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schlager7 Administrator member is offline Sabre is theatre. Foil is art. Epee is truth.[ss:Blue Tabard][F4:5987930[F4:59879300 3][F4:598793003] Joined: Aug 2003 Gender: Male Posts: 3,672 Location: Dickinson, TX Karma: 42
fox Living Sword member is offline Joined: Jul 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 780 Location: Santa Fe, TX Karma: 6Re: Nick Evangelista « Reply #1 on Oct 14, 2009, 8:18am »
He uses seconde (as opposed to octave) more than I would have thought. Don't know why that strikes me so except from his books I would have thought he'd favor a supinated low-line parry.
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Aldo N Knight member is offline Joined: Jul 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 379 Location: Port Lavaca, TX Karma: 7Re: Nick Evangelista « Reply #2 on Oct 14, 2009, 5:59pm »
Part of me wonders what the focus of the lesson was.
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