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03-15-2006, 06:59 PM
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| Candidate for sticky? Explaination of fencing for beginners!
This is quite possibly the best explaination of fencing I have ever come across. Quote:
During the 16 th century, Spaniards and Italians began taking to rapier duelling in droves. The rapier is a slim, lightweight sword and can be wielded in one hand easily so that the other hand can be used to strike the cool poses you see in The Three Musketeers. The rapier was mainly a thrusting weapon, designed specially to poke holes in your opponent’s chest.
Some 200 years later, the rapier became smaller and even lighter. Then some fencing instructors started to stick leather safety tips onto the rapiers so that fencing students lived long enough to pay the instruction fees. The modern Foil was born. Fencers rejoiced and celebrated by poking one another more than ever.
By the 19 th century, many European governments decided to throw fencing duellists into jail whenever they poked their opponents to death. Fencers thought: Poking is good; jail is bad. This is because you get the wrong type of ‘poking’ in all-male prison cells. So fencers started to poke at arms and legs instead, using the duelling sword, or Epee de Terrain. This was how Epee fencing came to be. In modern Epee fencing, the whole body can be targeted.
Military officers did not want to miss out on the fun. Officers already carry regimental slashing sabres so instead of getting a new Foil or Epee, they adapted their military slashing sabres into lighter versions, the modern Fencing Sabre.
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03-15-2006, 07:18 PM
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| oOooo, there's a link to rate the article. You should give them a thumbs down and a nasty comment  | |
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03-15-2006, 07:35 PM
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| I reckon that is quite accurate - not terribly manly, butch or respectful but you can't have everything.
Covers most of the weapon specific developments. What's your problem with it?
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03-15-2006, 07:47 PM
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| "Poking is good; jail is bad. This is because you get the wrong type of ‘poking’ in all-male prison cells"   | |
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03-16-2006, 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by keith Covers most of the weapon specific developments. What's your problem with it? | Well, I think that a fair bit of it is wrong, but it does get the point across.
The author's other reviews (of equestrian events and wrestling) are also pretty silly. | |
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03-16-2006, 02:57 PM
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| Hey, its a joke. What is truly concerning is that this spoof is actually more factual and useful than some serious attempts... | |
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