Reeves, **1/2)
- Othello (1996, Lawrence Fishburne, Kenneth Branaugh, ***1/2)
- The Prince and the Pauper (1937, Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, ***)
- The Princess Bride (1987, Mandy Patinkin, Cary Elwes, !Rob Reiner, ***)
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1937, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, David Niven, ****)
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1952, Stewart Granger, James Mason, ***)
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939, Errol Flynn, ***)
- Ran (1985, Tatsuya Nakadai, !Akira Kurosawa, ****)
- The Return of the Jedi (1983, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, ***1/2)
- Robin and Marian (1976, Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, ***1/2)
- Rob Roy (1995, Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, ****)
- Romeo and Juliet (1935, Basil Rathbone, Leslie Howard, ***1/2)
- Romeo and Juliet (1954, Laurence Harvey, ***)
- Romeo and Juliet (1968, Michael York, !Franco Zeffirelli, ***1/2)
- Royal Flash (1975, Malcolm McDowell, ***)
- Sanjuro (1962, Toshiro Mifune, !Akira Kurosawa, ***)
- Scaramouche (1952, Stewart Granger, Janet Leigh, ***)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935, Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, ***1/2)
- The Sea Hawk (1940, Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, ****)
- The Seven Samurai (1954, Toshiro Mifune, !Akira Kurosawa, ****)
- The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958, Kerwin Matthews, ***)
- Shogun (1980, Toshiro Mifune, Richard Chamberlain, **1/2)
- Sinbad the Sailor (1949, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Maureen O'Hara, ***)
- Six-String Samurai (1998, Jeffrey Falcon, Justin McGuire, ***)
- The Spanish Main (1945, Maureen O'Hara, Paul Heinreid, ***)
- Spartacus (1960, Kirk Douglas, !Stanley Kubrick, ****)
- Sunshine (1999, Ralph Fiennes, William Hurt, ****)
- Star Wars (1977, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness, ****)
- Sweet Liberty (1986, Alan Alda, Michael Caine, **1/2)
- The Sword of Sherwood Forest (1961, Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, **1/2)
- The Three Musketeers (1935, Walter Abel, **1/2)
- The Three Musketeers (1948, Gene Kelley, Lana Turner, ***)
- The Three Musketeers (1974, Michael York, Raquel Welch, ***)
- The Three Musketeers (1993, Tim Curry, Charlie Sheen, **1/2)
- Throne of Blood (1957, Toshiro Mifune, !Akira Kurosawa, ****)
- Tom Jones (1963, Albert Finney, Suzannah York, ****)
- Under the Red Robe (1937, Raymond Massey, ***)
- The Vikings (1958, Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, **1/2)
- The Warriors (1955, Errol Flynn, **1/2)
- Willow (1988, Val Kilmer, !Ron Howard, ***)
- The Yakuza (1975, Robert Mitchum, Takakura Ken, ***)
- Yojimbo (1962, Toshiro Mifune, !Akira Kurosawa, ****)
- Young Sherlock Holmes (1985, Nicholas Rowe, **1/2)
-
- 3.6 Fencing Videos
-
- Instructional video titles can be found in the catalogues of
- several fencing equipment suppliers (see section 3.5).
- The last time I checked, these included American Fencing Supply,
- Triplette Competition Arms, and Physical Chess. The same sources
- sometimes have videos with theatrical or period fencing
- instruction.
-
- Videos of competitions are available from some of the same fencing
- suppliers, and also occasionally directly from national fencing
- associations. http://www.fencingfootage.com offers a selection of
- competition videos, taped by both professionals and amateurs.
-
- See section 3.5 for movies and entertainment videos.
-
- 3.7 Fencing Software
-
- There are numerous software packages available for the
- administration of fencing tournaments. They generally provide for
- automated seeding, pooling, and elimination tableau organization,
- with the ability to display/print out intermediate and final
- results. They are best suited for events with 15 to 250 or more
- entrants. With less than 15 entrants, organization is generally
- faster by hand.
-
- Engarde is a French program (by J. F. Nicaud of Paris) that is
- currently in wide use by the FIE, and is downloadable from the FIE
- website. It is available in French, English, Spanish, German,
- Portuguese, and Hungarian, and runs on Windows.
