(Jeff asked that I post my reply with his original-see at bottom)
Jeff (stuydaze [mailto:stuydaze@yahoo.com]) wrote:
>Just wanted to point out that Nadi really didn't follow
>classical fencing. It's been a while since I read "On
>Fencing," but I believe he even said as much (anybody got
>the book handy, out there?).
He certainly had lots of training in the classical styles. His father was a
fencing master that trained Italian fencers "for over 50 years." But,
you're right if you meant he did whatever worked for him, regardless of
where it came from or what adjustments he felt he had to make:
"Having lived in Paris for more than ten years, I have had the opportunity
to observe the greatest French masters apply their method, and compare it
with the Italian system of my own training. As a result, my technique is a
mixture of both. I have retained, adapted and modified as I saw fit the
best points of each School, and discarded what I believed to be wrong, or
useless, in either." p36-37.
Jennifer Walton
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classicalfencing@yahoogroups.com, "Jennifer Walton"
<jwalton@i...> wrote:
> Robert said:
>
> >Nadi also encouraged the central invitation, meaning
> >that ALL lines were open, which is something I don't
> >recall Gaugler teaching, and I don't follow.
>
> BTW, it has also been my experience at SJSU that Maestro
Gaugler does not
> teach a "central" invitation. My comments only stem from a
curiousity
> regarding how and why Nadi arrived at this alteration from the
classical
> school (as we all know he was occasionally known to do).
>
> Jennifer
Hi All!
Sorry i haven't had time to post lately (I still don't really), and I
apologise to those with whom I was debating, that I left in the
lurch.
Just wanted to point out that Nadi really didn't follow classical
fencing. It's been a while since I read "On Fencing," but I believe
he even said as much (anybody got the book handy, out there?).
He favored a central guard, body displacements that seem
somewhat peculiar, infighting, and an odd lunge that was
executed by launching the body forward--while the front leg was
still planted--and snapping the front leg forward at the last
possible moment.
Different strokes fer different folks.
Cheers,
Jeff
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