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What has the author Silvia Ballestra written?
Silvia Ballestra has written: 'La seconda Dora'
What has the author Sylvie Ballestra-Puech written?
Sylvie Ballestra-Puech has written: 'Les Parques' -- subject(s): Fates (Mythology), Women in literature
What has the author Mauro Ballestra written?
Mauro Ballestra has written: 'Distendi la mano' -- subject(s): Religious life, Christian education of children, Children
What is a leap in fencing?
I'm assuming you mean a ballestra?
What are some of the names of the steps and moves used in fencing and sword fighting?
En Garde - (pronounced 'Anguard') This is the basic position. Lunge - This is an attack Quarte - (pronounced 'cart') parry four, covers your upper left torso. octave - (pronounced 'octarv') parry 8, covers your lower right torso and right leg sixte - (pronounced 'seest') parry 6, covers you upper right torso and fencing arm riposte - a hit after a parry flèche- (French for 'arrow') a very fast, aggresive action made by flinging yourself at your opponent with your arm extended and then running past them to make it harder for them to hit you if you missed them Piste - The strip that a fencer fences on, approximately 45 feet long and anywhere from five to six feet wide. remise - continuing a short attack without withdrawing ballestra - a jump or stamp usually followed by a large fleche Coupé - (coopey) Also known as a 'cut over', flicking the blade over that of the opponent's as opposed to underneath. Flunge - A sort of leaping lunge, used in Sabre fencing. Prise de Fer - Forcing the blade into a new line usually on a lunge that pushes the opponent's tip safely off target while yours touches Coupé lancé - (coopey lance-ay) A 'flick' where the blade is bent through the air past the opponent's guard, used extensively in foil to the back and epee to the wrist feint - a fake attack second intention - the act of feinting in such a way as to trick your opponent into thinking that that is your final action, when in actuality it sets up a second action advance - the primary action for forward movement in fencing retreat - the primary action for backward movement in fencing disengage - the act of avoiding the opponent's blade without engaging (touching) it extend - the extension of your arm, used for attacks in distance too close for a lunge attack - the act of making an action that intends to hit your opponent. (i.e. advancing, lunging, flèching, extending, etc) parry - blocking an opponent's blade from hitting your target area while they are attacking Disengage - turning your sword in a small circle either left or right so that it dodges the opponent's parry, thus countinueing your attack beat - the act of tapping your opponent's blade with your own.
What actors and actresses appeared in Le gorille - 1990?
The cast of Le gorille - 1990 includes: Curd Abdalla as Turstcher Katharina Abt as Louisa Herb Andress as Jack Rufus as Camille Malemans Patricia Barzyk as Magali Jean Benguigui as Dom Castro William Berger as Filipelli Eric Blanc as Ernest M. Paolo Bonacelli as Marcus Christiane Brammer as Nina Georges Branche Didier Bras as Wilson Zabou Breitman as Magda Martine Brochard as Claudine Maria Brojanico Claude Brosset as Le major David Cameron as Fergusson Urbain Cancelier Alberto Capone as Boris Sophie Carle as Mlle Bondon Jean Carmet as Arthur Tino Castaldi as General Martin Lou Castel as Derevianko Chus Castrillo as Consuelo Liliane Cebrian as Anna Charly Chemouny Alain Chevallier Farid Chopel as Bryon Geoffrey Copleston as Beckstein Bruno Corazzari as Dominique Darry Cowl as Titou Michel Creton as Jacquot Riccardo De Torrebruna as Grand Louis Riccardo De Torrebruna as Lucio Birgit Doll as Viera Enrique Durante as Vaipiri Werner Eichhorn as Gorski Xabier Elorriaga as Soubise Tobias Engel Tobias Engel as Caillette Mario Erpichini as Le ministre Jacques Faugeron as Pierrot Thomas Franz as Le motard Javier Gallego as Peter Michael Gampe as Beranger Antonella Gargiani as La femme du professeur Kwanda Manuela Gatti as Alda George Gonzales as Rufus Roger Hanin as Maurier Robert Hoffmann as Dr. Hoffmann Robert Hossein as Joseph Beaucis Angelo Infanti as Romano Ferri Nadia