-
- ATHOS is another French program (by Christian Coulon of Paris)
- that has seen extensive use by the FIE. In runs in French or
- English on PCs. ATHOS is commercial software, but the price
- includes unlimited upgrades and support. Contact Marc Walch
- (Marc.J.Walch@JPL.NASA.GOV, (818) 354 5688).
-
- Xseed is an American program (by Dan McCormick of Hudson, Ohio),
- supported by the USFA only. It runs on Windows and is expected to
- be downloadable from the USFA website.
-
- Shipshape is a British program that runs on PCs. Contact Colin
- Hillier at 3 Elm Close, Shipham, Somerset, BS25 1UG, UK, Tel: +44
- (0) 1934 843984.
-
- The Director is an Australian program for MS-Windows (3.1, 95).
- Contact Powerbyte at 9/26 Stirling Street, Thebarton, South
- Australia, Australia 5031, Tel: +61-8-8303 3519,
- Fax: +61-8-8303 4363.
-
- Fencomp 1.0 is a shareware DOS program that is available from
- http://www.jjdstaff.demon.co.uk/fencomp/index.htm.
-
- Craig Lancaster is offering a Windows-based program for free
- evaluation. Contact him at craigl@waverider.co.uk, or visit his
- web page (http://wavespace.waverider.co.uk/~craigl)
- for more info.
-
- Point Control is available for "what-it's-worth-to-you" at
- http://www.pointcontrol.com. Some demos are also available at
- that site.
-
- FRED is the Fencing Registration and Events Database an online
- system at http://www.askfred.net.
-
- Fencing Time is tournament software that integrates into FRED (above).
- See http://www.fencingtime.com for more info.
-
- Cyrano, a package for notating fencing choreography and other
- types of stage fights, is available at http://www.bergsoft.de.
-
- 3.8 Fencing Online
-
- Known cyberspace fencing resources include:
-
- UseNet:
-
- rec.sport.fencing - discussion on all subjects
- rec.martial-arts - some discussion of Eastern styles and history
- rec.org.sca - some discussion of history, SCA heavy and light
- weapons styles, armoury, and weaponsmithy
-
- WWW:
-
- I've given up trying to keep on top of Web fencing sites.
- Instead, here is a selection of major fencing web sites to
- start your surfing from:
-
- FIE fencing:
-
- F.I.E. (en francais):
- http://www.fie.ch
- USFA:
- http://www.usfencing.org
- American Fencing Magazine:
- http://www.uncg.edu/student.groups/fencing/AmericanFencing/
- British Fencing:
- http://www.britishfencing.com
- Canadian Fencing Federation:
- http://www.fencing.ca
- Fencing.net
- http://www.fencing.net
-
- Fencing Suppliers:
-
- See section 3.2.
-
- Period & SCA Fencing:
-
- Arte of Defense:
- http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/fencing.html
- La Donna Rapera:
- http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/bjm10/rapier.html
- Ring of Steel Theatrical Combat:
- http://maniac.deathstar.org/groups/ros/index.html
- SCA/Current Middle Ages:
- http://www.sca.org
-
- Japanese Fencing:
-
- Kendo:
- http://www.kendo.or.jp/
- LFowler's Martial Arts Page:
- http://www.afternet.com/~lfowler/home2.html
- Sei Do Kai (Iaido):
- http://www.uoguelph.ca/~iaido/
- Shidokan Kendo:
- http://www.cam.org/~hiro/english/hypertext/index_e.html
- The Japanese Sword:
- http://www.gemlink.com/rstein/nihonto.htm
-
- The Fencing FAQ is archived at:
-
- http://sitka.triumf.ca/morgan/fencing.html
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/sports/fencing-faq/top.html
-
- FTP:
-
- Iaido archive: ftp://fox.tcimet.net/pub/iaido
-
- The Fencing FAQ is archived at the following locations, among others:
-
- North America: ftp.uu.net /usenet/news.answers
- rtfm.mit.edu various directories
- Europe: ftp.uni-paderborn.de /pub/FAQ
- ftp.Germany.EU.net /pub/newsarchive/news.answers
- grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr /pub/faq
- ftp.win.tue.nl /pub/usenet/news.answers
- Asia: nctuccca.edu.tw /USENET/FAQ
-
- The Japanese Sword Arts FAQ is archived at:
- ftp://fox.tcimet.net/pub/iaido
-
- Mailing Lists:
-
- rec.sport.fencing digest:
- send to "majordomo@cs.wisc.edu" with text "subscribe rsf".
