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• Art or Sport? (by Maitre Adam Adrian Crown) • Why Study Classical Fencing? (by Maitre Adam Adrian Crown) • Practice Rapiers -- Schlagers vs. Musketeer Blades (by Maestro Ramon Martinez) • Practice Rapiers -- Technical Specifications on Museum Rapiers (by Gregory Stauf) • Practice Rapiers -- More Technical Specifications (note the difference in balance points between the English rapiers from above and these Italian rapiers.) • Fencing in New York in the 1880s • Social Behavior in a Traditional Italian Salle (1870) • Why Fence Foil First? (by Maitre Nick Evangelista) • Duelling In Paris • Monsieur L'Abbat, 1734, "The Art of Fencing, or, the Use of the Small Sword" (An English translation of a French Small Sword Treatise. Worth reading through at least the guard and lunge--even if not interested in French Small Sword--because it provides a striking contrast to the Italian techniques. It also shows some of the basis of more modern French foil styles.) • The Military Masters Fencing Program (by Maestro Frank Lurz) • Censorship vs. Scholarship (an excellent example of the type of disagreements that can make learning historical fencing so difficult) • Fencing and Fencers in Paris • Daggers of the Mind: Towards a Historiography of Fencing (by Ken Mondschein) • Amateur Fencers' League of America 1891 Tournament Rules • Check back for a copy of the AFLA 1940 rules, once I get a chance to scan them! • A Hit, A Palpable Hit (A short essay on the effects electronic scoring has had on the evolution of fencing as a sport, by Maestro John Sullins) • Who Benefits? (Another short essay on the use of electronic scoring, by Maitre Adam Adrian Crown) • Scans of a Solingen fencing supply catalog from 1926 • Demystification of the Spanish School, Part 1 (by Maestro Ramon Martinez) • An Enjoyable Fictional Fencing Bout (by Rafael Sabatini) • Anatomy of a Duelist's Wounds (by Maestro Frank Lurz) • The 5 Tactical Principles (by Maitre Adam Adrian Crown) • The 4 Strategic Positions (by Maitre Adam Adrian Crown) • Duels with the Sword (by Andrew Steinmetz, 1868) • Weapon Grips and Schools (by Maestro William Gaugler, notice, the information about the French gloves appears to be incorrect) |