Yale Researchers affirm the Hot Hand in Sports
Having a “hot hand”, going on a run, being “on fire”. Across all sports there are examples where an athlete seems to suddenly be unstoppable – hitting every action, or nailing every shot from the field. The idea of the “hot hand” in sports is something widely believed, but there has not been any scientific or statistical proof to back it up.
Remembering Bob Anderson
CBS’s Charles Osgood takes a look back at the work of fencing master Bob Anderson and notable photographer Eve Arnold. Read more at CBS News
Bob Anderson Highlight Reel
Metafilter linked out to a 2 part highlight reel of Bob Anderson’s sword fighting scenes: Part 1 Part 2 Thanks Peach!
Swordmaster Bob Anderson Dies at 89
Bob Anderson, the legendary sword-master and fight director who fought as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, died this weekend at the age of 89. He died early New Year’s Day at an English hospital, the British Academy of Fencing said Monday. Not only was Anderson a renowned fight director, but was an [...]
Fencers Promote Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
UK Fencer Claire Bennett brought fencing and Zelda together at a launch party for the newest Zelda title Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii. As part of the launch, Bennett demonstrated foil fencing and played some of the new Zelda game with her own limited edition Gold Wiimote.
See Fozzy Bear Fence
The Muppets opens on Thanksgiving and has a brief “fencing” scene in it. (Look closely and you’ll see the gear we provided for the scene.) Here’s the trailer and you can see Fozzy geared up to fence at 1:01 in.
Epee Fencing Commentary – 2011 Challenge Monal
Lorenzo Casertano has done another commentary. this time it is of one of the semifinals from the Monal world cup in Paris between 2008 Olympic champion Matteo Tagliariol (ITA) and up and coming Ruben Limardo (VEN). Let us know what you think. enjoy! Additional discussion in this forum thread.
Mariel Zagunis picks up sponsor
Mariel Zagunis announced today that she has signed a sponsorship agreement with TD Ameritrade that is good through the 2012 London Olympics. Mariel will be speaking at TD Ameritrade’s Investools Investor Conference Sept 12-14. The two time gold medalist is also sponsored by Nike and Leon Paul.
Friday News Roundup
A few fencing news stories hit the press this week among them: Virgin Islands Good Hope School starts fencing program With a little help from the USVI Fencing and International Fencing federations, Good Hope School in Frederiksted has introduced the fast and skillful sport of fencing to its athletics program. Maya Lawrence on 2011 World [...]
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 [...]
