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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 079 310 SP 006 731 AUTH01; Herndon, Myrtis, Ed. TITLE Selected Fencing Articles. Sports Articles Reprint Series. First Edition. r!,,STTTUTTON American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, D.C. Div. for Girls and Women's Si)orts. pup. DATE 71 NOTE 128L. AVAILABLE FROMAmerican Association for Health, PhyF aI Education, and Recreation, 1201 Sixteentn St., L Washington, D.C. 20036 ($1.50) EDRS PRICE HC Not Availaple from EMS. DESCRIPTORS *Athleti c Activities; *Athletic Equipment; Athletics; *Physical Education; *Recreational Activities IDENTIFIERS Fencing ABSTRACT This collection of articles on fencing is "'Ine Division for Girls and Women's Sports (DGWS) Guides" 1945 -1971 and the Second National Institute on Girls Sports. It is the latest the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation's Sports Articles Reprint Series, a special project oittne Publications Area, DGWS. This is the first edition of Selected Fencing irticles. (JB) cp r---: SPORTS ARTICLES REPRINT SERIES Selected 1-2 Fencing ,, B`,MICf7C Articles This collection of articles from DGWS Guide 1946-1971 and the Second National Institute on Girls Sports is the latest in AA:IPER's Sports Articles Reprint Series, a special project of the Publications Area, Division for Girls and Women's Sports. This the first edition of Selected Fencing Articles. S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATiON &WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION MYRTIS HERNDON, Editor CM( L/AlN'+(, N o FI+k!) nur ED i XA, T L Y AS Orri Hiram College PSONOk OR(rAN,ZA' IONkGIN AT,N6 li POINTS OP Of $N1ONc Hiram, Ohio STATE 0 DO NOT NF,"5"4.4.,,, V kr pki SENT Ot f1(1,4,NA IIONl. f Ot,(L TION P0',171,N ' PO( `r FILMED I-TOM BEST AVAILABLECOPY Copyright ©1971 by the Division for Girls and Women's Sports of the American Association fcr Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Library of Congress Catahw Card No. 78-153092 Published by the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND RECREATION A National Affiliate of the National Education Association 1201 Sixteenth St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 CONTENTS Preface 6 Introduction Touche! E! 'cation Through Fencing (194148 Guide) Anne Schley Duggan 7 Teaching and Coaching Don't Let Fencing Foil You! (1954-56 Guide) Maxine Mun Miler 17 The Elementiry Foil Course in the Physical Education Curriculum (1958-60 Guide) Joseph A. Mastropaolo 17 Beginning Fencing Methods (1962-64 Guide) Dorothy Qinsenberry 25 Sonie Points for Fencing Instructors (1969-71 Guide) Julius 1'aUJ:v.:11par 28 Suggestions for Group Instruction in Beginning Fencing (1952-54 Guide) Kathryn Arnett 30 Consideration of the Individual Fencer in Class Instruction (1938-60 Guide) . Clara B.Iladputarkos 35 Maintaining the interest of the Experienced F,:ncer (1964-66 Guide) Barbara Baxtei Pi Binger 41 Discovery Lean mg (1967-69 Guide)Louella Jean long and Sharon Ann Mathes 48 Propnoceptive Aid for Beginners (1967-69 Guide) Albert Manley 55 t:xercises in Footwork for Beginners (1956 -58 Guide). Ilerta Friedrich 58 Motivational Techniques of Fencing (1964.66 Guide) Barbara Carol Passikoff 62 Teaching Devices (1958-60 Guide) Ruth Lindsey 64 Teaching Boutmg Through Lead-Up Games (1958-60 Guide) Betty Spears 66 Techniques and Skills A Conditioning Program for Women Fencers (Se( -mil National Institute on Girls Sports) .Yronne Dempsey 69 Basic Offense (Second National Institute on Girls Sports Hugo AL Castello 72 Basic Defense (Second National Institute on Girls Sports) Charles R. Schnutter 79 Advanced Techniques (Second National Institu:c on Girls Sports) Hugo Al. Castello and Charles R. Sehnutter 80 Good Fencing Through Good Footwork (1967-69 Guide) George Santelh 82 Bouting Tactics for tlh_ Beginner (1967-69 Guide)Muriel Bower 85 Evaluation Fencing Knowledge Test (1962-64 Guide)Lynne auley Finery 88 A Fencing Knowledge Test (1954-56 Guu le) .. HertaFrzedrzch 94 Bower Test of General Fencing Ability (1964-66 Guide) Muriel Bower 100 Criteria for Rating Selected Skills of Foil Fencing (1960-62 Guide I ... LynneFunky Emery104 Officiating Women as Fencing Officials (1969-71 Guzde),11zguel de Lapides 107 Officiating for the Beginner (1956-58 Guide)Tommy F. Angel!109 A Practical Test for Fencing Directors ( /969-7/ Guide) . ...... Gardena,t1. Thonzir,on114 Fencing With Electrical Foils (1958-60 Guzdel L. A. Wortman117 Fencing Glossary Ruth 1,mdser121 Preface xcellent articles dealing with various aspects of the sport of fencing have appeared in DGWS Feruing Guides. unfortunately, most of these articles arc not easily available. [Ins first edition of Se/e(ted renting Articles has been prepared to make these out- standingarticlesavailabletothoseinterestedanf encing A