James bond Fencing

[youbecame]

Corps a corps..... naughty people!

[mercede75]

"You handle your weapon well" hahaha

She's madonna, she knows what weapons are handled how !!!

[bricology]

Pierce Brosnan's "Bond" is such a smarmy jackass that you can't help but root for the bad guy. Throw in the godawful Madonna, and it's a festival of fail.

[tga2arh]

better quality version @ /watch?v=hOdS30aJs-o&feature=r­elated

[Naton]

more like epee with foil style to me .___."

[ashleysophiaCT]

HAHAHAHA

"ive been known to keep my tip up"

that made me cringe

[fartx211]

"i have been known to keep my tip up"

MEGA FACEPALM

[bobomb111]

Arghh that's not proper fencing at all O_o

[jun19fan40]

yeah but it was the best scene in the movie, and actually IMO since the close of Goldeneye, at least in the Brosnan era.

[angelneiy]

haha... nice comment Fullperson. : P

And what the heck are you two nationalists talking about down there!? Who cares what happened in the past. Last time IIIII checked, we all are born with 10 fingers. Global community for life. Fuck what your governments did/do/are going to fuck up anyways. : D be happy, life is too short. ; D

[Fullperson]

he stepped off the platform!!

[michwng]

@Fullperson strip. its called a strip

[montyhund]

lol nice one

[montyhund]

I see you handle your "weapon" well lol

[manufran02]

i have been known to keep my tip up .

[honeeyb417]

madonna's in it :)

[Prometheusjwm]

Cool scene. I'm going to be doing fencing soon. I'm more of a musician though. I play the piccolo trumpet.

[fixer009]

shut the fuck up -.-

[Neur0ticism]

It's a movie....not a documentary about fencing, get yer snobby heads out of yer asses.

[marybstafford]

i love how they have random really sharp swords just lying all over the place

and random running, no footwork!

[funkyfreshjuice]

hahah this is so bad *slow parry, slow parry* "i see you handle your blade well" ive taught a 9 year old better than them, no joke. and why the hell hasnt she got arm protection when fencing epee, i know its james bond but she must know that the arms are target area in epee! heh heh. and why say "ready fence en garde" (or whatever it is) thats like saying "ready, go, get steady" in a race!

[SirDoober]

It's Hollywood, accuracy is thrown out the window for screen value. :P

[funkyfreshjuice]

heheh i know, i meant it light heartidly. and all the people above who cant take a bit of light hearted criticism without being offended apparently, you can "get yer snobby heads out of yer " own arses. again, dont take what i say to be stone cold serious.

[AwakenAnimus]

dude, its a movie

[iwishiwasagenius]

man these guys suck. I could beat em with my eyes closed. well maybe not to that extent but still...

[charlotte3005]

this must have taken a long time to practice this..even if they are stunts..every movement has to be practiced so no one will hurt anyone..and that is a lot a job

[Misterpointment]

fencing is frickin incredible u dork.

[zel588]

is it just me, or is this a taping of the movie being played on a TV?

[leia0organa]

what's "position...set?"

are you dumb?!

[bidou]

Fake, english don't know how to fence. They are gay bow people.

[rocketcheese]

actually i am english and won 8 american, 3 danish,1 french and i polish compeition, fuk u u moron

[SamuraiQuester]

Is the 'gay bow people' a reference to when 6000 English archers kicked the arse of a 30,000 strong French army at Agincourt?! Immortalised by Shakespeare in "Henry V". Live with it, your nation can't fight wars.

[Luvcreole]

Typical Anglo exaggerated arrogance. Last I checked, France STILL belonged to the French after the 100 years war was over. Why? Umm, cause the British lost. Some of the losses were to a certain French teen-age maiden led by God (as in THE LORD/CHRIST) with NO battlefield experience. Careful, the bible warns what follows pride, and as this planet suffers from the results of a British-born banker/enslavement economic system (U.S. mortgage crisis) you remember that when it all fails, and the new

[Luvcreole]

When a one world currency/financial system is implemented to repair the damage America and Britian helped unleash on the planet (causing everybody else to do the same to keep up) Oh, and don't be surprised that the conservative financially French and Germans are running the E.U. show, NOT Britain.

