RE: [CFML] Italian Foils (where)

Dear all, many thanks for your very kind assistance.
Ray Smith
--- 1@msfencing.org wrote:
>
> >> Dear All-re the use of Italian foils-do those who
> use
> >>them, also use the wrist strap with pocket for the
> >>pommel? In the '60's Maestro Oskar Kalombatovitch
> >>taught me to use the wrist strap but i understand
> they
> >>are no longer allowed. Does this not take much
> >>strength away from the Italian method? Ray Smith
>
> There has been a lot of confusion as to whether or
> not UFSA/FIE events allow
> the wrist strap. However, my understanding before I
> left the USFA was that
> it is legal to use the wrist strap. I attended a
> UFSA event where one was
> used by an older fencer without penalty. One rarely
> sees them these days.
> Maybe Brian or Jeff know the current status.
>
> Rez
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ray and joan [mailto:smithnugent1@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 1:07 PM
> To: Robert L. Browning II;
> classicalfencing@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [CFML] Italian Foils (where)
>
> Dear All-re the use of italian foils-do those who
> use
> them, also use the wrist strap with pocket for the
> pommel? In the '60's Maestro Oskar Kalombatovitch
> taught me to use the wrist strap but i understand
> they
> are no longer allowed. Does this not take much
> strength away from the Italian method? Ray Smith
> --- "Robert L. Browning II"
> <browning5800@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> > I had some luck recently with the fencing post. I
> > checked the following
> > URL, and breathed a small sigh of relief.
> >
> > http://thefencingpost.com/Classical_Fencing.htm
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Robert L. Browning II
> > browning5800@comcast.net
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: voidmaster@aol.com
> > [mailto:voidmaster@aol.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 2:08 AM
> > To: classicalfencing@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [CFML] Italian Foils (where)
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm sure this is a question that comes up often,
> > so my apologies, I just
> > haven't been on the list long enough to catch the
> > answer. My club
> > membership is growing and we're running the risk
> of
> > not having enough proper
> > foils for everyone, so I was wondering where the
> > best places (if there still
> > are any) to get true ricasso Italian foils are?
> The
> > last places we had
> > gotten them from no longer carry them since FL
> > stopped making them.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > -Andrew-
> >
> >
> >
> >
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