Fencing FAQ 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.

3.1 Fencing organizations
3.2 Equipment suppliers
3.3 Fencing Books
3.4 Fencing Magazines
3.5 Fencing Films
3.6 Fencing Videos
3.7 Fencing Software
3.8 Fencing Online
3.9 Glossary of terms

3.1 Fencing Organizations 

For more recent additions, please refer to the Fencing.Net Web Site Directory 

Federation Internationale d'Escrime
32, Rue La Boetie
75008 Paris, France
TEL: 33 1 45.61.14.72
FAX: 33 1 45.63.46.85
URL: http://www.calvacom.fr/fie

AUSTRALIA:
Australian Fencing Federation
P.O. Box 7517
Melbourne VIC 3004, AUSTRALIA
TEL: (61) 3 9510 8399
FAX: (61) 3 9510 2722

AUSTRIA:
Oesterreichischer Fechtverband
Blattgasse 4
1030 Vienna, AUSTRIA
TEL: /43/1/714 14 47
FAX: /43/1/714 14 46

BRITAIN:
British Fencing (Amateur Fencing Association)
1 Barons Gate
33-35 Rothschild Road
London W4 5HT
TEL: 0181 742-3032
URL: http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/afa/

CANADA:
Canadian Fencing Federation
1600 Prom. James Naismith Drive
Gloucester, ON K1B 5N4
TEL: (613) 748-5633
FAX: (613) 748-5742
URL: http://www.fencing.ca

COLOMBIA:
A.A 7372
Santa Fe de Bogota, COLOMBIA
TEL: (57) 1 2327589 or (57) 1 2455457
FAX: (57) 1 2859396

FRANCE:
Federation Francaise d'Escrime
No.43 - 14 rue Moncey
75009 Paris
TEL: 44 53 27 50
FAX: 40 23 96 18

GERMANY:
Deutscher Fechter Bund
Am Neuen Lindenhof 2
53117 Bonn, Germany
TEL: +49-228-989050
FAX: +49-228-679430

HUNGARY:
Magyar Viviszovetseg
Dozsa Gyorgy ut 1-3
1142 Budapest
TEL: 36-1 2522149
FAX: 36-1 2522149

IRAN:
TEL: (98) 21 8779136 / 37 / 38
FAX: (98) 21 8777082

IRELAND:
Irish Amateur Fencing Federation
24 Flemingstown Park
Churchtown, DUBLIN 14
TEL: 353-1 6670400
FAX: 353-1 6670240

ITALY:
Federazione Italiana Scherma
Viale Tiziano 74
00196 ROMA, ITALY

JAPAN:
Japanese Fencing Federation
1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-Ku
Tokyo, Japan
FAX: +81 33 48 12 379

MEXICO:
Federacion Mexicana de Esgrima
Av. del Conscripto y Anillo Periferico
11200 Mexico, D.F.
Mexico
TEL: (52) 5 6045053

NETHERLANDS:
Koninklijke Nederlandse Algemene Schermbond
POBox 18690
2502 ER The Hague
The Netherlands
TEL/FAX: ++31 70 3211 705

NORWAY:
Norges Fekteforbund
Hauger skolevei 1,
13351 RUD, Norway
TEL: +47 22 87 46 00

SLOVAKIA:
TEL: (42) 7 2790540

SWEDEN:
Svenska F E4ktf F6rbundet
Postal adress: Idrottens Hus, 123 87 Farsta
Visiting adress: Storforsplan 44, Plan 12
TEL: Int. +46 8-605 60 00 (09:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00 CET)
FAX: Int. +46 8-604 33 99

TUNISIA:
TEL: (216) 1 835567

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.usfa.org
EMAIL: usfencing@aol.com

YUGOSLAVIA/MACEDONIA:
TEL/FAX: (389) 91 228 712

Contact your national fencing body to get the addresses and phone numbers of your local/provincial/divisional fencing associations.

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3.2 Equipment suppliers & outfitters

For more recent additions, please refer to the Fencing.Net Web Site Directory 

Many of the following businesses will mail you a catalog if requested.

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3.3 Fencing Books

The following list of books on the sport of fencing should not be thought of as 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.

You can also visit the Fencing.Net Site Directory for in-depth descriptions of several fencing books.

• 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, 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, 199= 5)
• 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 2nd Ed. (Kendall/Hunt, 1982)
• 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)

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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.

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 web at http://www.calvacom.fr/fie/fede_int/boutique/abonne.txt.

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.ucng.edu/fencing.

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 the AFA webpage at http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/afa/index.htm.

