Martinez Academy Sabre Exhibition

In this short video clip, Maestro Martinez and Jared Kirby conduct a Northern Italian dueling sabre assault exhibition.  It would appear to me that they both are using the light S2000 style modern blades which are significantly lighter than the Darkwood or Hutton blades.

Martinez Academy Dueling Sabre Exhibition

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A Few Short Announcements

As a reminder, Thursday 3/7/14 is dues night. Also, Thursday will be among our last sessions for our annual foil review before we return to regular instruction.

Lastly, the Redwood Coast Assault of Arms closes registration on Saturday, March 22nd. Get more information here.

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2014 Dueling School

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Benjamin Arms cordially invites all members of Columbia Classical Fencing, LLC to attend this year’s Dueling School! Student housing is available.

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CCF is Cancelled 2/6/14

In accordance with our inclement weather policy, CCF classes are cancelled tonight. Stay warm and safe.

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Featuring Mr. Philip Crawley

This is for all of you who are fans of French fencing in its various forms.  P.T. Crawley has translated into English several French fencing books.  Here is a small selection:

Those are free for download and highly readable, and I recommend you check them out when you get a chance.  For all of Mr. Crawley’s works, check out his Lulu page here.

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