{"id":4907,"date":"2015-02-08T09:57:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T17:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=4907"},"modified":"2017-10-20T18:29:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T01:29:11","slug":"fencing-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=4907","title":{"rendered":"Fencing Masks for Stick Fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

At maelstr\u00f8m, fencing masks are used for the Sunday DBMA classes, as well as on Tuesday nights. Owing to the dog brothers theme of fighting with as limited protective gear and recognizing that stick fighting is percussive (not pointed), the masks used tend to be lighter foil or epee masks, rather then the much heaver sabre type.<\/p>\n

Where might one be able to find fencing masks in the Vancouver area?<\/p>\n

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Academie Duello – https:\/\/www.academieduello.com\/store\/category\/masks\/<\/a><\/strong>
\nprice range 85-99$<\/p>\n

Fencing Canada – http:\/\/www.fencingcanada.ca\/cgi-bin\/store\/commerce.cgi<\/a><\/strong>
\nPrice range 125$ and up +shipping<\/p>\n

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Athoscan – http:\/\/www.athoscan.com\/index.php?page=catalogue&category=8&subcategory=24<\/a><\/strong>
\nprice rang 64-104$ +shipping<\/p>\n

Ideal Fencing – http:\/\/idealfencing.ca\/index.php?cPath=33&osCsid=be1hf5k5v2qnpag9qhg71c38j4 price<\/strong> <\/a>
\nrange 69-100$ + shipping<\/p>\n

Used fencing masks can also occasionally be found on craigslist or at used sports equipment stores like Sports Junkies.<\/p>\n

Of course, these are directions for Canadian martial artists.\u00a0 In the US there are many more choices.\u00a0 In particular we recommend Kombat Instruments, Ltd. who offers masks specifically for Dog Brothers stick fighting.\u00a0 Including with custom paint jobs that can range from hideous, to amusing, and quite spectacular – http:\/\/bloodsport.com\/product_reviews_info.php?products_id=18&reviews_id=73&osCsid=b5c446eb7646c01b9334a<\/a><\/strong>
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At maelstr\u00f8m, fencing masks are used for the Sunday DBMA classes, as well as on Tuesday nights. Owing to the dog brothers theme of fighting with as limited protective gear and recognizing that stick fighting is percussive (not pointed), the masks used tend to be lighter foil or epee masks, rather then the much heaver sabre type. Where might one be able to find fencing masks in the Vancouver area? Academie Duello – https:\/\/www.academieduello.com\/store\/category\/masks\/ price range 85-99$ Fencing Canada – http:\/\/www.fencingcanada.ca\/cgi-bin\/store\/commerce.cgi Price range 125$ and up +shipping Athoscan – http:\/\/www.athoscan.com\/index.php?page=catalogue&category=8&subcategory=24 Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4907"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6820,"href":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907\/revisions\/6820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}