Jeu De Fantaisie
Advanced Level Fencing term
Definition
The style, tactics, and strokes beloved of romantic and historically-minded fencers with a taste for old treatises, who delight in experimenting with archaic theories, or in the imitation of the flamboyant play of stage duels; unscientific, obsolete, over-elaborate fencing which could not be risked in a serious encounter.
Explanation
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