Hello stick brothers and sisters! I'm quite far from HQ but currently supplementing my stick Escrima training with traditional Western Fencing (like with a foil) - not the modern Olympic kind with the electronic scoring machine. It's quite practical and, like Mark teaches Escrima, begins with the fundamentals of how fighting actually works, not just a pretty collection of techniques one could only employ in a classroom. I'm to the phase of bouting which is quite fun. I'm getting pretty decent at feinting and timing as it is an absolute requirement to achieve any sort of touch.
We are all fencers here, but who among you also practice with a foil/epee/sabre?