"En Garde (Modern Family) ""En Garde"" is the seventh episode of the ABC sitcom ""Modern Family"" and the seventh episode of the series overall. It premiered on ABC in the United States on November 4, 2009. The episode was written by Danny Zuker and directed by Randall Einhorn. In the episode, Manny takes up fencing and he is quite talented. Jay is very proud of Manny, something that causes Mitchell's childhood ice skating trauma to resurface. These feelings cause Mitchell to confront Claire about it, who he finds responsible for it. Phil tries to find Luke's hidden talents after Manny's"
"En Garde! En Garde! is a role-playing game set in 17th century Paris. Players take the roles of gentlemen duellists. The game was designed by Frank Chadwick and first published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) in 1975. Game Designers' Workshop got into the RPG field with ""En Garde!"" (1975), a swashbuckling game by Frank Chadwick; it was a hybrid game, part RPG and part strategy. ""En Garde!"" was designed by Darryl Hany and Frank Chadwick, and published as a 48-page digest-sized book in 1975, with a revised edition in 1977. David M. Ewalt, in his book ""Of Dice and Men"","
"ran for over ten years. When SFC Press was liquidated in 2003 the rights to the game were acquired by Evans personally. Evans' company Margam Evans produced a new edition of the game. En Garde! En Garde! is a role-playing game set in 17th century Paris. Players take the roles of gentlemen duellists. The game was designed by Frank Chadwick and first published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) in 1975. Game Designers' Workshop got into the RPG field with ""En Garde!"" (1975), a swashbuckling game by Frank Chadwick; it was a hybrid game, part RPG and part strategy. ""En Garde!"""
"facing whomever he/she is saluting and raises his/her sword to a vertical position with the guard either at or just below face level, and then lowers it again. Various apocryphal stories about the origin of the salute circulate, like gladiators saluting each other in the arena, crusaders pointing their sword heavenward in pre-battle prayer, duellists showing each other that their swords are the same length, etc. The most likely source of the modern fencing salute is the ""Present arms"" command from military drill, which originated in the 16th century. After the salutes are completed, the referee will call ""En garde!"""
"The fencers put on their masks and adopt the fencing stance with the front foot behind the en-garde line and, in foil, with the blade in the sixte line. They are now in the on-guard (""en garde"") position. The referee then calls ""Ready?"" In some countries, the fencers are required to confirm that they are. Finally the referee will call ""Play!"" or ""Fence!"", and the bout will start. Judging is often done in French, in which case the referee will say ""En garde! Prêts? Allez!"" or, if both fencers are female, ""En garde! Prêtes? Allez!"" (In some circles, beginning the"
"Shin guard A shin guard or shin pad is a piece of equipment worn on the front of a player’s shin to protect them from injury. These are commonly used in sports including association football, baseball, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse, cricket, mountain bike trials, and other sports. This is due to either being required by the rules/laws of the sport or worn voluntarily by the participants for protective measures. Modern day shin guards are made of many differing synthetic materials, including, but not limited to: The shin guard was inspired by the concept of a greave. A greave is"
"team to first win 5 matches (a majority) was declared the winner. Fencing practice and techniques Fencing practice and techniques of modern competitive fencing are governed by the ""Fédération Internationale d'Escrime"" (FIE), though they developed from conventions developed in 18th- and 19th-century Europe to govern fencing as a martial art and a gentlemanly pursuit. The modern weapons for sport fencing are the foil, épée, and sabre. A fencing bout takes place on a strip, or ""piste"", which, according to the current FIE regulations, should be between wide wide and long. There are two en-garde lines (where the fencers stand at"
"point guard, who implements the coach's game plan by managing the execution of offensive and defensive plays (player positioning). Informally, players may play three-on-three, two-on-two, and one-on-one. Invented in 1891 by Canadian-American gym teacher James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, basketball has evolved to become one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the most significant professional basketball league in the world in terms of popularity, salaries, talent, and level of competition. Outside North America, the top clubs from national leagues qualify to continental championships such as the Euroleague and FIBA"
"Beautiful Game"" in English. The Beautiful Game The Beautiful Game () is a nickname for association football popularised by the Brazilian professional footballer Pelé. Although the exact origin of the phrase is disputed, football commentator Stuart Hall used it in 1958. Hall admired Peter Doherty when he went to see Manchester City play at Maine Road and used the term ""The Beautiful Game"" to describe Doherty's style when playing. The exact origins of the term are disputed. The origin has been attributed to Brazilian footballer Waldyr Pereira (Didi), and the presenter Stuart Hall claimed to have originated it in 1958."
