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	Fencing - Free net encyclopedia
		The earliest known depiction of a fencing bout, complete with practice weapons, safety equipment, and judges, is a relief in a temple near Luxor built by Ramesses III around 1190 BC.
		Bayonet fencing was somewhat slower to decline with competitions organized by some armed forces as late as the 1940s and 1950s.
		Their aim is to encourage "sensible" fencing and reward initiative and circumspection at the same time, in particular to reward fencers for properly made attacks, and penalize fencers for attacking into such an attack that lands, an action that could be lethal with sharp blades.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Fencing (8667 words)

	Hiya To Martial Arts \| Say Hi To Martial Arts
		It is conducted according to the rules laid down by the FIE (the international governing body), which are roughly based on the conventions of fencing as it was developed as a martial art and gentlemanly accomplishment in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
		The modern épée is the closest weapon to an actual classical duelling weapon that is used in modern fencing, descended from the French duelling sword of the 19th and 20th centuries.
		An "attack" is defined inconsistently by modern fencing directors: most use a newer definition which sees one fencer extending his or her arm as an attack, but a few still adhere to the classical principle that an attack is not established until the arm is fully extended.
	www.freewebs.com /hiyamatialarts/fencing.htm (7751 words)

	Fencing - OTMWiki
		Though antagonistic competition in fencing is as old as the art itself, the modern sport of fencing originated in the first Olympic Games in 1896.
		Unlike in foil and épée fencing, the forward crossover (one foot of the fencer passing in front of the other) has been disallowed, as before both fencers could simply run and jump at each other at the start of a touch.
		Fencing Masters wear a heavier protective jacket, usually reinforced by plastic foam to cushion the numerous hits an instructor has to endure.
	www.onthemat.com /wiki/index.php?title=Fencing&redirect=no (9314 words)

	Palm Beach Classical Fencing: Learn the art of classical French foil in West Palm Beach, Florida
		Classical fencing is a Western martial art that focuses on the practical application of the sword and its use in preparation for self-defense and personal combat.
		As a student of classical fencing, you will learn to use a sword as it was used in the 19th century when fencing was practiced as an art and science, as preparation for a duel, and as a recreational pasttime.
		Classical fencing stresses control, both of yourself and of your weapon, and it is this focus on self-discipline and awareness which makes it similar to Eastern martial arts.
	www.classicalfencing.org (254 words)

	Bay Area Boarding Actions Class Instructors
		John is an instructor with the Historical Martial Study Society and with the Historic Maritime Combat Association.
		He was one of the three instructors for the Boarding Actions Class at the International Swordfighting and Martial Arts Convention, of which he is also co-founder.
		He minored in Historic Fencing, and his dissertation focuses on the relationship between actual personal combat and stage combat from the late 16th to early 20th centuries.
	www.davenriche.com /bac_instructors.html (1171 words)

	Mike's Homepage: Combat/N.Shaolin v. Fencing
		I have also studied classical fencing and historical swordsmanship under Maestro Ramon Martinez, particularly French foil, Italian rapier & dagger, French smallsword, and Italian sabre.
		Fencing teaches one to extend the point of one's weapon toward the target first, then execute one's footwork into the attack.
		The European classical/historical fencer's philosophy of combat "realism" is approaching a fencing match as though your and your opponent's weapons were sharp, and tailoring your tactics and technique accordingly.
	mikeliem.tripod.com /combat/martial2.html (379 words)

	Association for Historical Fencing (AHF) - Board Members
		Maestro Ramón Martínez is a teacher of classical and historical fencing and the director of Martinez Academy of Arms.
		As an instructor he is working on the development of training curriculums that include armoured and unarmoured training systems.
		He strives in his teaching to connect the art of fencing back to the greater mindset from which it was developed, because it is crucial to keep in mind that every martial art is a child of the specific culture that gave it birth.
	www.ahfi.org /about/board.php (1583 words)

	Woodside Fencing Center -- Main Page
		He is the founder/director of the Woodside Fencing Center in Queens and the co-founder/director of the East Harlem International Fencing Club.
		Gary Cohn is the associate instructor in the Woodside Fencing Center.
		Studied classical italian fencing with Mastero Ramon Martinez, and is currently involved with Maestro Witold Rak at the Woodside Fencing Center.
	www.woodsidefencing.com /main.php?show=staff (310 words)

	Association for Historical Fencing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mele is also the founder and Director of >Swordplay Symposium International, an interdisciplinary colloquium of historical fencing instructors, arms and armor scholars, and researchers dedicated to promoting and advancing the study of Western swordsmanship and its adjunct disciplines.
		William Wilson is the President of the Tattershall School of Defence, a school of historical fencing, and is the advisor and coach of the fencing club at Northern Arizona University.
		He is also well-known as the owner of the Elizabethan fencing page, one of the oldest historical fencing Web sites on the Web and one of the first to offer online reproductions of period manuals, as well as the administrator of the rapier mailing list.
	www.aemma.org /misc/events/wmaw_2001/bios.htm (4153 words)

	Martinez Academy of Arms - Classical Fencing lessons in New York City
		Martinez Academy of Arms is proud to announce our second instructional video: La Scherma Italiana: the Basics of Italian Rapier Fencing, produced by Palpable Hit Productions.
		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.
	www.martinez-destreza.com (426 words)

