And who determined this??

"Amy & Joseph Kormann" <ajkormann@monmouth.com> wrote in message
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> If I was a freestyle skiier, I'd be really upset. Those guys on skis are
> nuts! Seriously, I don't know why Fencing is ranked as easier than
> Martial Arts when Fencing could be qualified as a Martial Art.

In what way exactly is it a martial art?

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William Black
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Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government

In rec.sport.fencing on Fri, 7 May 2004 08:07:03 +0100
William Black <black_william@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> "Amy & Joseph Kormann" <ajkormann@monmouth.com> wrote in message
> news:c7em7a$gna$1@news.monmouth.com...
>
>> If I was a freestyle skiier, I'd be really upset. Those guys on skis are
>> nuts! Seriously, I don't know why Fencing is ranked as easier than
>> Martial Arts when Fencing could be qualified as a Martial Art.
>
> In what way exactly is it a martial art?

well.. good old Linear Electric Wire Tag isn't.

Classical Fencing is, on a par with quite a few rules restricted
form-emphasising eastern martial arts.

Zebee

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aus.motorcycles Poser Permit #1.
"Motorcycles are like peanuts... who can stop at just one?"

"Zebee Johnstone" <zebee@zip.com.au> wrote in message
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> In rec.sport.fencing on Fri, 7 May 2004 08:07:03 +0100
> William Black <black_william@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > "Amy & Joseph Kormann" <ajkormann@monmouth.com> wrote in message
> > news:c7em7a$gna$1@news.monmouth.com...
> >
> >> If I was a freestyle skiier, I'd be really upset. Those guys on skis
are
> >> nuts! Seriously, I don't know why Fencing is ranked as easier than
> >> Martial Arts when Fencing could be qualified as a Martial Art.
> >
> > In what way exactly is it a martial art?
>
> well.. good old Linear Electric Wire Tag isn't.

Yep, we got one of them to play with last time I got the rapiers out...

It's when you throw your hat at them that they decide it's not really
'fencing'.

--
William Black
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Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government

Wow Tennis table need more power than fencing, incredible theses guys don't
know about the lunge. Let us have them trying a small serie like retreat
retreat advance-lunge remise.






"William Black" <black_william@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de
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> "Zebee Johnstone" <zebee@zip.com.au> wrote in message
> news:slrnc9mf5k.bfn.zebee@zeus.zipworld.com.au...
> > In rec.sport.fencing on Fri, 7 May 2004 08:07:03 +0100
> > William Black <black_william@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > "Amy & Joseph Kormann" <ajkormann@monmouth.com> wrote in message
> > > news:c7em7a$gna$1@news.monmouth.com...
> > >
> > >> If I was a freestyle skiier, I'd be really upset. Those guys on skis
> are
> > >> nuts! Seriously, I don't know why Fencing is ranked as easier than
> > >> Martial Arts when Fencing could be qualified as a Martial Art.
> > >
> > > In what way exactly is it a martial art?
> >
> > well.. good old Linear Electric Wire Tag isn't.
>
> Yep, we got one of them to play with last time I got the rapiers out...
>
> It's when you throw your hat at them that they decide it's not really
> 'fencing'.
>
> --
> William Black
> ------------------
> Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
> is no basis for a system of government
>
>

Harold Buck writes:

>Please don't pretend for a moment that even reasonable people can come
>to an agreement about what is a sport and what isn't.

Oh, I know. I just couldn't resist the "spoil sport" pun.

Joe