[Artemisia] Four Dons walk onto a battlefield...

[Marten van Rosenveldt]

Thanks,

You've made my points for me. 

See, I've introduced Castiglione into a fighting thread.....all the not so fortunate and well read cadets and fencers and others in the Kingdom are now scurrying to the web.....Research is a good thing.

As to the pose, it's the contrapposto.  See Michealgelo's David, Donatello's David, and......John Wayne in the Searchers.   

Finally, stesso tempo is the ultimate stroke, lo botto secrete as they used to say.  M. Guillaume is the master of this.

Perhaps the hardest of all these concepts of timing to explain and perform, but also perhaps the most elegant and effective, is the concept of "stesso tempo," in which defense and offense become one. Because of its relative slowness, a "dui tempi" response to an attack with the rapier would take an impractically long time, allowing the opponent time to perform a counter. Therefore, historical masters such as Fabris advised fencers of early modern era to defend themselves and wound the adversary "in stesso tempo" with an intercepting attack, an action both defensive and offensive. One way to do this with the single rapier is to catch the opponent's thrust in such a manner that the point is diverted with the portion of one's own rapier nearest the guard, while one's own point was directed against the adversary's target. One's own target, meanwhile, is further removed from danger with an evasive body movement. This is a technique that requires a sure sense
 of distance and timing, as well as a mastery of technique, great sensitivity, and a sure hand.

YIS, Marten; contrappostoing, effortlessly


----- Original Message ----
From: Mike Bradley <connor.mac.michil at gmail.com>
To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Four Dons walk onto a battlefield...

On Feb 11, 2008 10:46 AM, Marten van Rosenveldt <kendofencer at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> My Dear Don Conchobhar,
>
> Using both French and Italian shows the depth that a cadet


See ... depth ... one of those crazy foriegn notions your good teacher has.
:)


> to a WS in Artemesia, or for that matter, a cadet to an Artemisian WS,
> should have.  Both of the phrases are essentially unique to their native
> tongue and cannot be expressed succinctly in English.
>

Special undefinable quality and making the hard look easy; simple enough in
English.  With the added advantage of not requiring non-rapier types look
up Castigleone. :)


>
> As to Maitre Guillaume's instruction, I want to have my fencing progress
> to the state of his, i.e., at the end of an intensive 3 hour practice, his
> singlet is damp - not sweaty.
>

Well the ability to one shot everyone before the echo of the marshal's lay
on has faded away does require less exertion and perspiration than bouncing
around like a rabbit on crack... it's a good level to aspire to.  I still
do... :)


>
> YIS, Marten
> Proudly cadeted to M. Guillaume
>
>

Don Con (who has been told by more than a few people that he's full of j'ne
se qua)
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