Fencing

Students find a marriage of intellect and athleticism with the Wildcat Fencing Club

I thought this was a really nicely done news story about a local fencing club. Kudos for those girls being willing to talk about their experience on camera!

American athlete Eli Dershwitz interrupted his Harvard education to train for the Rio Olympics. Fresh off a world-championship win, he’ll now be striving for the ultimate victory

You can watch the live feeds from Milan starting tomorrow

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I'm on my third BF foil blade, so I decided to test a blue FIE blade, but despite using it, I haven't found much difference with a white one... Is the difference just due to the color?

Good luck to all fencers competing in Summer Nats!

Epee is the better weapon.

There aren't any pesky right of way rules to protect you. It's solely between the fencers. If you hit, you get a point. It's so beautiful in its simplicity. This also makes it more accessible for non-fencers to understand what is going on.

Also, you don't have to deal with pesky things like lames and ensuring there aren't dead spots. Who wants to wear even more layers when you're already a sweaty mess just wearing the normal protective gear.

So, c/fencing, I challenge you to change my view. Why are foil/saber better than epee?

This seems to be one of the biggest instances. .ml is running pretty slow, but this one seems to be coping with the load.

Feel free to drop a comment introducing yourself. What weapon(s) do you fence? How long have you been fencing? General part of the world are you located in?

Bonus: What would you like to see from this community?

For me: I'm an E rated epee fencer in the US. I have a total of 7.5 years of experience, though the first 2.5 years were about a decade before my current 5 years of experience so I'm not sure how much they count.