 Welcome
To Altitude School of Fencing:
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Welcome to the Altitude School of Fencing
web site! Thank you for visiting our site. We are a fully
equipped facility, with an outstanding national and international
coaching staff.
We offer group lessons and private instruction
in Foil, Epee for men and women of all ages (6 years old and
up) whether you are just looking for a fun sport and good
exercises, or are interested in competitive level of fencing.
Fencing, the art of swordsmanship, has been practiced
for centuries. First, it was to train for deadly combat –
the Duel; then for the Olympic GOLD.
Fencing can help you acquire the reflexes of a boxer, the
legs of a high-jumper, and the concentration of a tournament
chess player. The sport develops your agility, strength, speed
and cunning. And because it’s action-packed, it’s
known as the fastest martial sport of them all. But the best
thing about fencing is – IT’S FUN! Try it, and
see why that nothing turns you on quite like fencing.
So please stop by any of our practices at any
time if you are interested in seeing what we're all about.
In
PRE-SEASON TRAINING CAMP:
August 18 - 22, 2008 from 10am - 3pm
August 25 - 29, 2008 from 10am - 3pm
Telephone (908) 692-5504 ormation box:
SUMMER SCHEDULE:
MONDAY- 5:30 - 7:00PM - Intermedate
..................7:00 - 8:00PM - Beginners
WEDNESDAY 3:00 - 7:00PM - Privet
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Fencing
History
Fencing appeared in the early Bronze Age and, together
with javelin throw represents the oldest armed combat skill. The
roots of the western fencing come from Crete-Mycenaean technique
of the two rapiers combat, and it was developed in the first Roman
fencing schools. In the Middle Ages, when the knight codex’s
ordered that each knight should take over the seven knight skills
(septum Ares prostatism) among which fencing was the most important
and honored, fencing flourished. In the epoch of a thousand schools,
which began with the European Renaissance, and lasted until the
First World War it bloomed and flourished. During that period fencing
was an everyday part of life for millions of people, an activity
of a thousand fencing schools, a compulsory subject for all military
and dramatic academies an unavoidable skill in the civil and court
education. The fencing skill did not have only combat purpose the
necessary skill in war and duel, but it was also a question of prestige
and competition, an unavoidable theme and amusement for lots of
fencing schools in peace, generations and whole nations.
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