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...father's known as "The Shadow Man," wreaks revenge on the noble. This play exhibits the dueling which is a characteristic element of the Ken-Geki. It consists of fearsome attitudes struck with long, glittering blades, followed by angry swipes which usually miss their mark. An Occidental fencer who indulged in such waste motion would be speedily punctured, but these mimic wars, accompanied by grunts and gnashings, are undeniably picturesque. Matsuri (Festival) is a ballet in which four men disguised as two horrifically red-faced lions cavort before artificial peony bushes, fall asleep. In the finale the entire company...
March n-Foils: team championship; at Fencer's Club, Manhattan...
March 22-Foils: individual interscholastic competition; at Fencer's Club...
March 25-Women's national team championship; at Fencer's Club, Manhattan...
...Italian fencer. In fact, all Italians (and Argentines) prefer the advance thrust to the lunge, thrust of the French (and Americans, English, and Belgians). The advance thrust, also, is a favorite device of short fencers when they compete with fencers of long reach, a fact which may explain the preference of short Italians for the movement...