Talk:Lunge (fencing)
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[edit] Use of back arm
I reverted the anonymous edit that added the following:
- "Number 3 is incorrect. The back arm does not add impetus to the lunge. Since it remains attached to the body, its action contributes no added force as per the laws of mechanics (physics). Its action does increase the radius of gyration of the body, perhaps aiding in keeping the blade on a true course to the target."
I reverted this edit for two reasons:
- The edit is incorrect, as throwing out the back arm does in fact impart added force. I will dig up an additional reference to support this, as a motion study on this exact subject was done about two years ago by a Dutch fencing master and reported in The Swordmaster, which is the journal of the U.S. Fencing Coaches Association.
- The edit should have been made directly to the point in question (#3) rather than as a rebuttal paragraph. Rebuttal paragraphs belong on talk pages like this one—not in articles.
- This was a contradictory edit that was unsupported by a citation in an article that was otherwise referenced.
Twisted86 18:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