Iofrida Therese Jaggersberger as Gudrun Andrzej Jagora as Zarak Gerhard Karzel as Grande Folle Elisabeth Kaza Pierre Koulak Philippe Laudenbach as Livotti Jean Leclerc Claude Legros Teresa Leopardi as Francesca Georg Lhotzky as Sergio Gottoso, le chef du syndicat italien Roger Lumont Adriana Lupi as Zizi Georges Lycan Peter Maffay as Karel Xavier Maly as Riton Cristina Marsillach as Helios Blanca Marsillach as Maria Jacques Martial as Hector K. Julien Maurel as Costa Michele Melega as Milan Marisa Merlini as Madame Pilat Emmanuelle Meyssignac as Odile Miguel Molina as Adolfo Renato Mori as Ginaldo Renato Mori as Le chef des services secrets italiens Bernard Musson Ray Noland as Alfonso Nourredine Oudraly as Jalloum Tony Padron as Morrisot Peter Parak as Petar Dorothea Parton as La demoiselle Maximilien Paz as Le collaborateur major Hans Pemmer as Werner Kretschmer Ricardo Perroti as Kommissar John Phillip Law as Le Finlandais Leonardo Quevedo as Riquet Laurence Ragon Bobby Rhodes as Professeur Kwanda Alito Rodgers as Manuel Lucio Rosato as Julien Vareppe Alain Sachs Alexander Safranek as Le jeune homme Fladia Sala James Sampson as Botschafter Massimo Sarchielli as M. Germain Hermie Schauhuber as La dame Caroline Schellenberger as La petite fille Rudi Schippel as Padic Georg Schuchter as Michael Miriam Scoiho Dietrich Siegl as Raphael Bernard Soufflet Bernard Spiegel Marina Suma as Yvonne Salim Talbi Edith Teichmann as Frau Lohn Francis Terzian Bruno Thost as Kurt Gabriele Tinti as Beppe Hechter Ubarry as Mario Christian Van Cau as Type sourcils Lauro Versari as Nachrichtensprecher Pierre Vielhescaze as Toiseven Stefan Wagesreither as La Masse Rainer Wegscheider as Le restaurateur Barbara Wichart as Eva Claudia Widmann as Karoline Claudia Widmann as La jeune femme Pierre Wognin as Cyril Ralf Wolter as Otto Lohn Augusto Zucchi as Ballestra
What is the most dangerous fencing move?
One fencing move is called a parry. It's where you block the other sword (or whatever the swords are called in fencing). After the parry you riposte. ABSENCE OF BLADE: When the blades are not in contact, i.e. not ENGAGED ANGULATION: Bending the wrist when making a hit so that the point is at an angle to the TARGET APPEL: Stamping the forward foot twice in order to request that fencing action be temporarily ceased. Also used to startle (and possibly 'freeze') your opponent. ATTACK: An offensive action designed to hit the opponent. In foil and Sabre, the fencer initiating an attack has the RIGHT OF WAY provided his/her sword arm is extending and the point (or edge for Sabre) of his/her blade is continuously threatening the target. ATTACK ON THE BLADE: A PREPARATION for an attack, e.g. beat, pressure, or graze ATTACK ON PREPARATION: An attack launched when the opponent is making a preparation for an attack BALLESTRA: A footwork pattern consisting of a jump forward followed by a LUNGE as the rear foot contacts the floor BARRAGE: A bout or bouts fenced to break a tie at a competition. Barrages are seldom required now that direct elimination is used as the competition format. BEAT: A sharp tap on the opponent's blade designed to deflect it and open a line into which an attack may be launched. BIND: A preparation of attack which carries the opponent's blade diagonally across from a high to a low LINE or vice versa BROKEN TIME: A deliberate pause between two movements which normally follow each other immediately CARTE: Inside high quarter of the target. Also, a SUPINATED PARRY defending this line CEDING PARRY: A parry formed by giving way to an opponent who is making a PRISE DE FER CHANGE BEAT: A beat made after a CHANGE OF ENGAGEMENT CHANGE OF ENGAGEMENT: Engaging the opponent's blade in a new line CIRCULAR PARRY: See COUNTER CLOSED LINE: A line which is protected by the blade, arm, and bell guard COMPOUND ATTACK: An attack which includes one or more FEINTS e.g. ONE-TWO CORPS À CORPS: Body contact between fencers. Violation of the rules in foil and Sabre. COULÉ: A sliding of the blade along the opponent's blade prior to an attack COUNTER: An action made with the blade in which the point describes one complete circle. e.g. A counter-sixte parry is made by starting from sixte en garde, moving