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Greetings unto the Rialto.

Has anyone seen a video entitled _The Blow by Blow Guide to Swordfighting
in the Rennaissance Style_? The presenter is Mike Loades, and he is billed
as a combat master at several drama schools in London. The ad I saw claims
to teach one to fight with rapier and cloak, target and buckler (target has
me a bit confused and I can't help but wonder if targe was meant instead).
In my area there is a large following of fencers recreating the Italian
Rennaissance style, and I am considering dusting off the masque and foil.
This video sounds good, but I'd like to hear a review of it from fencers
before spending the money.

As an aside, for those interested in increasing their libraries, _Sword
and Masque_ by Julius Palffy-Alpar is a rather good book on fencing. It
has a section devoted to theatrical fencing, and this covers some of the
techniques one would not encounter in a standard modern fencing text, these
usually discussing formal competition fencing, that could be applicable to
SCA/Rennaissance fencing.

My thanks in advance for any information forthcoming on the video.

In service,
Corun

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