There were so many photographs that did not make it into the "Image of Fencing" book and the 2009 Calendar. I've asked Serge Timacheff if I could post them here on a regular basis and he agreed.
Sabre fencer Mariel Zagunis, the only daughter of two Olympic rowers, was born to be an athlete. However, Zagunis’ own Olympic odyssey has been anything but simple. Through disappointment, performance pressure and ultimately success, Zagunis proves that luck has little to do with it.
In a New Collective Approach to Training, European Fencing Goes All Out For Olympic Stardom.
On October 27, more than 50 junior athletes and coaches from across Europe gathered in Luxembourg for an intensive week's training which featured epee and foil fencing.
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.
US Olympian Seth Kelsey and Cody Mattern will be hosting an epee developmental camp at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs this December.
Katherine Holmes, a Cadet fencer from Washington, DC, is one of the finalists of Sports Illustrated for Kids "Sports Kid of the Year" contest. According to one Fencing.Net member, "she is a great up-and-coming fencer, who took gold in Y-14 as well as bronze in Cadets, Juniors, Seniors, and Div IA at Nationals. And you know that she is funny, smart, and modest."
