3.8 Fencing Online
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This article is from the Fencing FAQ, by Morgan Burke with numerous contributions by others.
3.8 Fencing Online
Known cyberspace fencing resources include:
UseNet:
rec.sport.fencing - discussion on all subjects
rec.martial-arts - some discussion of Eastern styles and history
rec.org.sca - some discussion of history, SCA heavy and light
weapons styles, armoury, and weaponsmithy
WWW:
I've given up trying to keep on top of Web fencing sites.
Instead, here is a selection of major fencing web sites to
start your surfing from:
FIE fencing:
F.I.E. (en francais):
http://www.fie.ch
USFA:
http://www.usfencing.org
American Fencing Magazine:
http://www.uncg.edu/student.groups/fencing/AmericanFencing/
British Fencing:
http://www.britishfencing.com
Canadian Fencing Federation:
http://www.fencing.ca
Fencing.net
http://www.fencing.net
Fencing Suppliers:
See section 3.2.
Period & SCA Fencing:
Arte of Defense:
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/fencing.html
La Donna Rapera:
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/bjm10/rapier.html
Ring of Steel Theatrical Combat:
http://maniac.deathstar.org/groups/ros/index.html
SCA/Current Middle Ages:
http://www.sca.org
Japanese Fencing:
Kendo:
http://www.kendo.or.jp/
LFowler's Martial Arts Page:
http://www.afternet.com/~lfowler/home2.html
Sei Do Kai (Iaido):
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~iaido/
Shidokan Kendo:
http://www.cam.org/~hiro/english/hypertext/index_e.html
The Japanese Sword:
http://www.gemlink.com/rstein/nihonto.htm
The Fencing FAQ is archived at:
http://sitka.triumf.ca/morgan/fencing.html
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/sports/fencing-faq/top.html
FTP:
Iaido archive: ftp://fox.tcimet.net/pub/
The Fencing FAQ is archived at the following locations, among others:
North America: ftp.uu.net /usenet/news.answers
rtfm.mit.edu various directories
Europe: ftp.uni-paderborn.de /pub/FAQ
ftp.Germany.EU.net /pub/newsarchive/news.answers
grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr /pub/faq
ftp.win.tue.nl /pub/usenet/news.answers
Asia: nctuccca.edu.tw /USENET/FAQ
The Japanese Sword Arts FAQ is archived at:
ftp://fox.tcimet.net/pub/
Mailing Lists:
rec.sport.fencing digest:
send to "majordomo@cs.wisc.edu" with text "subscribe rsf".
Classical Fencing:
send a blank message to "classicalfencing-subscribe@egroups.com"
Stage Combat:
send to "majordomo@mattress.atww.org" with text "subscribe
stage-combat".
Touche:
send to "listserv@ricevm1.rice.edu" with text "SUBSCRIBE
TOUCHE Your Name". (Low activity.)
Harvard Fencing Announcements:
send to "majordomo@hcs.harvard.edu" with text "subscribe
fencing-friends your_email_address". (max. 30 messages/year)
Iaido:
send to "listserv@listserv.uoguelph.ca", with text "SUBSCRIBE
IAIDO-L your@email.address". (Moderate to high activity.)
Nihonto:
sent to "nihonto-request@northcoast.com" with text "subscribe"
Martial Arts and Swords in TV/Film:
send to "listserv@psuvm.psu.edu" with text "SUBSCRIBE MASTVF-L
Your Name". (Moderate to high activity.)
Online Rules:
The FIE has the definitive version, in French of course:
http://www.fie.ch/reglement/default.htm
The USFA Rulebook is available at:
http://www.USFencing.org/Documents/Rules
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