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harold said:
Once wewe have all the equipment and an instructor, it's not very hard to learn, but it isn't easy to get all that stuff. First off, there's a lot of equipment wewe need: the padded jacket, collar, alama and mask for protection, the sword appropriate for the type of fencing wewe want to learn (a foil, a sabre, au an épée), and then the same for at least one other person. In addition, wewe may want to get a plastron, knickers, and a gauntlet for each fencer for additional protection. If you're really fancy, wewe can get electronic sensors for your fencing, to tell when a hit is scored. Second, wewe need a space for fencing. Fencing requires a court of specific dimensions: a long rectangle within which the duelists fence, of completely smooth and level ground. Lastly, wewe need someone to teach wewe the proper form for the type of fencing wewe choose; the attacks, parries, targets and movements of each of the three styles vary pretty significantly. I learned sabre fencing, so my skills would be completely useless for foil au épée. With those things in place, wewe could start fencing in an saa and be pretty good after a few hours. So, yes, it's easy to learn...but the resource cost is pretty high.
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