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A little bit of fencing history this time...
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Well Vixyy, now that you've broached the subject and generated some interest in fencing, I think you should serialize the first novel you wrote and so graciously shared with me.
For the rest of you who follow Vixyy's work, The Adventures of Sir Edwin Dunfrees is very good, if not one of Vixyy's best. The beginning chapters on fencing style and etiquette are necessary to set the stage for, as Paul Harvey used to say, "The rest of the story." It is about honor, duty, and doing the right thing for the right (most of the time) reasons. I had a hard time putting it down. When Sir Edwin died, it was like an old friend had passed.
You folks need to badger the old Fox into sharing it with you.
For the rest of you who follow Vixyy's work, The Adventures of Sir Edwin Dunfrees is very good, if not one of Vixyy's best. The beginning chapters on fencing style and etiquette are necessary to set the stage for, as Paul Harvey used to say, "The rest of the story." It is about honor, duty, and doing the right thing for the right (most of the time) reasons. I had a hard time putting it down. When Sir Edwin died, it was like an old friend had passed.
You folks need to badger the old Fox into sharing it with you.
I took fencing for about a year and a half. It was difficult for me but I enjoyed the drills immensely, though I rarely won matches. My instructors heavily impressed us with the importance of form. One of my favorite memories was of wearing a wireless earpiece connected to a microphone my instructor held. He gave me real time tactics during several duels and it opened my eyes to all the subtle details I was missing that can be read in body language and footwork.
Interesting! Another famous fencer from history was Josip Broz Tito, president of the Yugoslav SFR from 1953 to 1980. While working in Vienna as a test driver for Daimler, he learned to fence and to dance in his free time, and came second in the Austro-Hungarian army fencing competition in May 1914. ^__^
I'm pleased to say I did notice their masks were on the floor and that the nearer chap seemed to be holding his foil backwards. I assumed that second detail was just poor clarity in the picture.
I love these little history lessons you offer us. They help remind me that life is just flat out amazing, even if we don't notice it most of the time.
*hugs*
I love these little history lessons you offer us. They help remind me that life is just flat out amazing, even if we don't notice it most of the time.
*hugs*
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