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RE: (TFT) Polyhedral Weapon Heresy



Harvey K would have lost his arm on that second cut to just about anyone with
any skill.




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   ------ Original Message ------
     Received: 07:13 PM PDT, 08/14/2013
     From: "John Linzy" <jslinzy@gmail.com>
     To: <tft@brainiac.com>
     Subject: RE: (TFT) Polyhedral Weapon Heresy




       Heh. This clip is a much better saber duel:

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Fb0Y6uUSw


         -----Original Message-----
         From: tft-admin@brainiac.com [mailto:tft-admin@brainiac.com] On
Behalf Of
         Jay Carlisle
         Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 5:38 PM
         To: tft@brainiac.com
         Subject: Re: (TFT) Polyhedral Weapon Heresy

         >> To me saber is just a couple of guys slashing away at each other
         >> hoping
         to
         hit before the other does....

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBTtq2Gzm6w


         On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:50 PM, John Linzy <jslinzy@gmail.com>
wrote:

         > I liked foil because the limited target area (the trunk of the
body)
         > forced a little more strategy into the sword play. Epee is fun
         > because you can take what you learned in foil and then apply it to
the
         > entire body as a target. Nothing like stopping someone in mid
lunge
         > by a stop-thrust to the inside of the elbow or the front of the
mask
         > :-)
         >
         > To me saber is just a couple of guys slashing away at each other
         > hoping to hit before the other does.......
         >
         > -----Original Message-----
         > From: tft-admin@brainiac.com [mailto:tft-admin@brainiac.com] On
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         > Of Edward Kroeten
         > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 6:23 PM
         > To: tft@brainiac.com
         > Subject: Re: (TFT) Polyhedral Weapon Heresy
         >
         > Epee is easiest to understand first one to land gets the point, if
         > simultaneous both get a point. Foil and Sabre have right away rules
i.e.
         > if
         > I attack you can counter attack but if I hit you I get the point.
         > Sabre and Foil is an easy transition, actually Peter Westbrook a
whole
         > bunch of times national sabre champ and 3rd at the 84 Games fenced
         > foil in a team event and won all his bouts against big time
         > competition.
         >
         >
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         > ------ Original Message ------
         > Received: 03:12 PM PDT, 08/12/2013
         > From: Joey Beutel <mejobo@comcast.net>
         > To: tft@brainiac.com
         > Subject: Re: (TFT) Polyhedral Weapon Heresy
         >
         >
         >
         >
         > My very limited experience with fencing (I was a good amateur
         > for about three months before life got in the way) was definitely
that
         > I preferred foil and saber... is that a weird combination? Seems
like
         > epee is most popular though foil is most common.
         > On Aug 12, 2013, at 3:56 PM, John Linzy wrote:
         >
         > > We did all three swords but I preferred foil and epee
         > >
         > > -----Original Message-----
         > > From: tft-admin@brainiac.com
         > [mailto:tft-admin@brainiac.com] On Behalf Of raito@raito.com
         > > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 3:24 PM
         > > To: tft@brainiac.com
         > > Subject: RE: (TFT) Polyhedral Weapon Heresy
         > >
         > > I got moved from foil to epee fairly quickly. I was fast as
         > a snake back then, and couldn't quite grasp right of way (These
days,
         > my grasp would have been sufficient. Foil has fallen quite a
ways.).
         > Never did much sabre.
         > >
         > > Neil Gilmore
         > > raito@raito.com
         > >
         > >> I knew him, but the team coach was Tony Gilliam. My
         > brother fenced at
         > >> UW in the 70s, in fact 3 of us went there we all
         > specialized in Sabre
         > >> but I was also good in foil.
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