- Classical Fencing:
- send a blank message to "classicalfencing-subscribe@egroups.com"
- Stage Combat:
- send to "majordomo@mattress.atww.org" with text "subscribe
- stage-combat".
- Touche:
- send to "listserv@ricevm1.rice.edu" with text "SUBSCRIBE
- TOUCHE Your Name". (Low activity.)
- Harvard Fencing Announcements:
- send to "majordomo@hcs.harvard.edu" with text "subscribe
- fencing-friends your_email_address". (max. 30 messages/year)
- Iaido:
- send to "listserv@listserv.uoguelph.ca", with text "SUBSCRIBE
- IAIDO-L your@email.address". (Moderate to high activity.)
- Nihonto:
- sent to "nihonto-request@northcoast.com" with text "subscribe"
- Martial Arts and Swords in TV/Film:
- send to "listserv@psuvm.psu.edu" with text "SUBSCRIBE MASTVF-L
- Your Name". (Moderate to high activity.)
-
- Online Rules:
-
- The FIE has the definitive version, in French of course:
- http://www.fie.ch/reglement/default.htm
- The USFA Rulebook is available at:
- http://www.USFencing.org/Documents/Rules
-
-
- 3.9 Glossary of terms:
-
- Not all terms have universal definitions. The meanings of some
- terms will vary between schools or periods. If any bias exists in
- the following glossary, it is towards the official FIE definitions
- first, and traditional French school definitions next. Note that
- only a few of these terms are rigidly defined for use by referees
- in Articles t.2 to t.10 of the Rules of Competition.
-
- Absence of blade: when the blades are not touching; opposite of
- engagement.
- Advance: a movement forward by step, cross, or balestra.
- Aids: the last three fingers of the sword hand.
- Analysis: reconstruction of the fencing phrase to determine priority
- of touches.
- Assault: friendly combat between two fencers.
- Attack: the initial offensive action made by extending the sword
- arm and continuously threatening the valid target of the
- opponent.
- Attack au Fer: an attack that is prepared by deflecting the opponent's
- blade, eg. beat, press, froissement.
- Backsword: an archaic, edged, unpointed sword used in
- prizefighting (also singlestick); a single-edged military sword.
- Balestra: a forward hop or jump, typically followed by an attack
- such as a lunge or fleche.
- Bayonet: a type of electrical connector for foil and sabre.
- Beat: an attempt to knock the opponent's blade aside or out of line by
- using one's foible or middle against the opponent's foible.
- Baudry point: a safety collar placed around a live epee point to prevent
- dangerous penetration.
- Bind: an action in which the opponent's blade is forced into the
- diagonally opposite line.
- Black Card: used to indicate the most serious offences in a fencing
- competition. The offending fencer is usually expelled from the
- event or tournament.
- Blocking: electronic suppression of hits.
- Bout: an assault at which the score is kept.
- Broadsword: any later sword intended for cutting over thrusting; sabre.
- Broken Time: a sudden change or hesitation in the tempo of one
- fencer's actions, used to fool the opponent into responding at
- the wrong time.
- Button: the safety tip on the end of practice and sporting swords.
- Change of Engagement: engagement of the opponent's blade in the
- opposite line.
- Commanding the blade: grabbing the opponent's blade with the off-hand,
- illegal in sport fencing.
- Compound: also composed; an action executed in two or more movements;
- an attack or riposte incorporating one or more feints.
- Conversation: the back-and-forth play of the blades in a fencing match,
- composed of phrases (phrases d'armes) punctuated by gaps of no
- blade action.
- Counter-attack: an offensive action made against the right-of-way, or
- in response to the opponent's attack.
- Counter-disengage: a disengage in the opposite direction, to deceive
- the counter-parry.
- Counter-parry: a parry made in the opposite line to the attack; ie.
- the defender first comes around to the opposite side of the
- opponent's blade.
- Counter-riposte: an attack that follows a parry of the opponent's
- riposte.
