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Re: Those Frenchmen
« Reply #1 on Mar 15, 2009, 4:06pm »		[Quote]
Just looking at the footwork, and out of curiosity, is it known whether or not any of these people actually knew how to fence?
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Re: Those Frenchmen
« Reply #2 on Mar 16, 2009, 11:44pm »		[Quote]
vraptor is spot on!

That third duel was so pathetic I was hoping BOTH would bleed!
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