I did it! I registered for fencing lessons. I comence Tuesday August 15!
So excited! (and I just can't hide do do do do)
So excited! (and I just can't hide do do do do)
14 years ago
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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Are you crazy?! You could lose an eye or something!
Hoo-rah! Good for you!
I've been studying historical fencing for two years now - rapier, sabre and cutlass - and it gets a bit addictive ... :-)
Will you be starting with foil?
Nothing better than a bit of swashbuckling and swordplay...mind you don't get pricked :)
Cool. Remind me not to get on your bad side when sharp things are around.
Oh, that's cool Nat. Think of all the tradesman you'll meet when you're out on the job erecting post-and-rails in West Pennant Hills.
Who doesn't love a chick handy with wood.
Wombat
all the other commentors are 'scared' of you with sharp objects. Not me. If I see you make a motion to your 'rapier', I'll bash you on the head with a heavy book.
Bash!
Wham!
Game over.
Mars - I'll be wearing one of those little masks - I'll be right. Bare in mind I've done martial arts and boxing.
Neil - FANTASTIC! You are the only one I know of that's done it! I hope they start me off with foil, Épée would be a bit too much ;-)
Thanks Scorpy!
hehe - okay David.
Wombat - I'll take pictures ;-)
Cibby - remind me to stay away from you when you're armed with a phone book :-P
En guarde!
If you are interested, there are loads of the historical treatises online at http://www.thehaca.com/manuals.htm, although they probably won't make much sense until you've picked up a sword and seen how it works in practice. The illustrations in Agrippa and Capo Ferra are fantastic, although I am not fencing wearing a fig leaf for anybody!
Alfred Hutton's manuals are a good read though - 'Old Swordplay' is a good introduction to rapier and dagger, and his 'Cold Steel' is the text we are studying for sabre.
WOW! Thanks Neil! I have a lot to learn - i can't wait :-)
Touché!
Do we get to see photos of swashbuckling Nat? ;)
I'll see what I can do - maybe on the last week ;-)
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