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	Fencing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The earliest known depiction of a fencing bout, complete with practice weapons, safety kit, judges and a score-card, is a relief in a temple near Luxor built by Rameses III around 1190 BC.
		Historical fencing This type of fencing is based on the work of historical texts and traditions.
		SCA fencing Fencing as conducted by members of the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) generally trying to fence in a pre 1600s fashion while still using modern fencing safety gear, usually disguised to pass as period clothing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fencing (5075 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions about Classical and Historical Fencing
		Because the techniques of classical fencing evolved from the traditions of the dueling ground, the focus of the training is to enable the fencer to survive in an actual combative situation on the terrain.
		Historical fencing encompasses all the weapons and styles that precede the 19th century, when the weapons were worn as sidearms for civilian defense and personal combat.
		The weapons primarily used in historical fencing are the single-handed sword, longsword, sidesword, rapier, and smallsword.
	www.martinez-destreza.com /fenfaq.htm (4439 words)

	Classical Fencing
		Historical fencing tends to be slower and more deliberate, with a heavy emphasis on bladework and form.
		Because "classical fencing" increasingly refers to 19th-century historical fencing, we are beginning to use the term "modern fencing" to (hopefully) avoid confusion.
		In short, modern fencing is fencing from the first half of the 20th century blended with the knowledge of the second half of the 20th century.
	www.classicalfencing.us (555 words)

	Censorship vs. Scholarship
		What should be of primary interest to historical fencing enthusiasts is the significant and indisputable change in the nature of rapier blades from cut and thrust varieties to an edgeless ideal trusting form.
		While Dr William Gaugler's The History of Fencing promised to be the long-awaited successor to Egerton Castle's Schools and Masters of Fence, (1885) it has proved a disappointment to the historical fencing community.
		Historical Fencing is a discipline struggling to be recognised as a legitimate pursuit.
	www.classicalfencing.com /articles/scholarship.shtml (5476 words)

	Warren Wilson College Fencing
		Historical fencing is based on the ancient art of the rapier, called in the Spanish tradition La Verdada Destreza, the true art and skill.
		Some historical fencing organizations prohibit the saber, while some use a fourth blade, called a schlager, which is much closer in weight, balance and design to the actual rapier.
		Historical fencing is practiced by many reenactment and recreation societies throughout the world, though each organization has its own rules and requirements.
	www.warren-wilson.edu /~fencing/faq.html (474 words)

	Classical Fencing Ireland
		Classical Fencing is the study of foil, epee and sabre according to the styles of the 19th century.
		Historical Fencing is the study of the weapons and associated styles through the 14th to the 18th centuries.
		Included in Classical Fencing Ireland's aims is the research of the Irish involvement in the History of fencing; from Donald McBane's first fencing school in Limerick, to Alexander Doyle teaching french smallsword to germans, and the printing of the english translation of L'Abbat's smallsword treatise in Dublin.
	www.csn.ul.ie /~nvl/cfi/main.php (177 words)

	FAQ
		Historical fencing is practiced by a number of small groups all over the United States and in other countries as well.
		Historical fencing tends to be slow and deliberate, as the weapons are often heavier and the consequences of error are higher.
		Unlike post-modern fencing, classical fencing is an excellent spectator sport (you won't see massive arenas filled with fencing strips and no place for spectators to sit and watch a "game" they cannot follow).
	salem.classicalfencing.us /faq.htm (1229 words)

	Whitman College Fencing - FAQ
		Foil fencing is subject to many rules beyond simply "put the pointy end in the other guy." These rules were developed to teach the fencer the proper form, techniques, and tactics in a restricted setting, greatly improving his eventual effectiveness with the actual weapons.
		The second half of the 19th Century is historically the classical period, in which the are of fencing reached its highest development, be we may include the whole of the 19th century in this era, as this was the age when fencing was formally codified, systemztized, and fully expressed in complete systems and styles.
		Fencing can benefit people in many different ways, depending primarily on how seriously the student commits to its study, and what they are trying to learn from it.
	www.whitman.edu /fencing/faq.html (4523 words)

	Academia Della Spada - Blood, Love and Rhetoric's Rapier Academy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The driving force behind the Academy is to offer a forum welcoming all students of fence, regardless of skill level, to train in the historical sword techniques of the Elizabethan Fencing Masters through research of historical manua ls and intensive physical training.
		The Academia della Spada acknowledges that there are a fair number historical fencing groups, both nationally and internationally, which all hold very different perspectives on training, style, and philosophy.
		Though the Academia della Spada encourages period clothing to enhance the students' education in historical fencing and they are associated with Blood, Love and Rhetoric (Renaissance historians and performers), it does not engage in role playing, fantasy games, or other make-believe re-enactment.
	www.blr.org /academy.jsp (589 words)

	Darkwood Armory - Links page
		The AHF is a governing body for tournaments in historical styles and the preservation of the dueling tradition.
		This is an organization of professional teachers of Historical and Classical fencing based on surviving traditions and historical documentation.
		The School exists to teach, preserve, and support the art of the Historical fencing period (15th, 16th, and 17th centuries) as well as the Classical fencing period.
	www.darkwoodarmory.com /links.shtml (728 words)

