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Academic Thrust Fencing; Germany, c. 1820-40
Stammbuchblatt: Stoßfechten among German students Images of German students engaging in thrust fencing are rare… A pencil and watercolor drawing of two German students about to engage with foi… more →
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Academic Thrust Fencing; Germany, c. 1820-40
fencingclassics wrote 5 months ago: Stammbuchblatt: Stoßfechten among German students Images of German students engaging in thrust fen … more →
Korbsäbel; Germany, c. 1910
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fencingclassics wrote 7 months ago: Mit Binden und Bandagen German students posing in full battlegear… I vaguely remember that C … more →
Bayonet Fencing; France, c. 1890
fencingclassics wrote 9 months ago: Thrusting at the dummies Hand-colored French postcard… French soldiers practice thrusting … more →
Schläger Mensur; Germany, c. 1910-30
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fencingclassics wrote 9 months ago: Rare snapshot of a Schläger Mensur Most 19th- and early 20th-century photographs of Mensuren … more →
Épée Fencer; France, c. 1900
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fencingclassics wrote 9 months ago: Ready for bouting Young French fencer… This cabinet card depicts a bespectacled épée fencer … more →
Foil Fencers; Germany, c. 1920
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fencingclassics wrote 9 months ago: The Roaring Twenties Female foil fencing phalanx… This private photograph for the Frauenfech … more →
Foil Fencing; USA, c. 1930
fencingclassics wrote 10 months ago: A perfect lunge Perfect form in foil fencing… An unknown female fencer poses in full extensi … more →
Foil master; France, c. 1870
fencingclassics wrote 10 months ago: Napoleon III inspired the facial hair A French master of the foil… Issued by a studio in Thi … more →
Mensursäbel; Germany; c. 1900
fencingclassics wrote 10 months ago: The Elvis Presley of dueling weapons Who wouldn’t want to show up for a saber Mensur wieldin … more →
Saber fencer; Germany; c. 1880
fencingclassics wrote 11 months ago: Mit Binden und Bandagen Ready for the Säbelmensur… This early image of a Germa … more →
Kurze Geschichte Des Akademischen Fechtens In Deutschland; Teil 2: Die Turner
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fencingclassics wrote 11 months ago: Der Einfluß der Jahn’schen Turnerbewegung auf das Deutsche Hiebfechten… Fortsetzung von … more →
Fencing at the Ritterakademie Liegnitz; Germany, 1743
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fencingclassics wrote 12 months ago: Fencing at the Ritterakademie Liegnitz The education of young German noblemen included fenci … more →
Behind the woodshed: Little-known aspects of Dussack play through the ages
fencingclassics wrote 12 months ago: They called it a Dussack, Dusack, Dysack, Tesak, Tuseckn, Thuseckn, Disackn, or Dusägge. And judging … more →
Nocturnal smallsword duel; German, c. 1770
fencingclassics wrote 12 months ago: From the beginnings, student life in Germany involved wielding sharp implements on the fencing lof … more →
