Ren Fair Fencing

[george7]

I used to fence foil, but ne'er in a kilt. It doesn't work too well with the vest. The way I tend to jab makes me think twice about doing that without the heavy canvass.

[Panzer]

Well, I don't wear the heavy canvas jacket. But I am looking at getting a leather saber jacket.... I do recommend fencing in a kilt, though. It can be a bit akward at a ren fair in high winds, though...

[LANCER1562]

As a re-enactor, I train with Richard Brown (aka Diarmid Campbell) in Fremont almost every Sunday (schedule permitting). We train primarily with Celtic broad sword. As a former fencing student (epee), I have found that a lot of the techniques we practice translate well to use with the rapier which I tend to use while in character a a gentleman soldier.

[TheKiltedCoder]

I'd done all three, as well (foil was my fave, though: I'm not really tall enough to do fence epee effectively.).

I met my wife through fencing. We were introduced, and she immediately tried to stab me (She fenced left-handed, but really only did foil). We still have all our stuff downstairs in storage. We were cheap: almost all of our blades were made by France-Lames (although this was long enough ago that they still made decent weapons). I think almost all of our stuff came through Triplette (good folks to work through back then, can't speak for them now: It's been too long).

I never fenced kilted, though: fencing for me was WAY pre-kilt.

I was also a rated director at one point. I wonder what the USFA or FIE would say about a kilted director? If memory serves, the regs required tan or khaki pants back then.

Brian

[george7]

That still doesn't explain how I would trust a plastic tip not to fall off and tear through my kilt into something more valuable (my torso/leg or worse)

[Joe Gondek]

I used to do Rapier in SCA events until my knees gave out
I really miss it

[Derek Conley]

I perform in Renaissance Festivals and teach historical fencing (Saviolo, Agrippa, Fabris, etc). A link to my site is in my sig.

But for fun...

[Riverkilt]

That COULD be a blue velvet kilt you're wearing eh Derek?? I mean it COULD be...maybe...huh??

Ron

[Derek Conley]

That COULD be a blue velvet kilt you're wearing eh Derek?? I mean it COULD be...maybe...huh??

Ron

Ah, I wish! Those were black trousers... tucked into knee-high bucket boots.

However, that exact costume, paired with my current kilt, actually looks really good. I tried it on the other day for the hell of it.

[Panzer]

Here's some pics for y'all to laugh at... And yes, those ARE tanker boots...