Fencing in Bryant Park: Daytime Duelists Flick Foils and Swing Sabers During Lunch Hour (thepoliticker.observer)
The Battle of Bryant Park (Kim Velsey)
Above the gentle hum of conversation and the less gentle hum of traffic
rumbling past on Fifth Avenue, one could hear the chirping of birds and the
clanking of metal as a small group of New Yorkers took turns thwacking each
other with swords.
Bryant Park was cleaned up decades ago from one of the most notorious needle
parks in the city. This has made it safe enough for ice skating and summer
movie nights, but on Tuesday afternoons, the gauntlet returns. The violence is
fierce, but sanctioned, and safe—12 weeks of free sword-fighting lessons
taught by coaches from the Manhattan Fencing Center.
“They’re practicing a straight attack to the head,” said fencing center
director Julia Gellman, who interpreted the group’s exercises for both_ the
Observer_ and perplexed passersby.
Some spectators were eager to jump into the fray, but in fencing, as in so
many other things, timing is paramount. “After we go over the rules and
footwork, it’s kind of dangerous to come in late,” explained Ms. Gellman, as
she proffered a sign-up sheet for the following week. _The Observer_ would
have to sit this duel out.
“If he’s attack, …
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