This gallery contains 30 photos.
The fourth quarter of 2012 brought the opportunity to create a visual club record. By no means all-inclusive, the photos in this gallery are merely frozen glimpses of members and activities on the days club photographers could appear. La Canne … Continue reading
Maestro Jeannette Martinez recently shared an interesting link with the Association for Historical Fencing that I wanted to pass along to you. It is a link to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s publication, The Academy of the Sword: Illustrated Fencing … Continue reading
Here is an 1885 article I found a while back. The article fictionalizes a small-sword’s biography, from its creation to its retirement. The article is from the charmingly-named Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art. Besides its celebration of … Continue reading
One of CCF’s fencers was recently featured in one of our local papers. It’s a nice little multimedia piece on her and CCF. Give it a read. Here’s the link.
A couple posts ago, I wrote about French authors using the nonsword hand to parry or oppose the incoming blade. Without too much detail I referred to poignards and daggers, glossing over the distinction to talk about using the unarmed … Continue reading
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