From: David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> >Matt Jennings <attjen at gwu.edu> writes: >> Khaavren does seem to exhibit the mentality of an epee fencer (which if memory >> serves is what skzb himself said he used to do) in that he won't necessarily >> go for the kill, but contents himself with making little hits & scratches, >> until his opponnent makes a mistake or gets frustrated. > >Saber, as I remember it. But that same style can be applied in saber, >so.... Saber fencing, without the modern rules of right of way, would quickly degenerate into something like Epee fencing. Both Khaavren and Vlad seem to execute an absurd number of stop cuts, which makes me think that Steve was a saber fencer with fast hands, well, faster than your average saber fencer. (What is funny, to me, is that Noish-Pa seems to fence more like a classical foil fencer to me, not that we see him fence much.) Modern saber fencing was developed in Hungary, which really ought to answer any questions about what style Vlad is using. brad