What are the advantages of studying modern fencing?
what to do, but not necessarily how, why, or when to do it. Some natural athletes became good fencers; others were awful. On the other hand, while I believe the teaching of classical and historical forms can be enriched by the pedagogical methods that have been developed over recent decades, the unspoken concern that sport fencing will “corrupt” other methods is not an issue—the intelligent and technically knowledgable individual can easily distinguish between martially sound practice and the artifacts of the modern sport.
