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Do you perform stage fights or stage fencing? What are the top tips you can provide or the problems you've run into.

  • jadehorseshoe Dec 25, 2011 @ 1:07 pm | delete
    Very Cool Lens!
  • cdevries Aug 24, 2011 @ 1:38 pm | delete
    Nice idea for a Lens! I work in theater and watching Fight Call practice is fascinating... and sometimes a little funny (my son is a fencer). You're right that stage fights have to be utterly rehearsed.
  • blanckj Mar 24, 2011 @ 8:09 am | delete
    I've always found fencing to be interesting. Thanks for sharing.
  • sandralynnsparks Feb 6, 2011 @ 6:01 am | delete
    I have spent a lot of time around stage fighting; I've seen some brilliant fights along the way! The best stage sword work I ever saw was done by an actor who had studied ballet and capoeira (Brazilian martial arts dancing) and brought that training into his timing - quick, safe, brilliant work...
  • sandralynnsparks Feb 6, 2011 @ 5:59 am | delete
    You may want to switch your Guestbook settings to approve comments - my word, all the spam!
  • FencingNet Aug 4, 2011 @ 10:43 am | delete
    Thanks. Fixing that now!

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FencingNet

I started fencing after seeing the brief clips of Peter Westbrook winning the Olympic Bronze medal in 1984. Since then, I've been a competitor, coach,... more »

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