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    1996 IBM Fencing Commercial

    This is one of the best commercials I have found with fencing in it...

    http://timmorehouse.wordpress.com/20...ng-commercial/

    Anyone know any other good commercials? I think it's almost time for a top-10 list...

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    Quote Originally Posted by 10000Fencers View Post
    This is one of the best commercials I have found with fencing in it...

    http://timmorehouse.wordpress.com/20...ng-commercial/

    Anyone know any other good commercials? I think it's almost time for a top-10 list...
    That's 'cause they got actual fencers, of course....one of them is Gago Demerchian from LAIFC (not sure which one....I WANT to say the one on the right).

    I remember the Akhi one also....him on the subway in his whites. Funniest line from another black rider..."I didn't know brothers fenced!"
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    I think the best I've seen is the Mercedes "science of movement" ad. It's excellent.

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    Hmm, I actually think Akhi was in two commercials then. He was in one from 2000 Games for IBM, but I think he was also in one after that for something which is the one I think you are talking about which takes place in NYC.

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWRvsZFQXCw

    This one for the NCAA was pretty cool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by migopod View Post
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWRvsZFQXCw

    This one for the NCAA was pretty cool.
    Yep....Nate (the winner) is not a competitive fencer (stage combat...if you saw the History Channel's "Last Stand of the 300" about the Battle of Thermopylae, he played n Dienekes, who said (when informed that Persian arrows would blot out the sun) "So much the better...then we shall fight our battle in the shade."

    The loser is Tim Weske, owner of SwordPlay in Burbank. Tim HAS competed, although the last time was in the late 90s (won the tourney...got his D foil).
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    Quote Originally Posted by 10000Fencers View Post
    Hmm, I actually think Akhi was in two commercials then. He was in one from 2000 Games for IBM, but I think he was also in one after that for something which is the one I think you are talking about which takes place in NYC.
    I think the IBM commercial that featured Akhi was based in NYC. I distinctly remember seeing Akhi fence on a subway and hop into a cab with his equipment.

    Keeth & Erinn Smart also starred in a commercial promoting Silk Soy Milk about 4yrs ago. I remember seeing the two of them fence each other and then eat cereal together after the bout.

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    Quote Originally Posted by migopod View Post
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWRvsZFQXCw

    This one for the NCAA was pretty cool.
    That last lunge looked like it hurt though.
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