TECHNIQUES OF FOIL FENCING

Produced by the University of California. Analyzes fencing positions at various speeds with closeups of: footwork in advance, retreat, lunge and parry; the correct grip on French and Italian foil; straight thrust, disengage, one-two and one-two-three, double, coupe, coupe disengage and coupe-coupe; simple parry 4,6,7,8 and half circle, counterparry 4 and 5; stop at high and low line. Film begins and ends with demonstration bout. (Demonstrated by Helene Mayer, United States and World Champion.) California.