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The Club

Where and When
Epée fencersThe Club is based at Marlborough School in Watling St - St Albans and fences on Thursday nights from 8.00-10.00pm.The club fences about 45 weeks during the year, with an occasional social event, to which partners are invited. These are usually held at one of St Albans fine array of restaurants.

Location within the school grounds
On turning into the school gates at the pedestrian crossing, turn right in front of the main building, go through restricted width barrier and park your car at the far end of the car park. Follow the path that leaves the left hand side of the car park between the workshops and old tennis courts. You will come to the sports hall - we meet in the new hall which is on the left of the complex. We look forward to seeing you next Thursday.

Who Attends
Mike Whale, BAF coachCurrently there are about 20 regular members (some times up to 30) with different levels of experience, All 3 weapons are taught and fought. Beginners courses are run on a fairly regular basis to give those who have never tried fencing a good feel for the sport.
 

 

 

The Club Library
The club has a number of books, videos and CD's and these are available to fencers to borrow. A little blue book is attached to the club notice board in which to enter your name and the date of the loan. Titles available are:

1 Book Theory, methods & fencing exercises Ziemowit Wojciechowski
2 Book Fencing-what a sportsman should know about technique and tactics D & G Tyshler
3 Book BFA-Handbook of foil fencing Alan Skipp
4 Book Fencing to win Prof. A Simmons & E Morton
5 Book Fencing- Techniques of foil, epee & sabre Brian Pitman
6 Book Complete fencing Manley
7 Book The inner game of fencing Nick Evangelista
8 Book The art and science of fencing Nick Evangelista
9 CD Training of a Foil Champion- Part I - 2000 D & G Tyshler
10 CD Training of a Foil Champion- Part II - 2000 D & G Tyshler
11 Video Golden bouts- 3 times World Champion Sergei Golubitsky
12 Book Foil fencing Prof. JES Smith
13 Video Foil fencing D Tyshler
14 Book By the sword R Cohen
15 Book On fencing Aldo Nadi
16 DVD World Championships Leipzig 2005- Foil; Semis and Finals Leon Paul
17 DVD Footwork training D & G Tyshler
18 DVD Training of a Epee Champion- Part I - 2000 D & G Tyshler
19 DVD Training of a Epee Champion- Part II - 2000 D & G Tyshler
20 DVD The Mark of Zorro (Tyrone Power, Basil Rathbone) 1932
21 DVD (2) The adventures of Robin Hood (Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone) 1938
22 DVD The three musketeers (Oliver Reed, Michael York, Christopher Lee) 1973
23 DVD The four musketeers (Oliver Reed, Michael York, Christopher Lee) 1974
24 DVD The man in the iron mask (Richard Chamberlain) 1976
25 DVD The duellists (Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel) 1977
26 DVD (2) James Bond- Die another day (Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry) 2002
27 Book The Fencing Master. (Novel, not a 'textbook')

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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