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Classical Fencing in Texas
« Thread Started on Mar 1, 2006, 10:00am »

Some recent activity on this board has prompted this thread, for the benefit of our out of state visitors to this forum.

Classical fencing does not currently enjoy a strong foothold in Texas. I gave Kim Moser's old Classical Fencing Resources website a look, just for a reference.

This is what it had:

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Pierrot Productions -- Seabrook, TX. Contact Richard Alvarez, email pierrot{at}flash{dot}net.

Christian Darcé -- Houston, TX. Email cdarce{at}woodenswords{dot}com. Historical swordsmanship: early rapier, cut & thrust sword, long sword.

Nicholas Iago Gershberg -- Austin, TX (fall and spring only; other times see New York). Email pistolix{at}aol{dot}com, phone (512)-481-1737, mail 2917 Rio Grande St., Austin, TX 78705. French & Italian foil, Italian sabre.

I should add that Richard Alvarez now resides in California. I know nothing about Mr. Gershberg in Austin.

Christian Darce runs a business, Purpleheart Armory, just north of Houston, but his field is more historical than classical.

Dana Andersen-Wyman, the theatre instructor at Brazosport College in Lake Jackson, Tx, was taught by Charles Selberg, so his foil instruction is probably classical in the Nick Evangelista sense of classical.

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Re: Classical Fencing in Texas
« Reply #1 on Mar 1, 2006, 12:00pm »

Seeing as you are located closer to our Missouri branch, you might try contacting David Achilleus about coming to do a workshop with you.
He might be able/willing to work something out with you.

His email is: achilleus{at}kabalfencing{dot}org

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Re: Classical Fencing in Texas
« Reply #2 on Mar 1, 2006, 7:17pm »

I also received this response...

Dear John, can't help sending you a hello message tho my fencing days in Texas were from 1949-1956. I grew up in Ft. Worth and fenced mostly during college at TCU-but I met some gentlemen who fenced with the
then-Ft. Worth Fencing club-classical fencers all of 'em.

My father, known as Tex Ray Smith taught fencing at
the Y as part of his Manly Art of Self-Defense course
which included boxing and judo as well as fencing. I
just mention these things to show that there is some
history in Texas of classical fencing.

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Re: Classical Fencing in Texas
« Reply #3 on May 3, 2006, 3:22pm »

We have a program also for Italian rapier:

www.scholasaintgeorge.org.

The Austin group never really got rolling, but we do have a vibrant group in DFW with lots of things happening in North Texas, including Abilene and Plano. There are also new groups growing up in Norman, OK; Lawton (FT. Sill), OK, and OKC as well as Bartlesville, OK.

Finally, many talented instructors will be local to DFW at the 2006 WMAW event, to be held 13-15 of Oct this year:

www.wmaw.us

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