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<blockquote data-quote="PA" data-source="post: 361910" data-attributes="member: 282">What I meant is that Escrima is used as such in English, just as Karate (Japanese) or Taekwondo (Korean) are, while there is another name in English for the French word &quot;escrime,&quot; and that's &quot;fencing.&quot;.My bad. All the escrima I've seen demonstrated was with the short sticks; I guess it is because they wanted the demo to look better, and their style different from other martial arts..It was. We've been discussing about the title &quot;maître d'escrime&quot; and its pertinence. We both gave tidbits about our background so to lend credence to our assertions. In no post do we only discuss about our experience in fencing (which would not be much, for me, anyway).Now I think about it, there is another possible French title: &quot;fine lame.&quot;A &quot;fine lame&quot; is, literally, an &quot;excellent blade.&quot; i.e. a great fencer, an expert swordsman.No risk of confusion and it sounds good too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PA, post: 361910, member: 282"] What I meant is that Escrima is used as such in English, just as Karate (Japanese) or Taekwondo (Korean) are, while there is another name in English for the French word "escrime," and that's "fencing." . My bad. All the escrima I've seen demonstrated was with the short sticks; I guess it is because they wanted the demo to look better, and their style different from other martial arts. . It was. We've been discussing about the title "maître d'escrime" and its pertinence. We both gave tidbits about our background so to lend credence to our assertions. In no post do we only discuss about our experience in fencing (which would not be much, for me, anyway). Now I think about it, there is another possible French title: "fine lame." A "fine lame" is, literally, an "excellent blade." i.e. a great fencer, an expert swordsman. No risk of confusion and it sounds good too. [/QUOTE]

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