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Post by fox on Apr 4, 2006 8:29:20 GMT -6
So every fencer has probably heard this or some varient thereof:
"Hold the sword as if it were a bird; not so tightly that you kill it, and not so loosely that it flies away."
My question, does anyone know the source or attribute of this quote?
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Post by Dan Gorman on Apr 4, 2006 23:17:03 GMT -6
I dunno, when were swords first developed?
Dan
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Post by thecarpinator on Apr 4, 2006 23:32:08 GMT -6
I think cavemen we're telling each other "hold club like Pterodactyl..."
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Post by kd5mdk on Apr 5, 2006 0:34:40 GMT -6
So, advice from Achilleus to Patrocles?
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Post by BILL TRAPANI on Apr 5, 2006 2:21:32 GMT -6
THOSE LINES ARE FOUND IN THE MOVIE SCARAMOUCHE, 1952 . ORIGINAL STORY BY RAFAEL SABATINI THE MOVIE STARS STEWART GRANGER, JANET LEIGH, MEL FERRER AND ELEANOR PARKER .
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Post by Prudence on Apr 11, 2006 23:35:35 GMT -6
I don't know where it comes from.. but if Dan told me that.. I'd probably have to tell him that my bird had been crushed. lol
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Post by kd5mdk on Apr 12, 2006 0:08:50 GMT -6
THOSE LINES ARE FOUND IN THE MOVIE SCARAMOUCHE, 1952 . ORIGINAL STORY BY RAFAEL SABATINI THE MOVIE STARS STEWART GRANGER, JANET LEIGH, MEL FERRER AND ELEANOR PARKER . But were they original to that? Was it in the story, or created in the movie dialogue?
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Post by schlager7 on Apr 12, 2006 7:07:47 GMT -6
Actually I read the novel a few years back (I had received a matched set of six sabatini novels for Xmas!) and do not recall that line in the novel. Ever since I saw Bill's post I've been dying for a quiet day to pop my dvd in and then flip through the novel. I'll try to report back after Easter.
In the spirit of trivia, Saturday, April 29th is the birthday of both Rafael Sabatini and Aldo Nadi
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Post by LongBlade on Apr 12, 2006 13:06:37 GMT -6
Grog said to Trog, "Hold it like pterodactyl".
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Post by kd5mdk on Apr 12, 2006 15:27:44 GMT -6
"By the beak so it can't bite me?"
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