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A guide for fencers and enthusiasts

My name is Jeremy Sprouse. I posted this page to share information about fencing to anyone interested.

I have been fencing about 10 years and love it! I am currently fencing in Raton, NM Previously I fenced at the Mile High Fencing Club in Denver, CO and the Adams State College Fencing Club in Alamosa, CO. I am currenlty focusing on foil, but I do all forms of fencing: foil, epee, sabre, SCA, and whatever else I find out about.

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Fencing Tutorial
Books on Fencing
Fencing Humor
Fencing Links
Get in Touch

Fencing Tutorial

Philosophy of fencing: I emphasize strategy(mind/planning) over physique(speed/stamina/strength). I am not a highly competitive fencer. I fence for fun and I fence with honor. I believe people who fence without honor have missed out on the best part of fencing. Fencing originated from a time when people dueled to maintain or prove their honor or the honor of ladies. To fence without honor defeats the nature of the sport.

Beginning Foil Fencing: Concepts and Terms by David Glasser

Tournament Strategy by Maximo J. Callao Ph.D.

Books on Fencing
Note: Clicking on the book titles will take you to Barnes&Nobles.com where you can purchase the book.

On Fencing by Aldo Nadi -- I consider this to be the best manual on fencing. It is mainly a foil book, but it's concepts can be applied to any form of fencing. It has techniques no other book has. See excerpts

The Science of Fencing: A Comprehensive Training Manual for Master and Student: Including Lesson Plans for Foil, Sabre and Epee Instruction by William M. Gaugler -- This is another great book on fencing. It was written by one of Aldo Nadi's students and is meant to be used as an introduction and companion book to Aldo Nadi's On Fencing.

The Duel: A History by Robert Baldick -- This is a good book to look at if you want to learn more about the history and origins of fencing. It describes a lot of duels some of which are very bizarre and/or hilarious.

The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) -- This is a novel I'm currently reading. It was written by a fencer (I think) and has a murder-mystery plot. It does a good job of describing the honor and pride of fencing.

Fencing Humor

This section is dedicated to the YUFC Riposte a website that used to have the best fencing humor on the Web (it no longer exist in the same form). Most of these articles were originally from their website.

Lock up you silver... by Jeff O'Brien

An Alternative View Of Tournament Strategy by The Mongoose

The Real Fencing Glossary by Brad Fox

The Canonical Fencing Lightbulb Jokes Collection

Find more fencing humor at Fencing Sucks.

Fencing Links

Informational:

Advance Lunge -- This is a great website created by three young fencers.
Fencing.net -- This is a good website with fencing information, training tips, and lots of links.
United States Fencing Association
American Fencing Magazine -- Has lots of great information. I especially like their poetry section.

Equipment:

Fence Smart Has a great website! Great prices and has online ordering.
The Fencing Post -- Gives a 20% discount to email orders. They also have great sales from time to time.
Blade Fencing -- Has a great selection, high quality equipment, and a great website. The prices are on the higher side, however, they often have great sales. Has online ordering.
Favero Electronic Design -- If your club can't afford scoring equipment, you can buy personal scoring devices here for around $30.00.
Fencing Footage -- Sells videos of World Championships, Olympics, ect... I haven't purchased anything from them yet, but I plan to.

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