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a basic position with the sword held either on the right shoulder or above the head. The blade can be held vertically or at roughly 45-degrees. [97] The word tach, or dach, is often translated as "roof". [clarification needed] Ochs: "ox" a position with the sword held to either side of the head, with the point (as a horn) aiming at the opponent ...
A lamé is a layer of electrically conductive material worn over the fencing jacket in foil and sabre fencing. The lamé covers the entire target area, and makes the registration of the hits by the scoring box possible. In épée fencing the lamé is unnecessary, since the target area spans the competitor's entire body.
The Order of Defense - Created in 2015, the Order of Defense is a full Peerage-level award, equivalent to knighthood in the SCA, and is the highest honor a fencer can receive for rapier combat. Individuals receiving this award are allowed to wear a white livery collar and a heraldic badge consisting of three rapiers with crossed blades.
Two-handed swords naturally had longer handles and were broad at the hilt. Curved swords are also known to have been in common use since at least the Buddhist era, including large kukri-like falchions. The most common type of curved sword is the katti, which still occurs under various names everywhere from the deep south to the far northeast ...
The International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA), founded in 1996, is an organization based in Bogata, Texas that governs a practical shooting sport (IDPA), which is based on defensive pistol tactics, everyday carry equipment, and full-charge service ammunition, to solve simulated "real world" self-defense scenarios. Competitors (shooters ...
Parts of a modern sai. Monouchi, the metal main prong of the sai, that is either round or faceted.; Saki, the sharp point of the main prong. [6]Yoku, the two shorter metal side prongs of the sai, which usually point in the same direction as the main prong, with the exception of the manji sai developed by Taira Shinken, which has the direction of one of the side prongs reversed, causing the ...
The Asantehene sword was created by Akomfo Anokye for future Asantehene Nana Opoku Ware I (r. 1731 – 1742), and is the foremost example of Akrafena. [3] Ahwebaa: The Ahwebaa sword was made by Akomfo Anokye, which has a caricature of a man holding his belly with his left hand. The Nananom Amanhene including the MampÉ”nhene and Dwabenhene swear ...
Bard Academy at Simon's Rock is a private, co-ed boarding school for grades 9 through 10 [3] located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA. Students finish high school in two years, [ 4 ] and after 10th grade, students have guaranteed admission to early college at Bard College at Simon's Rock . [ 5 ]