[leuchtfeuer1]

Absolutely right!

[MrSoprano0125]

Well oh la la ya French pansy!!!

[0RealityCheck0]

Even were the English bad at fighting, which they are not, at least when they never made such a fail as the Maginot line. All i am saying, my retarded little frenchie, is your people are responsible for the single greatest military blunder ever.

[dude340]

Brilliant picture quality.

[C0loratura]

The first 30 seconds are amazing...fencing can be such a perverted sport to talk about. Heheheheheehheh

[HeroOfXanadus]

its al a movie guys.... lets all chill out just laugh.... but then again people in "ancient"times woulda fenced more differently wit real swords obviously... in the sport there is no need to fear death, am i wrong? >.>

[Mike0Powell]

not unless your safety gear is faulty. And of course, there's always the small chance of breaking the blade in half, because it's so flexible.

[KazuoKiriyama666]

Has anyone got the scene where Bond fights Mr. Kil or whatever his name was; with all the laser beams all over the place. That was the best part of DAD. Thanks in advance.

[LeaveItToSteven]

Haha, these people are barely sweating, if at all. I guess they're just too "cool".

[KakashiHatake30]

was this recorded from a tv or somthing?

[pmiles3223]

i love how in real life this would be over in 3 seconds, it just takes one mistake or 1 lucky swing

[Asiandude808]

how the hell did he know that diamond was flawless just by looking at it?? lol whatever..you need that micro lens thing lol..booo

[doutonight]

lol, i wonna do that at my club. "THATS IT! First blood from the torso!"

And yea, its holywood fencing.

[Hineedausername]

Its all fake they r just hitting there swords aganist the other at a very fast pace

[VWJackal]

certainly is a rather lavish salle though isn't it? All we have is an elementary school spare class room.

[Drzacksmith]

VWJackal your lucky you've got that!

[VWJackal]

Did anyone else notice that James is fencing right handed but wearing a Left handed jacket? Wardrobe did their homework! *rolls eyes*

Epee is the greatest, its real fencing not just running at each other whipping their swords and whining over right of way and priority.

As for epee fencers standing straight up... thats garbage, complete lack of form.

[fluffbug4]

i love fencing but what is up with the fight at the start? it's not fencing!

[xwildfire]

Lol, an insult to fencing, I'd say.

[PenaltyKillah]

Madonna in her best performance as a woman with the grand British accent.

[mercnet]

OMG, i am a college eppeeist and this is just horrible. Never have I seen epee fencing that un coordinated. wasup109 is right, epee never has that sort of blade work. Not even sabre. Its like chess, not sword fighting.

[Ethrindael]

I kind of like it, actually. More interesting than most fencing bouts, I'd say...

And I protest all this prejudice. Sabre has LESS parries that epee, for god's sake, and a lot more actual hitting of stuff. Granted, mostly we hit each other's wrists, but whatever.

I like the scene with the broadswords, though :P

It's fantastic how random everything is.

[MacDragard]

I agree, this is obviously staged. Real epée is just two tall guys standing straight up trying to poke each other.

[wasup109]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

WTF IS WITH THE PARRYING?!!?!?ITS EPEE FOR GODS SAKES.

even saber doesnt have that many parries goin on. LOL. and the guy scored with a simple lunge. they are barely moving at all. just wavin epee around.

[edpjunior]

"First blood from the torso" sounds right. If the Olympic fencers played by this rule games would be waay more interesting ;)

[aerokpc]

"i don't like cockfights"

lol gg

[Heavenguard]

Acting like sabreurs, they were! Ha ha!

[TopGunMan]

they started with epee then they turned into madmen. best time to say "this is madness!"