	Classical Fencing Mailing List
		While the term "Classical Fencing" refers to approximately the 19th century, styles and periods discussed on this list include any established European school (usually, but not necessarily, French, Italian, or Spanish) of civilian swordsmanship from the 15th-19th Centuries.
		With nearly 600 subscribers, including many experienced and knowledgable fencers and fencing masters with dozens of years of combined experience and knowledge of classical fencing and historical swordsmanship, the list represents a unique opportunity to share ideas and learn more about this rare martial art.
		Olympic-style) fencing, historical reenactment, stage combat, mythical/fantasy swordplay, military combat, or Eastern martial arts and sword forms, as other venues exist for discussing these topics.
	www.kmoser.com /cflist.htm (877 words)

	Mississippi Academy of Arms - Home Page
		The walking cane is the most practical weapon of self-defense available to us today, because it is the only weapon left which can be freely carried on a plane, in a court house, school, church, to a sporting event, and anywhere in the world without restriction and without a license or a permit.
		Unlike modern sport fencing clubs where the primary goal is competing in tournaments, beating people, winning medals, and increasing one's USFA rating, the goals of traditional fencing schools are self-improvement, character building, and perfecting one's ability to perform the original fencing techniques which allowed Aristocratic gentlemen to survive real duels with sharp swords.
		Traditional Fencing (Classical and Historical) is the only type of fencing which still preserves the character of a courteous and honest encounter with sharp swords.
	www.msfencing.org /index2.html (310 words)

	IOSP - Paddy in Oz Staff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Stephen Hand was born in Tasmania, Australia and became interested in historical fencing in 1979 through his involvement in medieval and Renaissance reenactment.
		A teacher of classical and historical fencing, Ramón Martínez studied classical fencing in New York for ten years with the late Maître d'Armes Frederick Rohdes - one of the last fencing masters to teach fencing as a martial art.
		These ancient and historical forms are then taught as authentically as possible, with the goal of promoting and preserving this rare martial art.
	www.iosp.org /staff_workshop04.php (929 words)

	Association for Historical Fencing
		Though it is well known that fencing was all the rage with Parisian gentlemen at this time, there should be no surprise that, in keeping with the fashionability of things from the Continent, there was also a healthy interest in the art in New York.
		Though the play must undeniably have been top-quality in nature, the fencing was also undeniably defensive in nature, with as little as one touch, and sometimes none, being made in a three-minute period.
		So, too, modern fencing does arguably lack much of the interest that might be generated if the lives of the swordsmen occasionally hung in the balance.
	www.ahfi.org /news/v1n3/newsletter7.htm (2545 words)

	Constitution
		The mission of the Historical Fencing Club is to permit students to explore their interest in fencing as a Western martial art through exposure to historical treatises and diligent practice of pre-Twentieth Century fencing technique.
		Given the lengthy history of fencing as a martial art, the earliest surviving fencing manual being from the 14th Century, we feel it is of great historical significance to allow students an opportunity to practice this graceful and effective art, preserving the knowledge for the future.
		The Instructor of the Club shall be the instructor of the art of historical fence, currently held by Cecil Longino, Instructor of the Academia della Spada.
	students.washington.edu /fencing/Constitution.html (571 words)

	La Scherma Italiana - PHP
		He is one of the founders and current president of the Association for Historical Fencing, founded to promote, preserve and revive classical and historical fencing.
		In January 1999, she was instrumental in orchestrating a historical exposition of fencing at St. Peter's College, New Jersey, which had international participation and featured demonstrations not seen in public for more than 100 years.
		She is one of the founders and Vice President of the Association for Historical Fencing.
	www.delongis.com /PalpableHit/italiana.html (916 words)

	Classical & Historical Fencing Links
		British Federation for Historical Swordplay - "a national, non political, umbrella group for all individual UK societies involved in the research, study and practise of historical fencing and the European Martial Arts."
		The Midwest Historical Fencer's Project - "The participants in the Project are Historical Fencing enthusiasts from different backgrounds and groups who are all interested in advancing the study of historical weapons and fighting skills."
		The Classical Fencing Society at Saint Louis University - "The society stresses the development of the virtues of chivalry through the art of fencing." (St Louis, MO) An official Salle d' Armes under the guidance of fencing master Nick Evangelista.
	www.plumes.org /links/fencing-links.html (956 words)

	Association for Historical Fencing (AHF)
		A session to be presented at the 41st International Congress in Medieval Studies, May 47, Kalamazoo, Michigan
		Sponsored by the Association for Historical Fencing (www.ahfi.org)
		The textual tradition of fencing treatises forms the earliest and longest tradition of illustrated technical works in Western history.
	www.ahfi.org (74 words)