few of the articles appeared originally inthe Sewn(' National Institute 'rr(rills Sports. This is the latestin the DGWS Sports Articles Reprint Series. The articles. which were carefully selected for then potential value to students, coaches, and teachers, are representative of the sport today. The material covers. theory and methods of teaching andcoaching:techniques andskills:methods ofevaluation, ot floating. intramural and extramural activities, and resources. Hopefully. this publication will prove valuable, interesting, and challenging to all participants and followers of one of the world's most fascinating sperts. yrtis I:. Herndon Editor Introduction , Touche! Education Through Fencing ANNE SCHLEY DUGGAN Texas Women's University Denton, Texas Education is charged with grave and far-reaching responsibilities, and rightly so, for it is concerned primarily with the development of persons who, in turn, shape the society in which we live. In every period of crisis or change, the prevailing system of educationis cnallenged, tl.erefore. and a re- examination of its basic objectivesas well as of the specific media for their realization is undertaken generally. Earliest high school and college faculties are engagedin this process of determining toward what ends they are teaching and of selecting those media in terms of subject matter,experiences, methods of organization and approach, etcetera, most likely to result in the ends sought. Those engaged in the particular area of physical educationare concerned, therefore, with a re- examination of their programs with respect to the specific contributions to the development of educated individuals that may be achieved through this area. In the realm of sports for girls and women. objectives have been scrutinized and restatedfromtimetotime with certainbasic objectivesre- emphasized because they are thoroughly sound. Translated into activities conducive to their realization, they have focussed attention upon those sports activities that contribute to the development of bodies that are both attractive and fitin terms of such fitness objectives as endurance, strength, flexibility, body control, balance, coordination, relaxation and morale with implications for living which is effective and happy because it includes in its dailypattern not only efficiency in work but also a sense of happy fulfillmentin play with members of one's own and the opposite sex. To particularize. how does fencing as an important activityin the sports program for girls and women contribute to the fundamental purpose of education the development of better persons with minds, bodies and spirits thoroughly developed and completelyco- ordinated into the perfect whole? In the firstplace, fencing is one of the oldest of our sports. Traditionally, it brings to the physical education curriculum, there- fore, a background which is rich and fascinating in historical signif- icance because its development is closely interwoven with the ideo- logies and customs of peoples of all times and places. Whena TOUCHE! EDUCATION THROUGH FENCING 7 knowledge of the evolution of the sport of fencing from primitive to modern timesis taught along with the techniques and skills of bottling, a better understanding of various periods Ind phases of history and civilization may be readilyacquired.IThe I'm:alio') of the antecedents of the modern sport in warfare, itrole in the colorful days of chivalry and knighthood, its sponsorship by tl..! nobility in the courts of various European countries, its inspiratio, or impetus to the arts of literature, sculpture and painting theare indeed knowledges ,!ompatible with an education and more easily act:v..ted in conjunction with a mastery of the sport itself. Many t.(Went of fencing has participated more fully than the non-fencer in leading or in observing Shakespeare's plays with their many references and passages devoted to the art of fencing. These are scarcely compre- hensible to those unacquainted with the sport and much of the wit and subtle allusions are thus lost. For example, Mercutio', dying soliloquy after his duel with Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet is con- sidered by dramatists a highlight in the play with its disparaging references to Tybalt's fencing methods as those of a braggart who "fights by the books of arithmetic." Inthe second place, fencing contributes to the fundamental purposz of ,:ducation in that it fosters the development of a mental pattern which enables the devotee to appraise situations quickly and to reach them effectively.Itentails the skill of making rapid decisions based upon a quick but conclusive comprehension of all the factors involved. It necessitates the so- called split-wcond timing in the thinking and acting process which a skillful fencer coordinates perfectly with her movements of mind, arms, legs ald