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To: dsc
No event that excludes fencing—the first martial art and the king of sports—is a true test.

Modern fencing is not swordsmanship. It's playing tag with car antennas.

21 posted on 06/24/2014 2:45:43 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: SauronOfMordor

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

Maybe to a layperson, fencing looks like tag. It is not.
The blade action made by top fencers is fast and complicated.

I have been involved in fencing for 18 years. Top level fencers are amazing athletes.


22 posted on 06/24/2014 2:57:37 AM PDT by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence!)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Sorry I missed your note. I haven’t been very well.

“Modern fencing is not swordsmanship. It’s playing tag with car antennas.”

Yes, and no. There is a great deal more to it than that.

Give it three or four years and see what you think.


25 posted on 06/27/2014 3:32:31 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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