The Art and Science of Fencing

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Summary: ONE OF THE GREATEST FENCING BOOKS OF ALL TIME!
Review: This book should be on every fencer's book shelf. Every beginner should read "The Art and Science of Fencing." It wouldn't hurt for some of those out of control flicking sporties to read it either. Good advice, good philosophy, good fencing. Not only is this book full of great material, it is also fun to read (unlike most fencing books, which come off like high school text books). Buy "The Art and Science of Fencing."

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Summary: The laymen's guide for fencing
Review: This book was great. I liked the way that Mr. Evangelista wrote this book because he puts fencing in terms that anyone can understand. I have just begun to fence, under Mr. Evangelista and I bought this book with the notion that it may help me understand the art of fencing. IT HAS! The use of fencing history put the reasons for certain conventions into understandable lessons. The way that the book was divided up into three parts; foil, epee, and sabre helped me understand the differences between the three weapons.I also liked the way that he gave credit to other fencing greats and acknowledged their help to the sport of fencing. I was also glad to see that he was not writing down to the reader. He explains as much as he can without giving the reader a sense that he is "talking down to them". Mr. Evangelista has achieved his goal of making the art of fencing into an artform that anyone can understand without having years of experience. I am looking forward to reading his other book "The Inner Game of Fencing".

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Summary: Very good for novice fencers like me
Review: This book is great. The author is a true fencer, not just some Yahoo who works part time at the ymca and teaches fencing once a week. The author gives a good description of the history and the technique of fencing, although the book could have had more diagrams of certain moves. but still, buy this book if you are interested in fencing, because its probally one of the best on the market now-adays.

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Summary: THE BEST FENCING BOOK OF THE CENTURY
Review: What can you say about a fencing book like this one? It won't get touches for you, but it'll help make the learning process easier.

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Summary: Why Is There No Place For Tradition
Review: As a fencer being taught by only modern fencing instructors, I was refreshed by the Evangelista aproach to discussing the honor and tradition of the sport. I now remember why I started to fence.

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Summary: The Fencer's Bible
Review: This book is for anyone who loves fencing. I have read it several times picking up new details every time. I know now why it is referred to as the fencer's bible!

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Summary: Sad little book
Review: Within 24 hours of receiving this book in the mail I was selling it at a used book store. Save yourself some money and pass this one by.

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Summary: Excellent and easy to read
Review: Many fencing manuals have a tendency to get bogged down in jargon which is very off putting even to experienced fencers. This book largely manages to avoid it and it is clearly written by someone who actually knows how to put their opinions across in an understandable fashion. Top marks.

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Anyone used to the dry and mechanistic U.S. fencing books published in the 1970s and 1980s will be pleasantly surprised. In the Art and Science, Evangelista is in his element. Here is a guy who pursues fencing with a degree of personal devotion that he managed to create and run a fencing academy in rural Missouri. (This in itself would qualify for applaudable success in any metropolitan area. It is a truly Herculean feat for Peace Valley, MO.)A former student of and later assistant to Ralph Faulkner, Evangelista breaks new ground as a writer. He succeeds in creating a well-centered book that is as complete as it is readable, full of personal and professional anecdotes and experiences, as well as historical perspective. He manages to establish himself as a competent, credible protagonist of modern fencing, without the sanctimonious overbearance that makes reading certain other fencing books such a chore to read.It becomes evident that for Evangelista, the student is first and foremost an individual, the master primarily a mentor who forms the student not just by drill but also by taking him into his confidence -- explaining and referring rather than lecturing.This is one of the best sports fencing titles to hit the bookstores in a decade -- and a good buy to boot!

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Summary: This is the best Fencing book I've ever read.
Review: This IS the best fencing book I've ever read. So far for the past few years I've been fencing I've not done so well. But now, my Fencing has really improved. I thank Nick Evangelista, for writing his fencing books.