The disengage is a simple attack taught to beginning fencers in foil and epee and often ignored in sabre. Once the initial instruction (or ignoring) is over, there is often an assumption that revisiting the mechanics and timing of the disengage is pretty much a waste of time because as a simple attack it…
Fencing has a very simple objective – to win you must score a hit, sometimes just 1, sometimes 5, 10, or 15. If you do not score a hit in the time period of the bout(1, 3, 6, 9 minutes or less, plus one minute overtime), and your opponent does…
… for Maitre Green, Prevot Logan, and Assistant Moniteurs Vegas and Dimmett have arrived from Italy, complete with the signature of Carola Mangiarotti, granddaughter of Maestro Giuseppe Mangiarotti, daughter of Maestro Edoardo Mangiarotti, and director of the Circolo della Spada Mangiarotti. All are fully authorized to teach the philosophy and technique of the…
Our traditional August Chase tournament has move to September to follow-on from the international Fencing Flashmob on 18 September (Sunday). This event is for all Salle members, including our Musketeer epeeists. We have new rules for a very different format tournament with team matches and awards for individual performance. The time…