Jerry Friedman writes: >--- Joshua Kronengold <mneme at io.com> wrote: >> Actually, I've done judging at a rapier tournament that was modeled >> off of classical rules (ie, pre-electric fencing), and it worked ok -- >> the judges needed to move a bit to stay to the back of "their" >> fencers, but could usually manage ok. >Sounds a lot like epee. Well, aside from the essential (but left out of the above) fact that it was done "in the round" -- with full freedom of movement within a squarish rectangular area. That plus the fact that fencers were allowed an off-hand weapon (buckler, cloak, or dagger) made it a touch different from epee. :) -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme@(io.com, labcats.org)) |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^-- "Get your mind right and you can make a stick /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\ your wand and the sky your hat and a puddle |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\ your magic..." -- Granny Weatherwax '---''(_/--' (_/-'