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    Malibu Fencing Club

    Malibu now has its own fencing club! The Malibu Fencing Club is now scheduling private and group lessons for new and experienced fencers in its brand new facility located at 23825 Stuart Ranch Road in Malibu, California. Foil, epee and sabre will be offered in the classical European style by Andrew Villaverde, the founder of the Los Angeles based Classical Blade Society. The club website is expected to be on-line in late September.

    For more information call 1(818)919-1375

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    Malibu Fencing Club

    Malibu now has its own fencing club! The Malibu Fencing Club is now scheduling private and group lessons for new and experienced fencers in its brand new facility located at 23825 Stuart Ranch Road in Malibu, California. Foil, epee and sabre will be offered in the classical European style. For more information call 1(310)456-1235 or visit:
    http://malibufencingclub.com

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    Do us all a favor and don't continue to give us weekly updates.

    We get it, you have a new club. For the few of us in your area (granted, probably more than on the British Forum, which got an identical advert), you've informed us of your existance. If you have something of general interest, feel free to share, but not merely that you now are.

    Although, on a more interesting topic, why do lessons with Andrew Villaverde at Malibu cost $80/hour (with a $25 floor fee), whereas lessons with him in at his club in Glendale cost $25/hour (with a $10 floor fee)?

    Nice pictures though.

    -B :)
    "Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by oiuyt
    Do us all a favor and don't continue to give us weekly updates.

    We get it, you have a new club. For the few of us in your area (granted, probably more than on the British Forum, which got an identical advert), you've informed us of your existance. If you have something of general interest, feel free to share, but not merely that you now are.

    Although, on a more interesting topic, why do lessons with Andrew Villaverde at Malibu cost $80/hour (with a $25 floor fee), whereas lessons with him in at his club in Glendale cost $25/hour (with a $10 floor fee)?

    Nice pictures though.

    -B
    $25 floor fee? Considering most top clubs only have a $10 floor fee, I really can't imagine why anyone would go to that club ever.

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    Doesn't their motto "In Ferro Veritas" translate better as "In Iron (is) Truth" rather than "In the Sword is Truth". Gladius = sword.

    I don't know what's in iron (although I doubt it's truth), but iron is in my multivitamins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HDG
    Doesn't their motto "In Ferro Veritas" translate better as "In Iron (is) Truth" rather than "In the Sword is Truth". Gladius = sword.

    I don't know what's in iron (although I doubt it's truth), but iron is in my multivitamins.
    Ferro in Italian means Iron. However the word "Ferro" when used in
    a fencing context meant the sword or the blade.

    Originally swords were made of Copper. Later on swords were made of Iron.
    The word "Gladius" (Galdiator is derived from Gladius) , is used
    specifically to identify the short iron sword used by the soldiers of
    the Roman legions.
    "On the watch, sir. Always on the watch. They don't all fight like fine gentlemen!"

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    Exactly. Even in latin, Ferro can mean "sword" as well as "iron"
    Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo,
    Aureli pathetice et cinaede Furi

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    Quote Originally Posted by telkanuru
    Exactly. Even in latin, Ferro can mean "sword" as well as "iron"
    The first dictionary I used agreed with my translation; the second, better one agreed with you and Striker. Live and learn.

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