Fencing Sabre from 1936 Olympics

Ist das ein wunderschönes Fechten! Herrlich!
Jenseits von dem heutigen, hektischen Punktefechten um jeden Preis! DAS war noch Technik!
Von Leni R. hervorragend in Bild und Ton eingefangen!
5 Sterne!

je trouve qu ils font plus de parade qu aujourd hui , donc plus apreciable en therme visuel , et surement plus technique ,

Charcoal tips in epee marked on the vest. Otherwise, they have many people watching very closely :P

I thought someones head was going to get cut off for a moment. =)

if one of these guys went against a new fencer even with old rules... the new fencer would win... just because its too fast for the common spectator doesn't mean they are bad... haha nobody around here thought about rush like they do today... think about it this is before the blitz and the blitz was so radical it overwhelmed everything... fencers today are like the blitz and these people are like trench warfare...

dumbass

Indeed you are!

In fenceing you have a judge who calls what happened and who won the point. I am not only learning how to fence but how to judge. It's important that the fencers make their atack clear to show the judge what they intend and that the fencers are honest and have the pide to call a "touchche moi" The old fashion way is great especially when you can't afford the buzzers... ;)

2 different diciplines. I've mentioned it before, one is not better than the other. It comes down to if you want to honor the art of fencing as it was originally erected and in what spirit vs. the "new" version which is simply to hit somebody a split second before you yourself are impaled on the opponents weapon.

You are right...there are 2 completely different diciplines at work in fencing. I personally like the traditional simply because you have to have a much more hightened awareness of self-preservation even though you know you cannot be killed by these weapons. It is more of in the spirit of an actual duel in the traditional school,and more of a new sport in modern sport fencing. It is interesting to fence with the mindset of "what if these were sharp"? To each his own.