the point in a clockwise circle and ending in sixte en garde, the opponent's blade being deflected during the circular motion. A counter parry is also known as a CIRCULAR PARRY. A counter-disengage is an action which deceives (avoids) a counter parry by a circular motion in the same direction, but just slightly ahead of the counter parry. COUNTER-ATTACK: An attack made while the opponent is attacking (i.e. attacking 'into' the opponent's attack). In foil and Sabre the counterattack does not have priority (right of way) over the attack. See STOP HIT. COUNTER-DISENGAGE: See COUNTER COUNTER-PARRY: See COUNTER COUNTER-RIPOSTE: The offensive action which follows the parry of a RIPOSTE or of another counter riposte COUNTER-TIME: A planned sequence of actions determined by the opponent's response to the first action of the sequence. An example is A SECOND INTENTION attack COUPÉ: An attack in which the blade is lifted sharply over the opponent's blade just prior to the forward thrust CROISÉ: Taking the opponent's blade from a high to a low line on the same side of the body during a preparation of attack CUT: A hit made with the edge of a SABRE DÉROBEMENT: Evasion of the opponent's attempt to deflect or bind the blade DIRECT: An attack or riposte made in the line of engagement DISENGAGE: Moving the blade from one line to another by a semi-circular motion. DOUBLÉ: A compound attack in which the attacker disengages to draw a counter parry, and then evades the counter parry by making a counter-disengage. i.e. A DOUBLE is a disengage followed immediately by a counter-disengage. EN GARDE: The 'on guard' position (feet shoulder width apart, front foot pointing at opponent, rear foot perpendicular to front foot, knees flexed). If preceded by a reference to a line (e.g. sixte en garde) this describes the position of the blade (i.e. which line is closed). EN MARCHE: While stepping forward ENVELOPMENT: Taking the opponent's blade and describing a circle to return to the line of engagement without losing contact of blades ÉPÉE: Derived from the duelling sword. Hits are scored with the point only. Whole body is valid target. No right of way. ESCIVE: Stepping to the side or twisting of the body to cause the opponent's attack to miss FEINT: An offensive movement made to resemble an attack in order to draw a reaction from the opponent FENCING MEASURE: The distance that is maintained between two fencers during a bout FENCING TIME: The time required to perform a single fencing action FLECHE: An 'all-out' attack (no recovery to guard) in which the fencer leans forward, pushes off from the front foot and leaps toward the opponent, bringing the rear foot forward for the landing. The hit is made before the rear foot touches the floor. The follow-through consists of running past the opponent on the attacker's weapon arm side (i.e. to the right for a right-handed attacker). FOIBLE: The half of the blade nearer the point FOIL: Originally used as a practice weapon by duellists. Target is the torso and hits are scored with the point only. Has right of way convention. FORTE: The half of the blade nearer the guard FROISSEMENT: A preparation of attack made by deflecting the opponent's blade by a strong, sharp grazing action along it HIGH LINE: The part of the opponent's target visible above the swordhand when on guard INDIRECT: A simple attack or riposte made in another line INSUFFICIENT PARRY: A parry which does not close the line completely, and through which the opponent can land a hit INVITATION: Opening a line to offer the opponent the chance for an offensive movement LA BELLE: The deciding hit during a bout (normally used to describe the situation when the score is 4-4 in foil or Sabre) LAMÉ: The plastron of metallised cloth worn over the fencing jacket and used to identify the valid target in foil and Sabre LINE: One of the four quarters (high outside, high inside, low outside, low inside) into which the target is divided for the purposes of defining attack locations and parry positions LOW LINE: The part of the opponent's target visible below the swordhand when on guard LUNGE: The extension of the arm, body, and legs used to reach an opponent. It is done by extending the arm toward the