	Fencing information - Search.com
		This article is about the sport, which is distinguished from stage fencing and academic fencing (mensur).
		For fences and the process of erecting them, see fence.
		Their sabre, derived from oriental symmetry, had a flat, slightly curved blade and was not as wide and thick as the French cavalry sabre.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Fencing (8912 words)

	Classical Fencing and Historical Swordsmanship Resources
		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 (6154 words)

	FRITZ on FENCING
		She is married to noted fencing instructor and author, Nick Evangelista.
		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)

	4W 2006 Instructors
		Antone immediately developed a passion for the Spanish school of fencing and has since become a student at the Martinez Academy of Arms.
		W. Jherek Swanger has been practicing and studying various forms of fencing since 1986, within organizations and institutions such as the University of Texas at Austin, the Society for Creative Anachronism, Tattershall School of Defence, Academia della Spada, and others.
		William Wilson is the President of the Tattershall School of Defence and is the advisor and coach for the fencing club at Northern Arizona University.
	www.academiadellaspada.com /events/4w/2006/instructors.html (3670 words)

	FightingArts.com - Western Martial Arts Workshop 2001
		Being able to schedule so many events and seminars was a feat of organization itself: at any time during the three days, a hands-on demonstration or lecture in the main auditorium ran concurrently with two three-hour-long master's classes on the ninth and tenth floors.
		Rapier fence is a subject of great interest to the Western martial arts community, and WMAW attendees did not go home disappointed.
		Finally, Maestro Ramon Martinez and Maestro Jeanette Acosta-Martinez, besides organizing the event, also gave instruction in their particular areas of expertise.
	www.historicalfencing.org /Ken's_library/pages/WMAW.htm (1725 words)

	MASHS - Links
		Maestro Ramon Martinez is a well respected sword master not only for his work in Classical Fencing but more significantly for his work in the Spanish style of Rapier.
		The Tattershall School of Defense is an active group of practitioners of historic swordsmanship, especially of the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries.
		The range of manuals is wide reaching, from the early medieval, through the renaissance masters, to the classical fencing manuals of the 18th and 19th centuries.
	www.mashs.org /links.shtml (2017 words)

	Instructor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After exploring various Eastern arts he became captivated with the notion of historical fencing while living in Germany.
		In 1994, from the University of North Florida, he received his Bachelor of Arts in Drama with a focus on Elizabethan stagecraft.
		Currently he is a board member of the Association for Historical Fencing and is studying Spanish rapier under the tutelage of Maestro Ramon Martinez and Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martinez.
	students.washington.edu /fencing/Instructor.html (137 words)

	ISMAC 2007 - Rapier & Dagger: Spanish vs. Italian - Maestro Ramon Martinez
		ISMAC 2007 - Rapier and Dagger: Spanish vs. Italian - Maestro Ramon Martinez
		Moreover we will cover how some of these concepts are uniquely applied within each system using specific techniques typical of each school against the other respectively.
		Participants in this class should come with full rapier kit, including masks, gorgets, groin protectors, breast protectors (for women), fencing jackets, padded plastrons or vests, gloves for both hands, rapiers and daggers (flexible blades preferred).
	artofcombat.org /public/thespis/Convention/2007SpanishVItalian.htm (105 words)

	The Jack of Swords - Fencing Instuctors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He has been the head instructor of The Jack of Swords since 2001 which holds its salle through the city of O'Fallon, MO Parks Department.
		She has been fencing since 2003 and has picked up many of the teaching methods.
		She is a valuable assistant to the instructors.
	www.thejackofswords.com /Jack.htm (191 words)

	ISMAC 2006 - Cane Self Defence - Maestro Ramon Martinez
		In the schools of arms in the 19th century fencing masters often taught self-defense applying fencing technique to the walking stick.
		Based on saber technique, the students in this class will learn how to use the ordinary walking stick as a weapon of self-defense against a variety of situations, facing unarmed and armed adversaries.
		A 36 by ¾ inch thick wooden dowel can be used if you do not have a cane.
	artofcombat.org /public/thespis/Convention/2006Cane.htm (120 words)

	BAKBAKAN NAHQ Seminar/Workshop Schedule
		NAHQ Chief Instructor Rey Galang and members Jim Young and Jan Jardiniano were on hand to coach and assist the participants.
		Planned exhibitions include demonstrations of the academic traditions of foil, epee and sabre of the 19th century, the small sword fencing of the 18th century, and the rapier play of the 16th and 17th century.
		Another special feature of the event is a demonstration by John Kovacs of the Martinez Academy of Arms of the unarmed combat techniques "Arte dell'Abracciare." These are defense and grappling techniques based on the rare manuscript Flos Duellatorum and Marozzo.
	www.bakbakan.com /nahq-sem.htm (3569 words)

	Palpable Hit Productions
		With 19 years of experience as an instructor of fencing, stage combat and character movement at UCLA, Anthony has learned how to communicate clearly and effectively these techniques.
		This double-video course in theatrical swordplay is the perfect teaching tool for both the novice and the experienced swordsperson.
		It is designed to give you a comprehensive vocabulary of the theory and practice of Italian rapier fencing as it existed by the 17th Century.
	www.delongis.com /PalpableHit (1110 words)

	The Jack of Swords - Classical Fencing
		You can even start up your own personal thread about yourself and your fencing abilities, and have others give you pointers and tips.
		It is a working group dedicated to traditional fencing with foil, epee, and saber, active in Soest, NRW.
		London Fencing Club is the busiest and the best club in the United Kingdom.
	www.thejackofswords.com /Links.htm (367 words)

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