Mr. Lee and Sword fights

[Helen Dyer]

Hi Everyone,

Last October (2006) I posted a thread about the photographs of Mr. Lee at the Jules Verne Aventures Festival where he had received the 'Jules Verne Lifetime Achievement Award' (March 2006).....Well I happened to be perusing those photographs again (and to see if there was anything new going on at the JVA), and I happened to find something I missed before!

At the bottom of the page (where Mr. Lee is holding a beautiful Award and a Sword), The award is due to Mr. Lee holding the World's Record for having 'Sword fights in movies'.

The Award Mr. Lee is holding was presented by the 'Académie des Armes de France' and is the "diplôme de Maîtres d’armes d’escrime artistique et de spectacle" (Roughly Translated: Academy of the Weapons of France the diploma for the occupation of Fencing masters of artistic fencing and spectacle).........

I am Sorry I didn't pay closer attention earlier....:(

Congratulations Mr. Lee

The website (so you don't have to search through the posts: if you are interested):
http://www.julesverneaventures.com/j...cle346&lang=en

Cheers,;)
Helen

[Julia Dykiert]

Getting an Award by the Académie is a great honour and he really deserves it. I wonder if Mr. Lee got this Main Gauche as an additional gift!
(It's a very beautiful one):-))

Thank you for posting the link again!

[Andrés Verdú]

Hello everyone,

Many thanks indeed, Helen, for posting the updated information and link relating to Mr Lee and the Jules Verne Aventures Festival. It is always lovely to see Mr Lee being recognised for his long and varied contributions to cinematic history; and after nearly losing his little finger in an unfortunate swordfighting encounter with Errol Flynn early on in his acting career, I'm sure that Mr Lee was very proud and pleased to receive the [i]diplôme de Maîtres d

[Joakim Lundberg]

Originally Posted by Andrés Verdú

Hello everyone,


One of the more interesting moments on the documentary The Many Faces of Christopher Lee is when Mr Lee takes up a sword (a 17th century rapier) and demonstrates the art of swordfighting. He reminds the viewer just how difficult it is to both swordfight AND make it look as though it is real (i.e. that one intends to kill one's adversary). Thanks again, Helen:

Warmest regards,

Andrés

He is a wonderful sword teacher.

[Amber Klinge]

He's the best sword fighter in the show biz. Was Errol Flynn better at sword fighting or was Mr. Lee? Just wondering. Or were both the best?

Thanks,
Amber