Régis Sénac
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Régis Sénac, famous French fencer and instructor, father of Louis Sénac.
Sénac was for many years instructor of fencing in the French army (Maître d'Armes in the Grand Imperiale of France) before emigrating to the United States in 1872. He established a fencing school in 1874 in Broadway near Forty-third St., the "Salle d'Armes", to which is son Louis later succeeded him as director. On April 10, 1876 he won the fencing championship of America in a contest held at Tammany Hall, New York, along with 500 hundred dollars.
In addition to his wide experience as an instructor, in France he participated in three duels and in each encounter was victorious, escaping without a single scratch, while each of his opponents was seriously disabled.
[edit] References
- "The Other Wild West: Fencing in New York in the 1880s and After", by Ken Mondschein
- Sénac, Regis and Louis (1930), The Art of Fencing, New York: American Sports Publishing Company (Spalding's Athletic Library).
