Greetings all, I was wondering whether anybody had any inside knowledge of the current state of sabre in Vancouver, BC. Is it a complete backwater? Is there...
Heather Maclaren. Sorry I don't understand what you want to express "inside knowledge of the current state of sabre in Vancouver, BC."? Cheers Edward Liu ... ...
edward
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Aug 8, 2002 3:32 am
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Well, like people here have opinions on which are the good clubs for sabre in various regions of the country. If you look at the websites they'll all try to...
merlin's new price list out ! York Viking Shield ~ foil & epee competition 21st Sept 2002 Saturday * all with license invited...
merlin enterprises
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Aug 8, 2002 10:06 am
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Has anyone paid much attention to the new BFA coaching scheme featured in this last edition of The Sword and on the website and if so does anyone have any...
Alan Grafton
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Aug 12, 2002 2:46 pm
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It's just another set of exams for you to go through !!! It seems to be one step in the right direction (bringing in the Hungarians) and one step in the wrong...
It managed to give me a wry smile, but I'm worried that many foilists won't see the irony. Alan ... From: Paul Arnold [mailto:mr_chatterbox21@...] ...
Alan Grafton
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Aug 16, 2002 8:29 am
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Sad, but unfortunately true. Either that, or we have the "Oh, they don't understand, it's our weapon, and we'll fence it and referee it just how we wish." ...
But it's my weapon, too and I want it fenced properly! I'm sure this has all been discussed before but can anyone suggest how and when this rot started? A lot...
Alan Grafton
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Aug 19, 2002 8:34 am
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All the following is my personal opinion, and so may be a load of plop, but... Surely it has to have something to do with the inexperienced watching the more...
Excellently and succinctly put Simon! My only worry is that, from your analogy, one way to combat the trend would be to ban fencing from the telly! I think...
Alan Grafton
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Aug 19, 2002 12:33 pm
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It will not happen while coaches continue to have undue influence on who is allowed to referee....
For a lot of the time the refs ARE fencers, not actively engaged at that moment. This compounds the problem when a ref who knows the rules and the 'latest' FIE...
Hello For those of you with Sky Digital, British Eurosport are showing action from the World Championships tomorrow (7pm) , Wednesday and Thursday (both ...
Hello, I am a recent inductee to the world of fencing and find it a great sport. The way I see it is that it is so much more about brains and not brawn and...
Paul Kersey
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Aug 20, 2002 5:06 am
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Hello, I am a recent inductee to the world of fencing and find it a great sport. The way I see it is that it is so much more about brains and not brawn and ...
Paul Kersey
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Aug 20, 2002 5:12 am
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Not at all - at the top level there is a lot less of a problem. The international federation has told the referees to tighten up quite a lot on fencers (and...
Actually, it is a step towards BAF reconciliation. BAF have always called for an examined set and this is what happens. Where the difference comes is that: ...
David Kirby
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Aug 22, 2002 5:07 pm
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I got a spam (presumably) from Digital Orphans advertising advertising a new fencing website (address available from me, but I thought it more secure not to...
David Kirby
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Aug 22, 2002 5:07 pm
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David, This is probably not a helpful message, but please let me know *EVERYTHING*! (I appreciate not everyone on the list might want this information, so if ...
Alan Grafton
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Aug 23, 2002 9:21 am
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Please find attached final cadet & junior nominated event details for distribution. The list below is the invitation list for Kenten, a copy of the invitation ...
Neil Brown
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Sep 19, 2002 12:23 pm
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To parry in this situation means to prevent the offence from scoring, not the pedantic English meaning of application of forte to incoming foible. Thus the...
David Kirby
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Oct 16, 2002 12:08 pm
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Posted in the 'files' is an article from a recent Sunday Times. Fencing is now officially 'hip'. Apparently. Interesting what they say about fencing with broom...
There've been *loads* of articles recently; The Times, Daily Mail, London Evening Standard. We even had a visit from the Daily Mirror the other week. Yup,...
Please find attached details of the Christmas training at Brentwood this year. You may get more than one of these if you're on more than one list. This...
Neil Brown
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Dec 3, 2002 1:49 pm
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Hi there, Just letting you all know that we are organising an event on March 1st, 2003, which will be an introduction to Historic Martial Arts and will include...
