New Fencing Quotes

[Kryptos]

Thanks everyone for posting. I've found some more quotes along the way, mostly from the movies and sayings. Hope you'll enjoy! ----->

"Semper Paratus" "So Others May Live"

"Every man dies. Not every man really lives." - William Wallace, Braveheart

"A knight is sworn to valor.
His heart knows only virtue.
His blade defends the helpless.
His might upholds the weak.
His word speaks only truth.
His wrath undoes the wicked!" - King Arthur and Bowen, Dragonheart

"Dreams die hard and you hold them in your hands long after they've turned to dust." - Bowen

"My humble life is indebt to your exalted prowess, your dauntless courage, and your superb, swift sword!" - Gilbert

“Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.” - Confucius

“The curve is more powerful than the sword.” - Mae West

“Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!” - Oscar Wilde

“When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.” - English Proverb

“Love is my Sword, Goodness my Armor, And Humor my Shield”
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- Joseph

[An-D]

Originally Posted by Kryptos

"Hold your sword as if you were holding a bird in your hand: not too lightly to prevent his escape and not too tightly to prevent him choking." - Justin Lafauger

Like So. Thats right. My girlfriend fences *and* can catch birds.

[telkanuru]

Originally Posted by An-D

Like So. Thats right. My girlfriend fences *and* can catch birds.

That's a girl?

"If you don't have anything nice to say, stab someone in the face."
-Anon.

[Kryptos]

Originally Posted by chisa8saba

"Complementary stepping means that you do not move one foot alone."

"It is essential that you follow what he does,
not letting him relax for a moment."

"Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."

“To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.”

Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1646)

O0oO0o0Oo0O nice xD pretty interesting

[Falcon (XB :)]

From the 1650 collection of epigrams entitled

You Mengying - (Quiet/secluded Dream Shadows)

When the mirror meets with an ugly woman,
when a rare ink-stone finds a vulgar owner,
and when a good sword is in the hands of
a common general, there is utterly nothing
to be done about it.

The snow reminds one of a high-minded scholar;
the flower reminds one of beautiful ladies;
wine reminds one of good swordsmen;
the moon reminds one of good friends;
and hills and water remind one of good verse
and good prose with which the author himself is pleased.

To listen to a Buddhist lesson under the moon
makes one's mental mood more detached;
to discuss swordmanship under the moon
makes one's courage more inspired;
to discuss poetry under the moon
makes one's personal flavor more charming in seclusion;
and to look at beautiful women under the moon
makes one's passion deeper.

A small injustice in the breast can be drowned by wine;
but a great injustice in the world can be drowned only by the sword.

- Chang Ch'ao (Zhang Chao) ~1650

[Slacker]

"on the strip, no more nice"

[Simaraon]

Fencing is just like sex.

In the end, it's always the same thing [mimes pushing a foil/épée tip down and up]
In - out - in - out - ...
But it's precisely how you get there that counts!

What's that? Sabre? Sigh. Yes, yes, some people will always be happy just stroking each other..

[Kryptos]

Originally Posted by Simaraon

Fencing is just like sex.

In the end, it's always the same thing [mimes pushing a foil/épée tip down and up]
In - out - in - out - ...
But it's precisely how you get there that counts!

What's that? Sabre? Sigh. Yes, yes, some people will always be happy just stroking each other..

O.o oh.. *whew* Fleuret for me W0oT!!

[theLuz]

upon watching two Sabre fencers who asked to use his Salle, "fencing" on one of his strips. "What game is this?"