	Classical Fencing and Historical Swordsmanship Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		If you're not sure what the difference is between classical fencing and other types of fencing, or if you're not even sure what classical fencing or historical swordsmanship are to begin with, you can find several answers.
		Fencing classes based on the system of instruction developed by the celebrated Military Masters School in Rome (Scuola Magistrale di Scherma) with certain modifications based on the precepts of the earlier Military Fencing Masters schools in Parma (Cesar Enrichetti), Milan (Giuseppe Radailli), and the Livorese school (Eugenio Pini and Beppe Nadi).
		Classical fencing is the tradition and style of European fencing invented in the 19th century.
	www.kmoser.com /classicalfencing.htm (5639 words)

	Researching Historical Fencing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Research into historical fencing should start with an overview of the masters that taught fencing during your period of study and also a look at the weapons that were employed.
		Fencing schools abounded during the late 16th and early 17th Centuries.
		Luckily we have historical texts and existing copies of period manuals that lend some information on the philosophy and practice of fence by the masters of these schools at this period of time.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~wew/fencing/research.html (212 words)

	Fencing - Classical
		A resource center for those interested in both classical and historical fencing.
		An email list (listserv) for discussing classical fencing and historical swordsmanship, including foil, épée, sabre, smallsword, rapier, and rapier and dagger.
		An interdisciplinary colloquium of historical fencing specialists dedicated to promoting and advancing the martial study of Western swords and swordsmanship.
	www.jdsport.com /?dir=/dir/Fencing/Classical/index-2-380-0-0-.html (253 words)

	Scotland Magazine : Issue 13 :: Revival grows in historical fencing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The study, practice and tuition of historical European swordsmanship is enjoying a comeback — and Edinburgh is now offering classes in its techniques.
		Nineteenth century fencing is being taught at the Macdonald Academy of Exercises, which revives a tradition of teaching the finer skills of foil, epree and sabre first practiced in the city in
		The new course is different to sports fencing and is taught by fencing maestro Paul Macdonald, a swordmaker in the city and a qualified Master-at-Arms.
	www.scotlandmag.com /issue/13/scotland_news/413 (122 words)

	John Clements is a leading authority on historical fencing and arguably one of the world (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		John Clements is a leading authority on historical fencing and arguably one of the world
		John Clements is a leading authority on historical fencing and arguably one of the world’s foremost practitioners of Medieval and Renaissance fencing.
		Through deference to historical fighting manuals and pragmatic experience in handling real weapons, Clements ruthlessly dissects the many myths and misconceptions of historical European fighting arts so often perpetuated by stage-combat, popular fantasy, and modern sport fencing.
	home.twcny.rr.com /nyarmanj/john_clements_is_a_leading_autho.htm (271 words)

	Elizabethan Fencing
		Until the advent of the smallsword and the French schools of fence, the Italians and to a lesser degree the
		This is not to say that earlier fencing schools did not exist.
		This is to reflect the spelling of the word used during the Elizabethan period and that this art is based on fencing...
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~wew/fencing.html (546 words)

	FRITZ on FENCING
		At that time it was written, fencing had been taught for hundreds of years, but the great value of Capo Ferro's work was to pull the teaching together and give it order, coherency, and clarity.
		The author traces fencing from its roots in the unschooled brawling of the Middle Ages to its latter-day precision and refinement; he focuses particularly on the sixteenth-century development of the rapier and the weapon's popularity in Renaissance Italy, where Italian masters founded the modern art of swordsmanship.
		It is a font of fencing knowledge, and although much criticized by members of the modern historical fencing movement, it is nevertheless a valuable resource.
	members.aol.com /BookKritik/fencing.html (8482 words)

	DaVinci: Sports> Fencing> Classical
		- An interdisciplinary colloquium of historical fencing specialists dedicated to promoting and advancing the martial study of Western swords and swordsmanship.
		"The term Historical fencing refers to any fencing system that was in use before the development of the three classical fencing weapons," according to wikipedia...
		are renovated pathways, new plantings and vinyl-covered aluminum fencing on the...
	www.bluegrassdavinci.com /ODP/Sports/Fencing/Classical (409 words)

	Sports Fencing Classical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Classical and Historical Fencing Events - Calendar and summaries of upcoming tournaments and conventions in the United States.
		Classical Fencing Ireland - A resource center for those interested in both classical and historical fencing.
		Swordplay Symposium International - An interdisciplinary colloquium of historical fencing specialists dedicated to promoting and advancing the martial study of Western swords and swordsmanship.
	www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Sports/Fencing/Classical (237 words)

	Martinez Academy of Arms - Classical Fencing lessons in New York City
		The Martinez Academy of Arms is a unique school that preserves the tradition of fencing as the study of the sword in its realistic application in personal combat.
		The structure of the school is based on that of the fencing academies of the past.
		Modern competitive sport fencing and theatrical fencing are not part of the curriculum.
	www.martinez-destreza.com (416 words)

	Historical Fencing Manuals Online -- Swords & Swordsmanship
		One of the major fencing texts of the period.
		Images from the 1570 Italian edition of Giacomo Di Grassi's important work on weapons and fencing.
		Capo Fero's 1610 rapier treatise, one of the most important works on fencing ever written.
	www.thehaca.com /manuals.htm (935 words)

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