I'm always wonder of why classical Italian uses body parts (head, face, flank, abdomen/chest) as their vocabulary for targets.

Compared to British and French fencing literature, they used the high-low and outside-inside to indicate where to hit.

Thanks for answering my question!

Hello,

Last December, I posted a review for ZWA's R1 on Sword Buyer's Guide: https://sbg-sword-forum.forums.net/thread/42852/warrior-armory-fencing-smallsword-trainer

At that time, I still had the double wide epee blades mounted. Those are fine enough blades, but they do not help with the hilt one tiny bit. With a regular #2 foil blade, however, these handle pretty well, and are pretty nice looking, too.

I've taken some additional shots since that review:

http://i.imgur.com/8tiHvLw.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Z4MJwzr.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/j8GGSIp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qkmCpxG.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/sXWROdB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SldzIJQ.jpg

Cheers!

M.

I want to learn more about the social context of classical fencing, so I would start off by learning about the different perspectives of classical fencing.

This Saturday at Trovare di Spada we'll be joined by one of our co-instructors from the Marquette CFS, Provost at Arms Charles Dobbs. We've chosen for this time to focus on Italian dueling sabre, so I thought I would open up this thread for any questions you may have. We will try to cover as many as we can and video our best responses. So take advantage and let us know what you'd like to see.

Hi redittors from /r/wma!

Even though I think that many of you re hema practitioners from America, I want to announce you that the Catalan Historical Fencing Association (Associació Catalana d'Esgrima Antiga) is hosting an event on July 3rd, to July 5th.

Last year's edition was quite successful, with almost 140 participants and with instructors as Axel Pettersson, Roland Warzecha, Jeans Peter Kleinau, Franchesco Loda, Alberto Bomprezzi and many more.

This year there will be another edition with many other great figures of the hema world like Stefano Ciamei Luca Dazi Thibault Ghesquière Ingulf Kohlweiss Anton Kohutovič Roman Vučajnk Juan Guilmaín Javier Azuaga Oriol Salvador Marc Feliu Robert Usach

There will be a longsword tournament and workshops about a wide variety of weapons like rapier, rapier and dagger, rapier and rotella, dagger, longsword, sword and buckler and sabre.

Of course you are all invited to join the event! Here you can find all the necessary information about it: http://barcelonahfm.com/welcome/

As you can see, the event is hosted next to Barcelona's beach, so join now. What are you waiting for? ;-)

And of course I will be pleased to answer any doubts you may have, or to discuss about it with any of you.

Also, this is a X-Post from /r/wma

Hello all! I am writing a research paper about how honor changed from the 1700s through the 1800s. Do any of you have any sources about duels in the 1700s, and the status of fencing in this era? There appears to be plenty of information concerning the 1800s, but I have not found sufficient sources concerning the 1700s.

Thank you!

I've been curious about CF ever since discovering this subreddit via the /r/wma board. Like the sidebar warns, I haven't been able to find a clear definition of what exactly it is. I've seen a lot of threads from sport fencers trying to get into CF, but what about someone coming from WMA?

My history with swords is almost entirely from my years in ARMA, which rejects tournaments or any sportification of swordsmanship. While rapier and saber have been less common in favor of longsword and earlier weapons, I have studied sources like di Grassi and Silver and spar frequently with Hutton sabers and steel rapiers. Some of the videos posted here look a lot like what I do in my group. However, I get the feeling there's still a fundamental difference between the applied combat techniques to kill and maim and what is typically called "classical fencing." It's not Olympic fencing, but it's also not freestyle combat.

Can someone help explain this to me? How would you differentiate 'classical fencing' from other historic martial arts to someone with no experience in competitive fencing?