F=E4ktning - published by the Swedish Fencing Association, in Swedish; c/o Ingerdal, Torsgatan 78-113 37 STOCKHOLM, FAX: Int.+46 8 21 33 80, or visit http://www.ronnerdal.se/faktning/

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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)
• 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 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, ***)
• 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, ***)
• Henry V (1944, Laurence Olivier, ****)
• Henry V (1989, !Kenneth Branagh, ***1/2)
• Highlander (1986, Chistopher Lambert, Sean Connery, **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 Mark of Zorro (1920, Douglas Fairbanks, ***)
• The Mark of Zorro (1940, Basil Rathbone, Tyrone Power, ***1/2)
• 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)
• Rob Roy (1995, Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, ****)
• Robin and Marian (1976, Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, ***1/2)
• 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, ***)
• The Spanish Main (1945, Maureen O'Hara, Paul Heinreid, ***)
• Spartacus (1960, Kirk Douglas, !Stanley Kubrick, ****)
• 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)

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3.6 Fencing Videos

This list of instructional and promotional video titles is taken from catalogues for American Fencing Supply, Triplette Competition Arms, the Canadian Fencing Federation, and Physical Chess Inc. See section 3.5 for movies and entertainment videos.

• Introduction to Modern Fencing (67 min.)
• Evolution of the Sword (90 min.)
• Group Lessons and Footwork, Part 1 (90 min.)
• Group Lessons and Footwork, Part 2 (85 min.)
• Footwork, Foil (120 min.)
• Individual Foil Lesson, Part 1 (55 min.)
• Individual Foil Lesson, Part 2 (85 min.)
• Individual Epee Lesson (60 min.)
• Footwork, Sabre (90 min.)
• Individual Sabre Lesson, Part 1 (90 min.)
• Individual Sabre Lesson, Part 2 (95 min.)
• Right of Way (115 min.)
• Angulated Attacks (90 min.)
• The Electric Foil and Its Use (90 min.)
• The Electric Epee and Its Use (105 min.)
• The Saber and Its Use (105 min.)
• Advanced Foil Lesson (75 min.)
• Advanced Saber Lesson (60 min.)
• Exercise and Conditioning, Yoga for Fencers (80 min.)
• The Lefted Handed Fencer (65 min.)
• Instructional Tape for Teachers of Fenciing, Part 1, The 7 Stages of Learning (70 min.)
• The Dueling Sword and the Individual Lesson with Maestro Arthur W. Lane (73 min.)
• Basic Training Exercises Relating to Distance, Time, & Tempo with Maestro Len Carnighan (55 min.)
• Standard Foil Maintenance and Repair with Gregor Puziss, Armorer (60 min.)
• Electric Foil Maintenance and Repair with Gregor Puziss, Armorer (90 min.)
• Basic Foil Parries and Lines of Defense with Maestro Arthur W. Lane (92 min.)
• Selberg Fencing Workshop, Part 1 (120 min.)
• Selberg Fencing Workshop, Part 2 (120 min.)
• Selberg Fencing Workshop, Part 3 (120 min.)
• The Blow by Blow Guide to Swordfighting in the Renaissance Style, by Michael Loades, London (96 min.)
• Mark Berger's School of Fencing
• The Leading Edge
• Foil I (Maestro Tyshler)
• Foil II (Maestro Tyshler)
• Epee I (Maestro Tyshler)
• Epee II (Maestro Tyshler)
• Russian School of Fencing: Epee I (Maestro Berger)
• The Art of Fencing with Maestro George Pogosov: Volume One.

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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 just as fast by hand.

ATHOS is a French program (by Christian Coulon of Paris), although the display and manuals are in French or English. ATHOS is widely used at world levels of competition, including the 1993 and 1994 U-20 World Championships. It runs on DOS PCs. It is the only official fencing software recognized by the CFF. In the USA, the price is $250 (includes unlimited upgrades and support). Contact Marc Walch (Marc.J.Walch@JPL.NASA.GOV, (818) 354 5688).

Engarde is another French program (by F. F. Nicaud of Paris), and runs on Apple or PC. Like ATHOS, it sees extensive use at international levels of competition, including the 1994 World Championships. It is available in French only, and is freely reproducible. Contact your national fencing organization for more information.

Xseed is an American program (by Dan McCormick of Hudson, Ohio), supported by the USFA only. It runs on DOS PCs. Contact the USFA for more information.

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 DOS program that is freely downloadable from http://members.tripod.com/~swynerton.

Craig Lancaster is offering a Windows-based program for free evaluation. Contact him at craigl@waverider.co.uk, or visit his web page (http://www.waverider.co.uk/~craigl) for more info.

There are other programs that are more common in other countries and languages, such as German and Italian. Contact the national fencing organizations of such countries to find out more.

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3.8 Fencing Online

Known cyberspace fencing resources are listed in the Fencing.Net Search Directory.

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3.9 Glossary of terms: 

A glossary of terms is available at www.fencing.net