- Counter-time: an attack that responds to the opponent's counter-attack,
- typically a riposte following the parry of the counter-attack.
- Corps-a-corps: lit. "body-to-body"; physical contact between the
- two fencers during a bout, illegal in foil and sabre.
- Coule': also graze, glise', or glissade; an attack or feint that slides
- along the opponent's blade.
- Coup lance': a launched hit; an attack that starts before a
- stop in play but lands after. Valid for normal halts, but not
- valid at end of time.
- Coupe': also cut-over; an attack or deception that passes around the
- opponent's tip.
- Croise: also semi-bind; an action in which the opponent's blade is
- forced into the high or low line on the same side.
- Cross: an advance or retreat by crossing one leg over the other;
- also passe' avant (forward cross), passe' arriere (backwards cross).
- Cut: an attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, normally
- landing with the edge.
- Deception: avoidance of an attempt to engage the blades; see
- disengage, coupe'
- Defensive Action: an action made to avoid being touched; parry.
- Delayed: not immediate, following a hesitation.
- Derobement: deception of the attack au fer or prise de fer.
- Detached: a riposte executed without blade contact.
- Direct: a simple attack or riposte that finishes in the same line in
- which it was formed, with no feints out of that line.
- Disengage: a circular movement of the blade that deceives the
- opponent's parry, removes the blades from engagement, or changes the
- line of engagement.
- Displacement: moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
- Double: in epee, two attacks that arrive within 40-50 ms of each
- other.
- Double-time: also "dui tempo"; parry-riposte as two distinct actions.
- Double': an attack or riposte that describes a complete circle
- around the opponent's blade, and finishes in the opposite line.
- Dry: also steam; fencing without electric judging aids.
- Engagement: when the blades are in contact with each other, eg.
- during a parry, attack au fer, prise de fer, or coule'.
- Envelopment: an engagement that sweeps the opponent's blade
- through a full circle.
- Epee: a fencing weapon with triangular cross-section blade and a large
- bell guard; also a light duelling sword of similar design, popular
- in the mid-19th century; epee de terrain; duelling sword.
- False: an action that is intended to fail, but draw a predicted
- reaction from the opponent; also, the back edge of a sabre blade.
- Feint: an attack into one line with the intention of switching to
- another line before the attack is completed.
- Fencing Time: also temps d'escrime; the time required to complete
- a single, simple fencing action.
- FIE: Federation Internationale d'Escrime, the world governing
- body of fencing.
- Finta in tempo: lit. "feint in time"; a feint of counter-attack
- that draws a counter-time parry, which is decieved; a compound
- counter-attack.
- Fleche: lit. "arrow"; an attack in which the aggressor leaps off his
- leading foot, attempts to make the hit, and then passes the opponent
- at a run.
- Flick: a cut-like action that lands with the point, often involving some
- whip of the foible of the blade to "throw" the point around a block
- or other obstruction.
- Florentine: an antiquated fencing style where a secondary weapon
- or other instrument is used in the off hand.
- Flying Parry or Riposte: a parry with a backwards glide and riposte by
- cut-over.
- Foible: the upper, weak part of the blade.
- Foil: a fencing weapon with rectangular cross-section blade and a small
- bell guard; any sword that has been buttoned to render it less
- dangerous for practice.
- Forte: the lower, strong part of the blade.
- French Grip: a traditional hilt with a slightly curved grip and a large
- pommel.
- Froissement: an attack that displaces the opponent's blade by a
- strong grazing action.
- Fuller: the groove that runs down a sword blade to reduce weight.
- Glide: see coule'.
- Guard: the metal cup or bow that protects the hand from being hit.
- Also, the defensive position assumed when not attacking.
- Hilt: the handle of a sword, consisting of guard, grip, and pommel.
- Homologated: certified for use in FIE competitions, eg. 800N clothing
- and maraging blades.
- Immediate: without any perceived hesitation between actions.
- In Line: point in line.
- In Quartata: a counter-attack made with a quarter turn to the inside,
- concealing the front but exposing the back.
- In Time: at least one fencing time before the opposing action,
- especially with regards to a stop-hit.
- Indirect: a simple attack or riposte that finishes in the opposite line
- to which it was formed.
- Insistence: forcing an attack through the parry.
