Did you know that sword canes are illegal in California? Not only illegal to purchase but also to ship across state lines, so there's no legal way for us to acquire one. Which of course means we can't get one.
BUT, sword sticks are legal. The difference? A sword stick can never pass for anything other than a weapon, whereas a sword cane could.
It is apparently a little-known fact that Cardinal Richelieu's associate from The Three Musketeers is named Rochefort.
The battle/duel between Tybalt and Mercutio, and Tybalt and Romeo for that matter, would be made infinitely better by the use of lightsabers! And probably a Vader mask.
The British fence with the following stance, holding the unused arm above the body like so:
Because dueling was illegal and thus was done in the dead of night. So fighters would have a sword in one hand and a lit lantern in the other, so they could see what the hell they were doing.
All these comments are on fighting. Of course. We had our fight master at the rehearsal tonight. Thank god, what would we do without him?
Stay tuned ...
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