Epee

A teacher from de l'Epee's school, Laurent Clerc, came to America in the early 1800s with Thomas Gallaudet-he was a minister from Connecticut-and set up a school for the deaf in Hartford.

A Maiden's Grave Deaver, Jeffery 1995

Melanie looks into de l'Epee's eyes and says what she's never said to anyone.

A Maiden's Grave Deaver, Jeffery 1995

I finished Epee, and now, the life I knew from last year is gone too.

The late post: speaking plainly Elizabeth McClung 2009

In the end I wanted to face the people, not the game, and I think it was Epee that finally gave me the taste I had been waiting for: to fail, be outmatched, to train, to overcome, to face again, using experience, the broad view, and the narrow view.

Fevered still: chess, epee and sex on a spoon? Elizabeth McClung 2009

Another relative does the formal horse training, Dressage, and I always said, that while Epee is expensive $5,000-$6000 to compete nationally, $20,000+ internationally a year, that is nothing compared to Dressage or the Olympic Horse sports, as while I can throw another blade in my gear bag, “just in case” can you imagine shipping TWO or THREE horses to each event?

Pets: Getting to know you.... Elizabeth McClung 2009

I dreamt of seeing my name up there in the top 10 nationally in fencing Epee.

Archive 2009-07-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009

Another relative does the formal horse training, Dressage, and I always said, that while Epee is expensive $5,000-$6000 to compete nationally, $20,000+ internationally a year, that is nothing compared to Dressage or the Olympic Horse sports, as while I can throw another blade in my gear bag, “just in case” can you imagine shipping TWO or THREE horses to each event?

Archive 2009-06-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009

Boxing and Epee are sort of similar in that you need to be in a relaxed state with your arms, in the beta zone, but with instant focus and then action.

Palliative uncovered: wheelchair boxing, being in the now, and what's left. Elizabeth McClung 2009

In The Shovel and the Epee, Sam Sheridan looks at striking in MMA versus boxing:

The Shovel and the Epee « Isegoria 2007

I finished Epee, and now, the life I knew from last year is gone too.

Archive 2009-04-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009