Nick Evangelista is a fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 master, author

Author

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, and magazine publisher.

Evangelista teaches the classical French school of fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 in Springfield

Springfield, Missouri

Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. According to the 2010 census data, the population was 159,498, an increase of 5.2% since the 2000 census. The Springfield Metropolitan Area, population 436,712, includes the counties of...

, Missouri

Missouri

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. He was trained by Olympic fencer Ralph Faulkner.

Evangelista is also the publisher of Fencers Quarterly Magazine.

He has a son, Justin.

Works

One of the more prolific and outspoken proponents of classical fencing

Classical fencing

Classical fencing is the styles of modern fencing as they existed during the 19th and early 20th century. According to the 19th-century fencing master Louis Rondelle,...

, Evangelista has authored several books, including:

• The Art and Science of Fencing ISBN 1-57028-075-4
• The Inner Game of Fencing ISBN 1-57028-230-7
• The Encyclopedia of the Sword ISBN 0-313-27896-2
• The Woman Fencer ISBN 1-930546-48-3 (co-authored with his wife, Anita Evangelista)