Invisible a écrit :
> http://qdb.us/294563

Heh. Actually fencers of the past have been known to be very fond of 
geometry, especially the Spanish schools from the Renaissance onwards.

A plate from the biggest fencing manual ever written (Girard Thibault's 
Académie de l'Espée):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Girard_Thibault_-_Academie_de_l-Espee_1628_Met._museum.jpg

Some diagrams that fits the QDB description quite well :-) :
http://www.martinez-destreza.com/articles/spanish2.htm

A brief description of how the system looks like from the outside :
http://technogypsy.net/roaches/2004/lansing.htm

> The Spanish rapier school as explained by Narvaez is the kind of
> sword-fighting that could only be invented by guys who have a lot of time on
> their hands, and who think WAY too much. While remaining sober.

More history here:
http://www.plumes.org/destreza/index.html

Spanish fencers have been mocked for their strange ways sometimes, but 
it can be made to work surprisingly well :-)

-- 
Vincent

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