Fencing Quotes...

[telkanuru]

I think you made a small typo there... let me correct it for ya:

"The leading coaches of the world unanimously agree that foil has become the premier weapon to fence and to watch"

Ahh, much better.


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Yeah, because everyone knows what the public craves to see on their TV is remise battles...

[keropie]

Yeah, because everyone knows what the public craves to see on their TV is remise battles...

At this point, all three weapons have their remise battles, they're just a bit different from each other... saber we have the remise vs. the riposte battle often, or the remise of the line vs. the beat attack, etc. Epee we have the 'traditional' remise battle (remise d'arret and what not), and in foil we have (admittedly the ugliest) remise battles, though I've seen some in WE that aren't much prettier...

[ysbadadden]

Man...I think we ALL heard that one when we first started out...I know I did... and I still hear it!

It was repreated in Rafael Sabatini's book "Scaramouche" for sure, and probably in the movie as well.

[ysbadadden]

"The essence of fencing is to give, but by no means to receive." --Moliere

[Xenoflame]

Coming therefore first to this weapon, as unto that on which

is grounded the true knowledge of this Art, being of

reasonable length, and having edges and point, wherein it

seems to resemble every other weapon, It is to be

considered, that forasmuch as it has no more than two edges

and one point, a man may not strike with any other than

with these, neither defend himself with any other than with

these. Further all edge blows, be they right or reversed,

frame either a circle or part of a circle: of the which the

hand is the Center, and the length of the sword, the

Diameter.
---DiGrassi

The length of the sword should be the radius. And it isn't a proper noun. I take it DiGrassi was a low-watt bulb?

[OROD]

The length of the sword should be the radius.

Not if you're Darth Maul!

[slowgraffiti515]

"dogs" by pink floyd makes me think about fencing...especially in the first 2 verses

"You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need.
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street,
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed.
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight,
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.

And after a while, you can work on points for style.
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake,
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile.
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to,
So that when they turn their backs on you,
You'll get the chance to put the knife in."

[slowgraffiti515]

"I loved fencing and dancing and elocution."
-Vivien Leigh

at first i read elocution as electrocution. hehe

[BrisGirl]

'Stand back - I gotta practice my stabbin' - Futurama

[Falcon (XB :)]

It was repreated in Rafael Sabatini's book "Scaramouche" for sure, and probably in the movie as well.

It is, in different words.

From the same movie Scaramouche (1952), screenplay by Ronald Millar, Andre Moreau (played by Stewart Granger) says to his fencing master Doutreval (who can no longer teach him, having been caught doing so by Moreau's arch-enemy Noel, Marquis de Maynes - who is Doutreval's primary student):

"If I can no longer be taught by the man who taught my enemy...then what is more fitting, in a mad world, than to be taught by the man who taught the man who taught my enemy?"

>^_^<

[KD5MDK]

at first i read elocution as electrocution. hehe

That has happened, actually, but is much less likely in countries with 110V electrical systems.

[JackSparrow]

"Using a sword is like sex. It's all a matter of balance, leverage and timing."
-Bob Anderson

or "Using a sword is like sex. You can't get good by practicing by yourself or with your relatives." - Jack Sparrow

[timstang]

Hey thats from my page! http://www.fencingniagara.com

;-)

The Bob Anderson Quotes are my favs - cool guy...

Tim