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Post by Aldo N on Aug 14, 2005 11:28:50 GMT -6
I found this site with a description of the format of a classical fencing tournament in Milwaukee. A bit far for me, but I found the idea of switching from foil to epee part way through intriguing. Link and excerpt below: tourney.cfssda.org/Following our past tournament format, this year will be a double elimination tournament with the fencers with the least number of hits against them rising to compete for the top three places.
Two modifications we are making this year: transition from foil to epee after completion of both re-entry rounds and the addition of a second tier bracket for those eliminated in the re-entries.
Therefore the tournament will run as follows, Starting with Foil: Pools, Re-Entry 1, Round 2 Re-entry 2 (first actual elimination). The competitors are split into two tiers.
The bottom tier (those who received the MOST hits against them during the re-entry eliminations) will continue with Foil in the Tier 2 bracket.
The top tier (those who received the fewest hits against during the re-entry eliminations) will switch to epee in the Tier 1 bracket.
Both brackets will continue to be scored based upon hits against, with the eventual victors being those with the fewest total hits received throughout the bracket.
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Post by schlager7 on Aug 22, 2005 7:58:00 GMT -6
Fencing through two pools I've heard of. The emphasis on not being touched certainly harkens back to an earlier era in fencing. Switching from foil to epee for DEs? Now THAT'S different!
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Post by fox on Sept 6, 2005 12:40:44 GMT -6
It would certainly separate those who can shift gears in mid stride from those who can't. It DOES sound like fun, though.
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Post by cfaustus on Feb 27, 2006 16:44:09 GMT -6
We chose this tournament style to allow even more fencing than our previous double reentry format allowed. The addition of Epee was really sort of an experiment. Basically, we reasoned that all the truly Classical styles of foil play were defensive and as such, good for training for the duel. As such, those who did well in the foil portion would be able to handle themselves well in the Epee portion. We were not disappointed. The other thing which I do not think we mentioned on the site was that the foil portion was fought on 15' strips, to emphasize blade actions, while the epee strips were the length of the entire ballroom (basically, all the room one wanted). Here the idea was the foil portion was a warm up of bladework with the hope of producing clean epee bouts. It worked - mostly. Everyone who fenced in it seemed to really enjoy the challenge. We have a number of other formats we use in the salle. Some are more geared toward testing technique (form) others are more geared toward practicing combative genius. All are heavily defensively geared. We use our own homegrown software to run the tournaments. An old version is available on the site. This version will run our old format of Grand Invitational. I have been adding extensibility and the ability to chose from different tournament formats and to enter new clubs, etc. Among the toournament formats will be several of the CFS formats as well as the typical AHF format and a few experimental formats we have been working with another group with. With the new Ajax technology, I hope to eventually have a web based version that would allow clubs to run Classical Fencing tournaments right from our website. If anyone has further questions or would like some other ideas on formats, please feel free to contact me at mail@cfssda.org
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Post by fox on Feb 28, 2006 8:24:42 GMT -6
So they would need no software beyond an operating system and a browser?
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Post by cfaustus on Feb 28, 2006 14:45:04 GMT -6
One would need an operating system, a browser, an internet connection and ultimately, when the site is live, an account on the site. That is my goal.
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