Just came across this in scanning my copy of "A-Z Fencing"
and thought to share it.
Fluking Iron - Slang for the epee; a highly pejorative term,
originating in the days when there was a tendency for the epee
to be practised by 'men of a certain age' and when, because of
the complete body target and absence of conventions (rules)
dedicated foilists affected to regard such contests as being
governed by chance rather than skill.
Damn supercilious little snots. Wonder what they meant by
'men of a certain age'? .... HRUMPH!
"Jonathan Jefferies" <jonathanjefferies@alamedanet.net> wrote in message
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> Just came across this in scanning my copy of "A-Z Fencing"
> and thought to share it.
>
> Fluking Iron - Slang for the epee; a highly pejorative term,
> originating in the days when there was a tendency for the epee
> to be practised by 'men of a certain age' and when, because of
> the complete body target and absence of conventions (rules)
> dedicated foilists affected to regard such contests as being
> governed by chance rather than skill.
>
> Damn supercilious little snots. Wonder what they meant by
> 'men of a certain age'? .... HRUMPH!
>
> J.
In France, while joking some pretend they are two
sports :
fencing (aka foil) and epee.
:-)
Dans le message <twq5a.117$fE5.22@news.cpqcorp.net> du Fri, 21 Feb 2003
15:15:51 +0100, Safir déclama la prose suivante
|In France, while joking some pretend they are two
|sports :
|fencing (aka foil) and epee.
|:-)
|
And others says when seeing sabre or foil : "I want to see fencing !"
:-)))
In New Zealand, the national body is moving towards epee (has been for a
while now) as its "easier to do well in (overseas)"
j
michel wrote:
> Dans le message <twq5a.117$fE5.22@news.cpqcorp.net> du Fri, 21 Feb 2003
> 15:15:51 +0100, Safir déclama la prose suivante
> |In France, while joking some pretend they are two
> |sports :
> |fencing (aka foil) and epee.
> |:-)
> |
> And others says when seeing sabre or foil : "I want to see fencing !"
> :-)))
>
> --
> Pour répondre :
> mrfencer[at]fnac[dot]net
"William Marshal" <trebuchet30303@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Safir" <axica_nopub@yahoo.com> wrote
>
>
> > In France, while joking some pretend they are two
> > sports :
> > fencing (aka foil) and epee.
> > :-)
>
> Typical of the French not to realize that NEITHER foil nor epee are
> fencing, only sabre is...
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