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Post by schlager7 on Aug 30, 2003 19:55:43 GMT -6
I got the following in my email today (Saturday). The author was Angel Askins at Rice:
Checkout today's Houston Chronicle y'all! Dakao and I are getting our historical fence on in the City & State section! Its a big half page picture, you can't miss it.
-Angel
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Post by schlager7 on Aug 31, 2003 8:01:55 GMT -6
I can't duplicate the photo, but the salient text read:
More than just hitting the books
Rice University sponsors the Student Activity Fair each year to help students learn which clubs, organizations and activities are available to them. Various groups on campus set up booths and demonstrations on Friday:
Senior Angel Askins and graduate Dakao Do demonstrate the art of 17th century historical Italian fencing for the Fencing Club.
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Post by LC Foil on Oct 1, 2003 17:25:29 GMT -6
I remember that photo. They really blew it up big. Does this mean the Rice Fencing Club does Renaissance fencing, or are they part of HACA?
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Post by Dakao Do on Oct 1, 2003 22:33:23 GMT -6
Hi, all.
We do our own thing, really. I've actually been pursuing historical fencing on my own for 2.5 years now, and on Mondays / Wednesdays, I come to Rice b/c I was/am involved with the Rice Fencing Club.
The people I practice with are scattered all over town -- we have 4 SCA guys, 2 ex-HACA guys, and maybe a dozen (-ish) independents (Rice students, non-Rice students, random natives from Betelgeuse).
..Which sounds like a lot, but as with any club, per-session attendance is in the neighborhood of 3-6 people.
I attend a Tattershall practice in Spring (NW Houston) when I can on Sundays.
Topics covered include:
Ringeck (our study is based on Christian Tobler's book on Ringeck)
dall'Aggochie
Capo Ferro
With a smattering of other sidesword, rapier, and longsword masters -- dei Liberi, Vadi, Talhoffer, Giganti. I've also taken a swing at McCarthy's Victorian quarterstaff stuff, which is really basic. So I incorporated some of Talhoffer's pollax material. I also fiddle with some of Fiore's dagger and wrestling stuff.
I attended some HACA practices back when I first started, but the approach didn't really click with me.
Between our most senior members, we have a total of ... about 20 years of experience, so I think we're doing pretty well. We also keep in touch with other groups, and read up on the forums to keep us honest, so it's not just an academic exercise in a vacuum.
A sidenote: I've actually found a way to employ the HACA padded weapons in a semi-organized way (high speed interactive drills), so that we don't go straight from slo-mo with wooden wasters to full-speed random whackage with the padded weapons. My opinion of them has changed substantially. They handle like crap, but they're quite useful as pedagogical tools.
Cheers, Dakao
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