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#1 2008-04-02 09:21:46

etombs
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From: Wilmington, NC
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The Fencer's Library - what is good to have

Have you ever noticed how a fencer 'lives' fencing. We have weapons and books andpick up movies just because they have fencing in the and they sit all over the house and I know this is true for many fencers.

I'm looking to build a of fencing books A fencer should own or read. Some of the books I have read are good and some are not so good, but all the ones I have listed below are worth reading some sections, at least.

I'll start the list:

Magnum De L'Escrime - Big Book Fencing by Rudy Volkmann

Fencing: Steps to Success - by Elaine Cheris

The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Fencing - by Robert G. Price

The Art and Science of Fencing - by Nick Evangelista

By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions - By Richard Cohen

Swashbuckling: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Art of Stage Combat and Theatrical Swordplay - By Richard Lane

Any others?

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#2 2008-04-02 11:22:12

il maestro
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Registered: 2008-03-19
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Re: The Fencer's Library - what is good to have

Suggestions:

Swords and Hilt Weapons  - Michael Cox, et. al.

The Book of the Sword  - Ricahrd Burton  (That from which "Sword" books spring)

Renaissance Swordmanship -  John Clements  I believe he also has a Medieval volume

For movies - The Swashbucklers - James Parrish and Don Stanke

The Duel - Robert Baldick

The Art of War - Sun Tzu

The Theory and Practice of Fencing - Julio Castello

Fundamentals of Foil fencing  Joseph Vince  -  where everybody steals their ilustrations of a fencer from

Modern Fencing - Michel Alaux

Fencing - Brian Pitman  no relation to Louisa

Fencing and the Master - Laszlo Szabo  for fencing coaching

Foil, Saber, and Epee Fencing - Garrett, Kaidanov, Pezza

Foil Fencing - Muriel Bower

Epee Fencing - Vass

The History of Fencing - Gaugler  (I put a copy of this in the Office)

The Science of Fencing - Gaugler

On Fencing - Aldo Nadi

Secrets of the Sword - Bazancourt  If you like books written in the old Master/pupil discussion style

etombs wrote:

Have you ever noticed how a fencer 'lives' fencing. We have weapons and books andpick up movies just because they have fencing in the and they sit all over the house and I know this is true for many fencers.

I'm looking to build a of fencing books A fencer should own or read. Some of the books I have read are good and some are not so good, but all the ones I have listed below are worth reading some sections, at least.

I'll start the list:

Magnum De L'Escrime - Big Book Fencing by Rudy Volkmann

Fencing: Steps to Success - by Elaine Cheris

The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Fencing - by Robert G. Price

The Art and Science of Fencing - by Nick Evangelista

By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions - By Richard Cohen

Swashbuckling: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Art of Stage Combat and Theatrical Swordplay - By Richard Lane

Any others?

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
H.P. Lovecraft    The Call of Cthulu
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, .....but that's the way to bet.
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#3 2008-04-02 12:20:29

Zyxenfryx
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Registered: 2008-03-31
Posts: 8

Re: The Fencer's Library - what is good to have

I saw a lot of those on Amazon and considered getting them but ultimately didn't.
Just like so many other things...

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#4 2008-04-02 14:22:14

maybeupthere
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Registered: 2008-03-19
Posts: 23

Re: The Fencer's Library - what is good to have

You can't have possibly forgotten The Princess Bride!?

I'm appalled.

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#5 2008-04-02 16:22:02

etombs
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From: Wilmington, NC
Registered: 2008-03-18
Posts: 123
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Re: The Fencer's Library - what is good to have

maybeupthere wrote:

You can't have possibly forgotten The Princess Bride!?

I'm appalled.

I leave a lot off so I'm not the only one posting in here...silly...Just planting seeds so people get used to coming here for useful info, chatter, and banter.


I still have the most posts by far, but I hope that it will change in the near future.

~etombs

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#6 2008-04-05 23:54:03

Eason
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From: ILM
Registered: 2008-03-19
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Re: The Fencer's Library - what is good to have

I have The Art and Science of Fencing, I haven't read it in a while, but I remember  it being fairly good.

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