Classical Historical or SCA Fencing – What are they?
This post came out of one of the forum threads and I thought it made for a somewhat decent overview of some of the different takes on sword combat and fencing that exist. If you’re going to start talking about some of the other sword arts, it’s a good idea to have an idea where [...]
How to Fence: with Mariel Zagunis (Video)
Overview of the fencing gear used and basics of fencing sabre with Mariel Zagunis.
Video: Story of Keeth Smart
The FIE channel on YouTube just put up a documentary clip about Keeth Smart, his career, and success at the 2008 Olympics. Keeth Smart won the silver medal with the US team at the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008. Being really dedicated to fencing, he never forgot that there is a life after sports. He [...]
How you can save $50/night on your NAC Hotel stays
Putting in a relatively small amount of time and work, we were able to cut our hotel costs traveling to national events this season almost in half by using an alternative to THS, USA Fencing’s recommended hotel booking service, now been replaced by iSol. Instead, we just used Priceline’s ‘Name your own price’ feature. The [...]
American Fencer Makes Top Five of International Film Festival
This year marked the debut of the first annual Arnold Sports Film Festival. The film festival was run in partnership with Campus MovieFest and had 150 entries from 30 countries. There was also a high school division of 40 films. Films were under fifteen minutes in length with the goal of showing what inspires athletes. [...]
BlackBlades Film Premiers at Arnold Sports Festival
Donald Anthony announced today that SwordSport and Ozone Studios will be showing the short documentary film BlackBlades has been selected to premier at the Arnold Sports Film Festival on March 5, 2011, between Noon and 2:00 PM, at the Arena Grand Theater in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The first- ever Arnold Sports Film Festival is being [...]
En Garde! Cocktail
Tim Morehouse gave fencing lessons Monday night to members and guests of The Society, a culture club for the creative class in Toronto, NYC, Miami, and Los Angeles. The event was sponsored by Zacapa Rum and featured the En Garde! cocktail: En Garde! 1 1/2 oz Zacapa Rum 3/4 oz Lime Juice 3/4 oz Simple [...]
Fencers featured on Nowness: Video
Jason Rogers and Mihail Etropolski star the made-for-the-web fencing film “The Duel” by filmmaker Carter Peabody. The film launched on NOWNESS.com. Look for a behind-the-scenes film which includes a short interview with Jason Rogers on Nowness’ Facebook page.
Do you need to have your name on your fencing uniform?
The requirements for having your name on the back of your fencing jacket or lame (or on the rear leg of your fencing pants) have been updated as of the September 2010 USA Fencing Board of Director’s meeting. As of now, the following tournaments require you to have your name on your fencing uniform: USA [...]
Go Fencing and Get Smarter
The science is in: physical activity boosts your brainpower. Intuitively, it seems natural that physical fitness would be linked to sharper intelligence, and according to a recent presentation at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), exercise makes you smarter. This is good news for everyone, but particularly so for [...]
