The US Fencing Officials site has posted an update based on the latest decisions of the FIE Arbitrage Commission.
Starting now the phrase “non-correct” has been eliminated from the referee verbiage. Going forward we will use the phrase “sur la preparation” or in the preparation.
What is the personality of your fencing club? Are you workers or slackers? Do you train fencing, or play fencing? Are you an athlete building up for performance or in a rec league of sorts?
This is a post over at my blog where I talk about my views of a few types of clubs I've been at and get one coach's perspective.
During the past few years we've interviewed many of the top US and world fencers about how they approach the sport of fencing and what training techniques and strategies they use to succeed.
Every world class fencer has indicated the importance of a solid mental approach to fencing. Whether for performance in preliminary rounds or for the Olympic finals, a mastery of the mental game is a key component of the fencers' success.
The United States team of James Williams, Keeth Smart, Jason Rogers, and Tim Morehouse took the Silver medal today in the 2008 Olympic men's team sabre competition. The heavily favored French team of Nicolas Lopez, Julien Pillet, and Boris Sanson won the match 45-37.
The US men's sabre team of Jason Rogers, Tim Morehouse, and Keeth Smart rallied from a 35-40 deficit to defeat Russia 45-44 in the semifinal round of the Olympic men's team sabre competition. The United States will face France for the Gold medal.
The United States Women's Foil team of Emily Cross, Erinn Smart, and Hanna Thompson won the silver medal in the team competition today. They lost to top ranked Russia 28-11. This is the United States' first ever medal in the women's foil discipline. The United States team entered the Olympic Games as the 7th seed and were expected to lose their first match against 2007 world champion Poland.
