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From: Archone [mailto:archone89144@yahoo.com]

>>I train according to proper fencing technique because it makes for better
>>function. I extend before I lunge because it keeps my tender vitals as
>>protected as possible(just like I throw the cross without leaning into the
>>blow to keep from making a target out of my face). I make my disengages
>>and doubles as tight as possible to make them as fast as possible. If they
>>didn't increase my chances in a real fight with my ASP baton(this is
>>someone who used to work night security in a rough neighborhood with a
>>wooden sword), I wouldn't train in Classical fencing, I'd train in FMA.


Form following function is how the classical form was originally developed.
It worked. Classical students must in turn learn form, technique, and
tactics in that order in order to have proper functionality.

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Rez Johnson, M d'E
Headmaster: Mississippi Academy of Arms

Certified Moniteur d'Escrime (Fleuret, Epee, Sabre): Academie d'Armes
Internationale (AAI)

Certified Fencing Instructor (Foil, Epee, Saber): United States Fencing
Coaches Association (USFCA)

Fencing Master Apprentice of Past USFCA President, Robert F. Scranton,
Maitre d'Armes

Mississippi Academy of Arms
Virtute et Armis - By Valor and Arms
Teaching Fencing Since 1980
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