3 time Men's Foil World Champion Sergei Golubitsky takes some time to review the proposed rules changes to foil, where the game is going, and the role of the referee.
Okay—you’re at wit’s end. The problem showed up when you were fencing, but not when you tried to reproduce it on strip during a halt, and you can’t seem to find anything when you checking out the foil later on. You’re tempted to say ‘screw it’ and do a rewire with new point parts, but you’re just a bit too obsessive about wanting to know just what’s going on to let it rest.
2nd Lt. Seth Kelsey is the top ranked men's epee fencer in the United States and a member of the 2004 Olympic Team. He trains as a member of the United States Air Force's World Class Athlete Program. He recently took some time between world cup travels to talk to Fencing.Net.
Jim Carpenter was a fixture in the US epee standings during the 1990's, with a long career that saw him as a member of the 1996 Olympic Men's Epee team in Atlanta, a two-time medalist in the Pan Am games, a three-time US Team National Champion, three-time member of the US World Team. Retiring from fencing in 1996, Carpenter just couldn't stay away. He is now building the next generation of épéeists as head coach at the Grapevine Fencing Center in Grapevine, Texas. Michael Aufrichtig (of Fencing Footage) interviews Jim Carpenter on his involvement in the sport.