"term being derived from the term ""fore-caddie"", a caddie waiting down range from the golfer to find where the ball lands. These caddies were often warned about oncoming golf balls by a shout of the term ""fore-caddie"" which was eventually shortened to just ""fore!"". The Colonel Bogey March is based on the descending minor third which the original Colonel Bogey whistled instead of yelling ""fore"" around 1914. Fore (golf) ""Fore!"", originally a Scots interjection, is used to warn anyone standing or moving in the flight of a golf ball. The mention of the term in an 1881 British Golf Museum"
"pas!"" (""The Guard dies but does not surrender!"") is generally attributed to General Pierre Cambronne. It has been suggested that this was in fact said by another general of the Guard, Claude-Etienne Michel, during their last stand at the Battle of Waterloo. The retort to a request to surrender may have been """"La Garde meurt, elle ne se rend pas!"" (""The Guard dies, it does not surrender!""). Letters published in ""The Times"" in June 1932 record that they may have been said by General Michel. The Guard was composed of three echelons. The Old Guard comprised some of the finest"
"The Beautiful Game The Beautiful Game () is a nickname for association football popularised by the Brazilian professional footballer Pelé. Although the exact origin of the phrase is disputed, football commentator Stuart Hall used it in 1958. Hall admired Peter Doherty when he went to see Manchester City play at Maine Road and used the term ""The Beautiful Game"" to describe Doherty's style when playing. The exact origins of the term are disputed. The origin has been attributed to Brazilian footballer Waldyr Pereira (Didi), and the presenter Stuart Hall claimed to have originated it in 1958. The English author and"
"not most of the top fencers have used the new paradigm or at least adjusted to fence those who do. Épée The modern épée ( or , ) derives from the 19th-century Épée de Combat (itself a derivative of the French small sword), and is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in sport fencing. As a thrusting weapon, the épée is similar to a foil (compared to a sabre, which is also designed for slashing), but has a stiffer blade, which is triangular in cross-section with a V-shaped groove called a fuller, has a larger bell guard,"
"Scudetto The scudetto (Italian for: ""little shield"") is a decoration worn by Italian sports clubs that win the annual championship of their respective sport in the previous season. The ""scudetto"" was created in the 1920s to honour the winner of the national association football league (which eventually become Serie A in 1929) and the first ever team to wear it was Genoa C.F.C. in 1924. Later, it was adopted by the teams of other sports. Sources generally agree that the inventor of the ""scudetto"" was the Italian poet and playwright Gabriele D'Annunzio. In his youth, D'Annunzio was a keen follower"
"ground commander grew more and more important. It was not long before aircraft were shooting at each other, but the lack of any sort of steady point for the gun was a problem. The French solved this problem when, in late 1914, Roland Garros attached a fixed machine gun to the front of his plane, but while Adolphe Pegoud would become known as the first ""ace"", getting credit for five victories, before also becoming the first ace to die in action, it was German Luftstreitkräfte Leutnant Kurt Wintgens, who, on July 1, 1915, scored the very first aerial victory by"
"parry by pivoting his blade under fencer B's weapon (from straight out to more or less straight down), putting fencer B's tip off target and fencer A now scoring against the low line by angulating the hand upwards. Whenever a point is scored, the fencers will go back to their starting mark. The fight will start again after the following commands have been given by the referee (in French in international settings): ""En garde"" (On guard), ""Êtes-vous prêts ?"" (Are you ready?), ""Allez"" (Fence!). Fencing has a long history with universities and schools for at least 500 years. At least"
"lancer regiment, and frequently mentions tent pegging and his broader skills with the lance. Tent pegging Tent pegging (sometimes spelled tent-pegging or tentpegging) is a cavalry sport of ancient origin, and is one of only ten equestrian disciplines officially recognised by the International Equestrian Federation. Used narrowly, the term refers to a specific mounted game with ground targets. More broadly, it refers to the entire class of mounted cavalry games involving edged weapons on horseback, for which the term ""equestrian skill-at-arms"" is also used. Cavaliers have practised the specific game of tent pegging since at least the 4th century BC,"
"Carabinieri, Spanish Civil Guard, Portuguese National Republican Guard and the Turkish Gendarmerie. The word ""gendarme"" comes from the Old French ""gens d'armes"", meaning men-at-arms. During the Late Medieval to the Early Modern period, the term referred to a heavily armoured cavalryman of noble birth, primarily serving in the French army. The word gained policing connotations only after the French Revolution when the Maréchaussée of the Ancien Régime was renamed the Gendarmerie. Historically, the spelling in English was ""gendarmery"", but now the French spelling ""gendarmerie"" is more common. The ""Oxford English Dictionary"" (""OED"") uses ""gendarmery"" as the principal spelling; Merriam-Webster uses"