- Interception: a counter-attack that intercepts and checks an
- indirect attack or other disengagement.
- Invitation: a line that is intentionally left open to encourage
- the opponent to attack.
- Italian Grip: a traditional hilt with finger rings and crossbar.
- Judges: additional officials who assist the referee in detecting
- illegal or invalid actions, such as floor judges or hand judges.
- Jury: the 4 officials who watch for hits in a dry fencing bout.
- Kendo: Japanese fencing, with two-handed swords.
- Lame': a metallic vest/jacket used to detect valid touches in foil
- and sabre.
- Line: the main direction of an attack (eg., high/low, inside/outside),
- often equated to the parry that must be made to deflect the attack;
- also point in line.
- Lunge: an attack made by extending the rear leg and landing on the
- bent front leg.
- Mal-parry: also mal-pare'; a parry that fails to prevent the attack
- from landing.
- Manipulators: the thumb and index finger of the sword hand.
- Maraging: a special steel used for making blades; said to be stronger
- and break more cleanly than conventional steels.
- Marker Points: an old method of detecting hits using inked points.
- Martingale: a strap that binds the grip to the wrist/forearm.
- Match: the aggregate of bouts between two fencing teams.
- Measure: the distance between the fencers.
- Mensur: German fraternity duel.
- Middle: the middle third of the blade, between foible and forte,
- sometimes held to be part of the foible.
- Moulinet: a whirling cut, executed from the wrist or elbow.
- Neuvieme: an unconventional parry (#9) sometimes described as blade
- behind the back, pointing down (a variant of octave), other times
- similar to elevated sixte.
- Octave: parry #8; blade down and to the outside, wrist supinated.
- Offensive Action: an action in which the fencer attempts to touch
- the opponent.
- Offensive-defensive Action: an action that simultaneously attempts
- to touch the opponent and avoid the opponents touch.
- On Guard: also En Garde; the fencing position; the stance that
- fencers assume when preparing to fence.
- Opposition: holding the opponent's blade in a non-threatening line;
- a time-hit; any attack or counter-attack with opposition.
- Parry: a block of the attack, made with the forte of one's own blade;
- also parade.
- Pass: an attack made with a cross; eg. fleche. Also, the act
- of moving past the opponent.
- Passata-sotto: a lunge made by dropping one hand to the floor.
- Passe': an attack that passes the target without hitting; also a
- cross-step (see cross).
- Phrase: a set of related actions and reactions in a fencing conversation.
- Pineapple tip: a serrated epee point used prior to electric judging.
- Piste: the linear strip on which a fencing bout is fought; approx.
- 2m wide and 14m long.
- Pistol Grip: a modern, orthopaedic grip, shaped vaguely like a small
- pistol; varieties are known by names such as Belgian, German,
- Russian, and Visconti.
- Plaque': a point attack that lands flat.
- Plastron: a partial jacket worn for extra protection; typically a
- half-jacket worn under the main jacket on the weapon-arm side of the
- body.
- Point: a valid touch; the tip of the sword; the mechanical assembly
- that makes up the point of an electric weapon; an attack made with
- the point (ie. a thrust)
- Point in Line: also line; an extended arm and blade that threatens
- the opponent.
- Pommel: a fastener that attaches the grip to the blade.
- Preparation: a non-threatening action intended to create the opening
- for an attack; the initial phase of an attack, before right-of-way
- is established.
- Presentation: offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent.
- Press: an attempt to push the opponent's blade aside or out of line;
- depending on the opponent's response, the press is followed by a
- direct or indirect attack.
- Prime: parry #1; blade down and to the inside, wrist pronated.
- Principle of Defence: the use of forte against foible when parrying.
- Priority: right-of-way; in sabre, the now-superceded rules that
- decide which fencer will be awarded the touch in the event
- that they both attack simultaneously.
- Prise de Fer: also taking the blade; an engagement of the blades
- that forces the opponent's weapon into a new line. See: bind,
- croise, envelopment, opposition.
- Quarte: parry #4; blade up and to the inside, wrist supinated.
- Quinte: parry #5; blade up and to the inside, wrist pronated.
- In sabre, the blade is held above the head to protect from head
- cuts.
- Rapier: a long, double-edged thrusting sword popular in the 16th-17th
- centuries.
