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Post by schlager7 on Nov 21, 2003 14:46:26 GMT -6
I just got something SO COOL.
It's a very short little video consisting of two pieces from old newsreels. Both snippets are of actual duels fought in France in the 20th century. Both feature footage of the encounters.
The first is from 1938. There is no sound. The image is a little grainy and dark and we see the duellists at a modest distance. The end result is an injury to the right upper arm of one.
The second is from 1958 and is fairly well known. It is the Serge Lifar / Marquis de Cuevas encounter (which was also covered and photographed by Life magazine... I have the issue.) This image is much cleaner and the epeeistes take up much more of the screen. The end result is a wound just below the right elbow of the loser.
I've only just received this item, but here are some quick notes. 1. Very little footwork. 2. LOTS of circular disengage/searches for an opening. 3. No fleches or ballestras or such moves to gain ground. 4. The loser of the 1938 encountered had a bad habit of leaning forward to attach as opposed to advancing. 5. Each encounter lasted only about a minute or so.
Overall it is pretty restrained and conservative fencing. Then too, they were concerned with more than a buzzer going off or a "point" being awarded to their opponant.
When I first watched it, I felt slightly disappointed, but upon each reviewing I find I learn some pragmatic truth about frank encounters.
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Post by LongBlade on May 2, 2004 2:38:09 GMT -6
So, When do we get to see it?
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