The Point: Weapons On and Off the Fencing Strip

Brus, Brian

ISBN 13: 9798251940749

Published by Independently published, 2026

About this Item

Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Seller Inventory # S_478282509

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Point: Weapons On and Off the Fencing Strip
• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798251940749
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

After 30 years on the fencing strip, Brian Brus noticed something: the patterns drilled into students — read the threat, close the line, don't let them inside your guard — showed up everywhere else in human life. In boardrooms and bedrooms, in literature and law, in the way a child learns to argue and the way empires fall.

The Point follows that observation across centuries and disciplines, from dueling codes to childhood language development, from Shakespeare's stage fights to the courtroom. The thesis is simple and unsettling: the distance between a swordfight and a shouting match is shorter than we want to believe — and the people most likely to wound us are the ones we've already let inside our guard.

A fencer's guide to the conflicts that don't come with a referee.