opponent, stepping toward the opponent with front leg, and straightening the back leg OCTAVE: Outside low quarter of the target (supinated parry) ONE-TWO: A preparation for attack consisting of two disengages, the attacker's blade returning to the line that was originally threatened PARRY: A defensive action made by deflecting the opponent's attack with the blade PASSÉ: Used to describe an attack which fails to score a valid hit due to the point of the weapon sliding across the target rather than striking the target directly at the culmination of the thrust. PHRASE D'ARMES: A sequence of fencing actions that is unbroken by a pause. PISTE: The field of play. For competition this consists of a copper mat measuring 14m long by 2m wide. PLASTRON: Also called sous-plastron. The half-jacket worn under the fencing jacket for extra protection. Must be constructed in such a way that the seams do not match the seams of the fencing jacket. POINT IN LINE: In foil and Sabre, extending the weapon arm so that the point is threatening the opponent's target. This establishes right of way, and the opponent must deflect the point before being able to score a hit. PREPARATION: A blade, body, or foot movement made prior to an attack PRIME: Inside high quarter of the target (pronated parry) PRISE DE FER: A preparation of attack in which the opponent's blade is taken by an opposition, envelopment, bind, or croise PRONATED: Refers to a swordhand position with the fingernails downward (see SUPINATED) QUINTE: Inside low quarter of the target (pronated parry). In Sabre, QUINTE refers to a parry defending the head. RECOVERY: Returning to the on guard position after a lunge REDOUBLE-MENT: A renewal of the attack while remaining in the lunge and making one or more arm or blade movements REMISE: A renewal of the attack while remaining in the lunge without making any further arm or blade movements REPRISE: A renewal of the attack which includes a return to guard position RIGHT OF WAY: The rules of play, or convention, for foil and Sabre requiring that a fencer defend himself from an opponent's attack before having the right to attack. In the absence of an attack from his opponent, a fencer can establish his right of way by launching an attack or placing his point in line. The opponent can then gain the right of way by parrying the attack or deflecting the point in line with a beat or prise de fer. RIPOSTE: The reply to an attack (a take-over of the offense). Initiated by the fencer who has defended himself by parrying his opponent's attack. SABRE: Derived from the cavalry sword. Target is the body above the hips and points are scored with the point and the edge. Has right of way. SECOND INTENTION: Having a second action planned in advance to counter the opponent's response to an initial action. Second intention can be either defensive or offensive. SECONDE: Outside low quarter of the target (pronated parry) SEPTIME: Inside low quarter of the target (supinated parry) SIMPLE ATTACK: An attack made with one movement either direct or indirect SIMULTANEOUS: When both fencers conceive and execute a movement at the same time SIXTE: Outside high quarter of the target (supinated parry) STOP HIT: A counter-offensive action consisting of a straight thrust made while the opponent is attacking or making a preparation. In foil and Sabre, the stop hit is in time if it arrives before the opponent has begun the final action of the attack. STRAIGHT THRUST: A simple and direct offensive action SUCCESSIVE PARRIES: A series of parries immediately following each other in an attempt to find the opponent's blade SUPINATED: Refers to a swordhand position with the fingernails upward (see PRONATED) TAKING THE BLADE: A preparation of attack by prise de fer. TARGET: That portion of the body on which points can be scored by landing hits. For Epee the whole body is target, for Sabre the body from the hips up is target, and for Foil the torso (area covered by the lame jacket) is target. In Foil, hits off-target cause a stoppage of the fencing action, while in Sabre they do not. TIERCE: Outside high quarter of the target (pronated parry) TOUCHE: A hit made on target (VALID HIT) VALID HITS: Hits which arrive on the target (TOUCHE)
