2) This is kind of gruesome but I happened upon "Mirin Dajo - The Extreme Human Pincushion".
This man was impaled by a foil - "In 1947, at the Corso Theatre in Zurich, Mirin Dajo allow an assistant to plunge a fencing foil right through his body. The foil appeared to have pierced several vital organs and yet, the fakir remained relatively unharmed."
You see that from time to time in infighting. Unless they're being passed, it's often troublesome. Lots of fencers do it after reversing their shoulders but don't get their off-weapon arm out of the way.
Not with an epee in my hand and a mask on my head, it won't! Anyway, you know nothing of my shoulder issues. One of these days the muscle's just going to snap and I'll have to learn to fence lefty. :P
Yeah, I remember we laughed about that book cover a couple of years ago. Clearly the author wants to flirt with all weapons. Except foil -- which the book is supposed to be about.
Am I the only one who was annoyed by the Mastercard commercial broadcast a few days ago during the ALCS series? One of the "priceless" ads, wherein a woman pays $97 for a fencing foil?
And the foil is in fact an epee... and she's fencing electric, but isn't wearing a lame and possibly not even a bodycord? Laughable.
Yes, I stopped the DVR right there and replayed it a few times to complain - loudly. My spouse insisted I was the only one out there who would notice the discrepancies, or even care. He doesn't know fencers.
Am I the only one who was annoyed by the Mastercard commercial broadcast a few days ago during the ALCS series? One of the "priceless" ads, wherein a woman pays $97 for a fencing foil?
And the foil is in fact an epee... and she's fencing electric, but isn't wearing a lame and possibly not even a bodycord? Laughable.
Yes, I stopped the DVR right there and replayed it a few times to complain - loudly. My spouse insisted I was the only one out there who would notice the discrepancies, or even care. He doesn't know fencers.
I saw the last half a second of fencing on the TV and had my usual reaction ("fencing!?"). Watching the whole thing, I don't think it's too bad. I've seen worse. "Foil" is the most well-known term for a weapon, so I'm not too surprised they used it when she's clearly fencing epee. And you can hear the buzzer, so they at least tried to simulate electric fencing a little bit.
Am I the only one who was annoyed by the Mastercard commercial broadcast a few days ago during the ALCS series? One of the "priceless" ads, wherein a woman pays $97 for a fencing foil?
And the foil is in fact an epee... and she's fencing electric, but isn't wearing a lame and possibly not even a bodycord? Laughable.
Yes, I stopped the DVR right there and replayed it a few times to complain - loudly. My spouse insisted I was the only one out there who would notice the discrepancies, or even care. He doesn't know fencers.
I haven't seen it. Is it on the internet anywhere? I tried youtube and google video.
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Actually, they both have epees. Click on the image and enlarge it.
I don't think I'll buy this book.
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I would think the generic term 'sword' would be more known than foil.
My mother was/is a crossword puzzle addict, and I still remember her showing me the "four-letter word for 'French sword'" that appeared frequently in the puzzles. Epee - *that* was my introduction to fencing.
I have no opinion of the book, but as the saying goes, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. The authors often have little to no say (or even negative influence) in the cover-art, to the point that it appears to be a running joke among writers. Yes, it is a bad marketing decision. It doesn't mean the book sucks.
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