Fred Cavens(1882-1962)
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Fencing master and graduate of the Military Institute of Physical
Education and Fencing (Belgium), he was responsible for bringing style
and technique to the duels in Hollywood films. Born of French parents,
Cavens had started in a military school at the age of seven and by the
time he was 15 had decided to take up the sword. He graduated from the
Institute at 18 and was a fencing master at 21. Soon after his
marriage, to a danseuse in a Belgian opera company, he emigrated to the
US. His son Albert Cavens was his associate in the teaching and
performing fencing stunts in Hollywood movies.
