drove up to fence this event mostly for practice. wanted to fence some foil before atlanta, and wanted to fence epee period, since i don't have anyone to practice with in practice. i treated my pools in epee like practice in order to get some much needed practice in. results reflected this, as i dropped a lot more touches than i should've, and dropped a bout. i can't really recall who was in my pool, but i went 4-1, +18. ended up seeding tied for first, on the top side ...
I looked at the list of entries for the next NAC and noted my name was not there. This is a good thing because it means my withdrawal went through in time, but it also felt much like someone kicked me hard in the gut. I am not going to be there. Only 11 WSV50 participants. I had to resist the desire to book a flight, grab my equipment and offer to pay a late fee. Never mind I haven't fenced in two months, I WANNA GO!!!!!!
Why fencing is not on television. No one is willing to support it, especially fencers themselves. I am doing this post in response to Mr. Ma question and requests at the JOs’. I realize that I didn’t give him all the information that he would need so hopefully this post will help. Now one of the things that most people don’t realize about television is that it is a business (no really it is). A big one at that. First of all, every local television station is privately owned. They ...
It has been raining since New Years... with a few brief pauses. Mud, mud, mud... On to training last night at Mannheim. NH, AtK and AL were there. We warmed up--it was quite competitive with the four of us!--and did the drills, then fenced 5-touch bouts. Everyone was fencing quite well, at least for the first hour or so. Interesting how quickly staying loose and letting your legs do the work wears you out. Lesson w/Alex S: extend-strong advance ...
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