"In Middle Dutch, the verb meant to grab or to handle. By the 14th century, this had come to be used for the equipment used for fishing, referring to the rod and reel, etc., and also for that used in sailing, referring to rigging, equipment, or gear used on ships. By the 18th century, a similar use was applied to harnesses or equipment used with horses. Modern use in football comes from the earlier sport of rugby, where the word was used in the 19th century. In American football and Canadian football, to tackle is to physically interfere with the"
"""tenez,"" which means ""take heed"" – a warning from the server to the receiver. Real tennis evolved, over three centuries, from an earlier ball game played around the 12th century in France. This had some similarities to palla, fives, pelota, or handball, in that it involved hitting a ball with a bare hand and later with a glove. This game may have been played by monks in monastery cloisters, but the construction and appearance of courts more resemble medieval courtyards and streets than religious buildings. By the 16th century, the glove had become a racquet, the game had moved to"
"into use in English in the mid-13th century from Old French, via the Anglo-Norman term ""Tenez"", which can be translated as ""hold!"", ""receive!"" or ""take!"", but there is no reference to this in contemporary literature and so there is no evidence of this derivation. A call from the server to his opponent indicating that he is about to serve. The first known appearance of the word in English literature is by poet John Gower in his poem titled 'In Praise of Peace' dedicated to King Henry IV and composed in 1400; """"Of the tenetz to winne or lese a chase,"
"Angleball Angleball is a registered sports fitness organization and equipment manufacturer for North America's oldest sport, anejodi. Angleball's anejodi rules were reestablished as an American tradition during World War 2 at Brown University by collegiate Hall of Fame football and basketball coach Charles ""Rip"" Engle (March 26, 1906 – March 7, 1983) to keep American World War 2 servicemen fit prior to deployment. Angleball equipment is currently played by 1,000,000+ people in the United States and worldwide and for conditioning in the NFL and by Team USA Olympic athletes. Since 2014, Angleball has inspired a recurring game-type in the world's"
"Gendarme (historical) A gendarme was a heavy cavalryman of noble birth, primarily serving in the French army from the Late Medieval to the Early Modern periods of European history. Their heyday was in the late fifteenth to mid sixteenth centuries, when they provided the Kings of France with a potent regular force of heavily armoured, lance-armed cavalry which, when properly employed, could dominate the battlefield. The word ""gendarme"" derives originally from the French ""homme d'armes"" (man-at-arms), plural of which is ""gens d'armes"". The plural sense was later shortened to ""gendarmes"" and a singular made of this, ""gendarme"". Like most fifteenth"
"Jeu de paume Jeu de paume (; ) is a ball-and-court game that originated in France. It was an indoor precursor of tennis played without racquets, though these were eventually introduced. It is a former Olympic sport, and has the oldest ongoing annual world championship in sport, first established over 250 years ago. Originally spelled jeu de paulme, now it is called ""real tennis"" , court tennis (US) or courte paume (France). In the earliest versions of the game, the players hit the ball with their hands, as in palla, volleyball, or certain varieties of pelota. ""Jeu de paume"", or"
"Tent pegging Tent pegging (sometimes spelled tent-pegging or tentpegging) is a cavalry sport of ancient origin, and is one of only ten equestrian disciplines officially recognised by the International Equestrian Federation. Used narrowly, the term refers to a specific mounted game with ground targets. More broadly, it refers to the entire class of mounted cavalry games involving edged weapons on horseback, for which the term ""equestrian skill-at-arms"" is also used. Cavaliers have practised the specific game of tent pegging since at least the 4th century BC, and Asian and later European empires spread the game around the world. As a"
"Épée The modern épée ( or , ) derives from the 19th-century Épée de Combat (itself a derivative of the French small sword), and is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in sport fencing. As a thrusting weapon, the épée is similar to a foil (compared to a sabre, which is also designed for slashing), but has a stiffer blade, which is triangular in cross-section with a V-shaped groove called a fuller, has a larger bell guard, and is heavier. The technique, however, is somewhat different, as there are no rules regarding priority and right of way."