[gaaraofthedesert94]

thsi is stupid. if this was in my fencing center, someone would have stopped it before it got that out of hand

[britboyal]

because Bond films are famous for their technical accuracy

[robp88]

although this scene was a great advert for fencing, i still hate it. no coach i know wears a corset...perhaps with good reason...

would be funny if it were a more authentic fencing scene. maybe james would have a go at the ref or fiddle furiously with the bodywire

[DieHard1234ForEver]

they are beasts

[n00bber]

Hahahaahaha

theres like fifty parries per touch in EPEE for gods sakes

[Mil1er]

basicly this is how all fencing clubs roll, in thier multimillion doller club houses with sword fights to the death breaking out every so often between the people with british accents

[halo2994]

yeah, that is what mine was like too

[jomaynardfencing]

p.s. also, there were a quite few takes of the scene where madonna says "i think i've come undone" and in about two of them she said it with a pregnant pause after the word come... that got edited out though - unsurprisingly!!

[jomaynardfencing]

I was the fencing double for miranda frost - in response to those who say the fencing is dire, please note that the moves were made bigger to look dramatic, and to appeal to the wider audience of non fencers. The sword master who choreographed the sequence is Bob Anderson who was the British Olympic Coach a number of years ago and he is an absolute legend!

[candlelua]

were you really?

[SNspaz]

...don't you all wear corsets to YOUR fencing classes?!

lol, yeah right. Madonna should not touch a fencing jacket.

[houleyman]

I have to admit...this was a bad movie...prolly the worst Bond film made...but, I do see this seen as pretty impressive.

[sauerkrauter]

Terrible, terrible movie.

And Madonna can't act to save her life.

[darthxemnas]

I didn't really care for this movie, but this scene is not only flippin sweet but easily the best. Even if it's inaccurate compared to actual fencing and kenjutsu. But the vid quality is a screaming nightmare.

[Chy50n]

It's worse than women's epee!

[Pigpen95333]

dude u should see womens foil its like omfg...so much screaming!!

[cjw2405]

No not womens foil womens sabre! So much louder! Trust me!

[epeemstr316]

I'm a fencer as well. That has to be the sorriest demonstation I've ever seen. If Toby Stephens is actually a fencer, then why make it look so bad!?! I love epee and this just saddens me. I think I prefer the Monty Python vs the Black Knight fight over this! Sorry

[LadyJadeLight]

MADONNA!!!!! haha! I love it. All she had to do was be herself. lol. Full of everything unsaid. Guys she is a bond girl here, what bond girl ever acted well? She is supposed to be full of sexual inuendo and dark humor.. things that Bond films are known for. DID Pussy Galore have great dramatic lines?? LOL

[BallinMoose]

It was cool but it should'nt take james bond about 10 min. to cut somebody i mean come on he supposedly has a license 2 kill.

[DarkMaori]

CORPS DE CORPS!!

[swrdgrl]

I'm a female fencing coach and have never worn a corset to coach. I have, however, fenced in one during a history fair. ;-)

[Lupos1980]

Keep in mind that this is an action movie and sometimes fight scenes aren't very realistic. The choreographers made the fight seem a little more dynamic by adding moves that are meant to wow the audience.

[jhg1234]

Madonna is a horrible actress. This was a pretty cool scene though.

[Ethaniel82]

How was she horrible in this scene? She was pretty cool.

[kribbyshibby]

this bond one kinda sucked compared to earlier peirce ones

[cjw2405]

I know i am a fencer myself and they do really kinda suck. in a reall fight bond wouldnt have won. Toby Stephens is acctully a really good fencer ive met him.

[besos13]

Wow, how did you meet him?

[Svaliant]

Take it from a fencer, these guys suck at fencing!

[originalhyio]

Wow, they really do suck... What kind of idiot wastes time whirling around before a cut? They take long enough as it is.

[cjw2405]

sorry for the bad recording