A Midsummer Night’s Blog

We Passed!

Filed as Classical Fencing, Fencing, General on December 15, 2008

12/15/2008

Saturday evening, I completed the requirements for the classical Italian fencing masters degree.  In consideration of the circumstances of the closing of the program at SJSU, the maestri waived the requirement for the thesis and conferred the certification of Master at Arms that night.  (This is a bit ironic since I already have 50+ pages written for the thesis, but I was encouraged to complete the work on my own initiative and I’ll follow through with that.)

It’s been a lot of work and I want to thank all of you for helping me learn to fence and teach.  While it might seem that this is an ending, it is in fact the beginning of my real work and I’m very aware that I am the junior maestro in a family of talented and experienced fencing masters.

Thanks again for all your support and assistance,

P.