In the final classification of the World Cup event, Laurent Couderc of France placed first, Marco Matin of Italy, second, and Martin Wendel o f West Germany, third. For example, I observed the Bulgarian coach of the West German team drilling his fencers almost exclusively with actions to the forearm. The French, Italians, and West Germans were all cognizant of the possibilities offered by the electrical weapon, and prepared their fencers accordingly. The change in this direction has, in fact, already begun and was clearly evident in the 1990 edition of the Trofeo Luxardo. In other words, the electrical sabre is taking us back to the past, when sabre fencing resembled duelling practice. Instead, we shall, very likely, see a return to the sabre fencing technique of the Radaellian school, with point attacks, circular parries, and complex fencing phrases consisting of counterparry ripostes, actions on the blade, renewed attacks, counterattacks to the advanced target, countertime, and the feint in time. No longer will extended running attacks with multiple cut feints be effective. With the advent of the electrical sabre the current method of fencing, based on the standard weapon is obsolete.
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