"Fencing practice and techniques Fencing practice and techniques of modern competitive fencing are governed by the ""Fédération Internationale d'Escrime"" (FIE), though they developed from conventions developed in 18th- and 19th-century Europe to govern fencing as a martial art and a gentlemanly pursuit. The modern weapons for sport fencing are the foil, épée, and sabre. A fencing bout takes place on a strip, or ""piste"", which, according to the current FIE regulations, should be between wide wide and long. There are two en-garde lines (where the fencers stand at the beginning of the bout) either side of the midpoint. There are"
"to use the name Jeu à Treize (""Game of Thirteen"", in reference to the number of players in a rugby league side). The rules of the sport had continued to evolve, and until the 1940s there was no world governing body to oversee this and ensure consistency. Negotiations between the respective governing bodies were required to fix rules to be used for tours, though generally the other nations took their lead from the British authorities. For example, the field goal was banned by the New South Wales Rugby League in 1922 however this method of scoring was not officially recognised"
"Fore (golf) ""Fore!"", originally a Scots interjection, is used to warn anyone standing or moving in the flight of a golf ball. The mention of the term in an 1881 British Golf Museum indicates that the term was in use at least as early as that period. It is believed to come from the military ""beware before"", which an artilleryman who was about to fire would yell, alerting nearby infantrymen to drop to the ground to avoid the shells overhead. (""Before"" may mean ""in front of (the gun being fired)""; ""fore"" may mean ""(look) ahead"".) Other possible origins include the"
"over and after the Second World War the barette had virtually disappeared. Simone Weil - French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist - is widely reported to have ""played rugby"", though the sport she was playing was almost certainly barette. Barette (sport) Barette, Barrette or Barrette Acquitaine was a form of football, originating in the south-west of France. Very similar in outward appearance to rugby union, it was codified in the 1880s and evolved into a popular women's team sport in the 1920s before disappearing shortly before the Second World War. La Barette, or ""the football"", was played for many"
"Barette (sport) Barette, Barrette or Barrette Acquitaine was a form of football, originating in the south-west of France. Very similar in outward appearance to rugby union, it was codified in the 1880s and evolved into a popular women's team sport in the 1920s before disappearing shortly before the Second World War. La Barette, or ""the football"", was played for many years prior to the nineteenth century in southern and central France. Also known as ""hien"" in Picardy, Artois and Brittany, and sometimes ""soule"" or ""shul"" its name comes from the name for the ball - the ""barette"". Originally there were"
"old guard"" can pejoratively refer to any outdated establishment in English as well. Old Guard (France) The Old Guard () were the elite veteran elements of the Emperor Napoleon's Imperial Guard. As such it was the most prestigious formation in Napoleon's ""Grande Armée"". French soldiers often referred to Napoleon's Old Guard as ""the Immortals"". It is believed that Napoleon hand-selected members of his Old Guard based on physical traits, most notably above-average height. Their imposing stature was likely impressive to foes and allies alike. Awards as well as veterancy were also taken into consideration when selecting troops for the Old"
"Fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre; winning points are made through the contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, singlestick, appeared in the 1904 Olympics but was dropped after that, and is not a part of modern fencing. Fencing was one of the first sports to be played in the Olympics. Based on the traditional skills of swordsmanship, the modern sport arose at the end of the 19th century, with the Italian school having modified the historical European martial art of classical"