[CFML] 19th century fencing

BlankI am trying to research early 19th century fencing (1800-1850). It see=
ms that many of the manuals of the period describe how and what actions wer=
e taught, but I am not finding much information on what an actual fencing b=
out might have been like. Were there standards for such things as target ar=
ea, length of the strip, etc? Was the scoring system and jury comparable to=
modern =93dry=94 fencing? What was the action like? My impression was that=
there was less advancing and retreating, more fencing from blade contact. =
I would be interested on people=92s insights on this, or a direction for fu=
rther research.=20

Jonathan Carr



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