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Post by fox on Apr 14, 2006 11:18:09 GMT -6
I am intrigued that this area has a very healthy USFA fencing community (6th largest division according to posts some months ago); quite a few SCA fencers, the home base of ARMA, chapters of Tatterschall and Schola St. George and (it seems) kendo and iaido representation, but virtually no classical fencing.
A lot of web sites used to list a Richard Alvarez but I've read he moved away.
The absence of a classical (or modern) fencing community seems unusual. Can anyone offer a comment?
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Post by Guest on May 22, 2006 9:54:16 GMT -6
Most of the energy across the country is being directed towards older weapons like raps and longsword/sideswords. The result is that the classical weapons are being deemphasized a bit. Its taking some time but there was also this identity issue to come t terms with. I hope that as more of us get together and learn what we are all REALLY doing (in person rather than in forums) this will be solved to everybodys satisfaction.
Classical is hard to sell. Basically similar weapons as sport/modern (alhtough ours tend to be better made and much more attractive) but a harder and longer training regimine. For example, novices in our prgram train a full year before they start bouting. But, once they have that background everything is open to them.
We ahve seen it all over: a fencer with a firm grounding in the classical pedagogy can more easily transition into the older weapons.
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