Fencing: Basic Beginners Training
by Michael Bradlcy
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Actor: Fencing-Basic Beginner TrainingDirector: Michael Bradlcy
Brand: Victor
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Education 2000, Inc.
DVD Reviews of Fencing: Basic Beginners Training
DVD Review: Good Instruction
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought Bradley's video in order to help my students review the basic forms of foil fencing. The instruction on this presentation covers all of the basic ideas of foil fencing: advance, retreat, lunge, parry, and riposte. Bradley covers the ideas of basic attack and defense and deceiving the opponent. It is a good introduction to the basic ideas of the sport.
There are a few quibbles. The presentation is fairly static, with a single, fixed camera throughout. This makes for an overall dull presentation and the youngest fencers in my group have a hard time sticking with it. Adding camera angles and a more polished presentation would help. Adding chapters in the menu for each section would have helped in using this video for class instruction. The video also needed some distinct drills at the end of each section to help reinforce the learning. As it is, the drills are spotty, placed randomly throughout the presentation.
The style and technique of fencing is a bit dated, going back to the pre-electric era. For the foil purists, this may be a good thing, but for the modern sport of foil fencing, some instruction on the modern sport would have been helpful. I know this is a basic video, but I also would have liked to hear at least an introduction to the ideas of time (tempo) and distance - two concepts often ignored in basic instruction because they are thought to be too advanced. Technique is nice, but learing basic tactics of attack and denfense must be addressed.
Overall, a good buy for those who want a visual introduction to foil fencing.
Description of Fencing: Basic Beginners Training
Studio: Victor Multimedia-05 Release Date: 11/22/2005 Run time: 60 minutesBestsellers in DVD
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