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08-10-2002, 05:27 PM
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| Beginner's Book Reference
Just a tip:
If anyone is looking for a guide to beginner's fencing, definitely look at Roger Crosnier's collection. They're a little out-dated, but I recently read his book on fencing with the foil, and it has helped my fencing techniques greatly.
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08-10-2002, 07:02 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsauken, NJ
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| Volkman's "Big Book of Fencing" is a good reference for the beginning fencer. It can be easily obtained (at this site for example, or any NAC) and is very easy to read/understand.
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08-10-2002, 07:40 PM
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| I love Crosniers book Fencing with the Epee. I also have enjoyed reading the Epee section in C.L. de Beaumont's Fencing, Ancient Art and Modern Sport.
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08-11-2002, 02:18 PM
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#4 | | Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Scotland
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| I highly recommend Crosniers 'Fencing with the Epee'. It is slightly dated yet it still remains inciteful for the modern fencer. It has one of the best reviews of tactics I've read and is very concise.
Rudy's book is ok, my main problem with it is the diagrams and some of the terminology. I know he produces the book off his own back, but with modern DTP prgrams being so cheap he could improve it somewhat. From a European perspective some of the terms niggle slightly but I imagine that wouldn't be as pronounced if you were American - it's american terminology after all.
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08-12-2002, 04:30 PM
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#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Georgia
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| I have been at his club and talked to him while he was running copies of his book off the copy machine. whatever you can do to keep publishing costs down.
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08-12-2002, 04:51 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Scotland
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| Swordsen: don't get me wrong, I respect the fact that he HAS written a Fencing manual (I certainly haven't). Rudy even seemed like a really decent guy when I was arranging delivery of my copy to here in the uk. I was only suggesting that he could spend a little time tidying some of the sections up, it needn't be expensive nowadays. | |
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