Nick Evangelista (born 1949) is a fencing master, author, and magazine publisher. He teaches the classical French school of fencing in
Springfield, Missouri
Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which had an estimat ...
. He also teaches the Missouri State University Fencing Society. He was trained by Olympic fencer
Ralph Faulkner
Ralph Faulkner (July 20, 1891 – January 28, 1987) was an American fencer and film actor. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Post-college career
After graduating from college Faulkner became a forest ranger. ...
. He is also the publisher of ''Fencers Quarterly Magazine''.
Profile
.fencersquarterly.com; accessed June 29, 2015.
Works
One of the more prolific and outspoken proponents of classical fencing
Classical fencing is the style of fencing as it existed during the 19th and early 20th centuries. According to the 19th-century fencing master Louis Rondelle,Rondelle, Louis, Foil and sabre; a grammar of fencing in detailed lessons for professo ...
, Evangelista has authored several books, including:
*''The Encyclopedia of the Sword'' (1995);
*''The Art and Science of Fencing'' (1996);
*''Fighting with Sticks'' (1998)
*''The Inner Game of Fencing'' (2000);
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See also
*Swordsmanship
Swordsmanship or sword fighting refers to the skills and techniques used in combat and training with any type of sword. The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing, but by extension it can also be applied to a ...
References
American male fencers
Living people
1949 births
Historians of weapons
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