- Red Card: used to indicate repeated minor rule infractions or a major
- rule infraction by one of the fencers; results in a point being
- given to the other fencer.
- Redoublement: a new action that follows an attack that missed or
- was parried; renewal of a failed attack in a different line.
- Referee: also director, president; the mediator of the fencing bout.
- Remise: immediate replacement of an attack that missed or was
- parried, without withdrawing the arm.
- Reprise: renewal of an attack that missed or was parried, after a
- return to en-garde.
- Retreat: step back; opposite of advance.
- Ricasso: the portion of the tang between the grip and the blade,
- present on Italian hilts and most rapiers.
- Right-of-way: rules for awarding the point in the event of a double
- touch in foil or sabre.
- Riposte: an offensive action made immediately after a parry of the
- opponent's attack.
- Sabre: a fencing weapon with a flat blade and knuckle guard, used with
- cutting or thrusting actions; a military sword popular in the 18th
- to 20th centuries; any cutting sword used by cavalry.
- Salle: a fencing hall or club.
- Salute: with the weapon, a customary acknowledgement of one's
- opponent and referee at the start and end of the bout.
- Schlager: German fraternity duelling sword with 3.5' blade and 10" guard.
- Second Intention: a false action used to draw a response from the
- opponent, which will open the opportunity for the intended
- action that follows, typically a counter-riposte.
- Seconde: parry #2; blade down and to the outside, wrist pronated.
- Septime: parry #7; blade down and to the inside, wrist supinated.
- Simple: executed in one movement; an attack or riposte that involves
- no feints.
- Simultaneous: in foil and sabre, two attacks for which the
- right-of-way is too close to determine.
- Single Stick: an archaic form of fencing with basket-hilted wooden
- sticks.
- Single-time: also "stesso tempo"; parry-riposte as a single action.
- Sixte: parry #6; blade up and to the outside, wrist supinated.
- Small Sword: a light duelling sword popular in the 17th-19th centuries,
- precursor to the foil.
- Stop Hit: a counter-attack that hits; also a counter-attack whose touch
- is valid by virtue of it's timing.
- Stop Cut: a stop-hit with the edge in sabre, typically to the cuff.
- Three Prong: a type of electrical connector used in fencing.
- Thrown Point: a "flick".
- Thrust: an attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and
- landing with the point.
- Tierce: parry #3; blade up and to the outside, wrist pronated.
- Time Hit: also time-thrust; old name for stop hit with opposition.
- Trompement: deception of the parry.
- Two Prong: a type of body-wire/connector, used in foil and sabre.
- Whip-over: in sabre, a touch that results from the foible of the blade
- whipping over the opponent's guard or blade when parried.
- Whites: fencing clothing.
- Yellow Card: also advertissement, warning; used to indicate a minor
- rule infraction by one of the fencers.
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
-
- Author: Morgan Burke (morgan@sitka.triumf.ca)
- Contributors: special thanks to Suman Palit, Guy Smith, Greg Dilworth,
- Kevin Taylor, Eric Anderson, Blaine Price, Steve Hick, Kim
- Moser, David Glasser, Bryan Mansfield, Donald Lane, Ann McBain,
- Hagen Lieffertz, Mark C. Orton, Mike Buckley, Dirk Goldgar,
- Scott Holmes, Arild Dyrseth, David Airey, Renee Mcmeeken, Marc
- Walch, Eric Speicher, Anton Oskamp, Bernard Hunt, Francis Cordero,
- Kent Krumvieda, David Van Houten, John Crawford, Kim Taylor,
- Brendan Robertson, Ivo Volf, Kevin Wechtaluk, Frank Messemer,
- Benerson Little, Mark Crocker, Eileen Tan, Mark Tebault, Tim
- Schofield, Peter Gustafsson, Kevin Haidl, Peter Crawford,
- Camille Fabian, Matt Davis, Fernando Diaz, Anders Haavie,
- Rⁿdiger Schierz, Todd Ellner, George Kolombatovich,
- Padraig Coogan, Steve Lawrence, Bryan J. Maloney, Colin Walls
-
- (C) 1993-2002 Morgan Burke
- Permission is granted to copy and distribute all or part of this document
- for non-profit purposes.
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