March 10, 2004
New Law to Ban Swords
I believe someone asked me once, and I quote: “Do you really anticipate your skill with a sword to come...
February 06, 2004
6th Century Magic Sword
Cool sword. The human images, 4.2 cm and 3.9 cm long, respectively, are both standing and wearing crowns. The human...
January 23, 2004
Slack American Fencers
A telling story about a Hungarian fencer attending an American university (Northwestern, actually). ‘Hungarian coaches expect fencers to be constantly...
January 15, 2004
Footbagging
Why Footbag? “Today, we kickers prize footbag as a highly athletic and cooperative dance form and a complete aerobic workout,...
January 12, 2004
Blood Brothers
A fine and recent article on the mensur sword fraternity tradition still alive and well in Germany. This section intrigued...
November 04, 2003
'S' Words
I signed up for Google news alerts on fencing and swords. I thought there may be interesting historical articles. Mostly...
October 22, 2003
BeerCoffee
Okay, so Brezsny is the most inspired astrologist of the 21st century. But he rambled on to us Pisceans about...
October 13, 2003
Giant Turtles
Giant Vietnamese Turtle May Be Last of Breed A 6-foot turtle lives on this earth. That’s a sacred thing in...
October 08, 2003
‘It's not just about fencing’
CBS II story on fencing champions rising from New York ghettos. Olympian Peter Westbrook is another teacher giving kids an...