The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has a stated goal of making fencing more audience friendly and many of the rule changes over the past 10-15 years have been made in this interest. This blog post is about two aspects of that, that I feel are generally overlooked – bout length and connection. Generally speaking, people […]
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Coach Liz here. The 2016-2017 season is starting and it’s got me thinking about some of my favorite tournament stories. Here they are, for your enjoyment. Non-Combativity in Women’s Epee – Tale as Old as 2003 or so When I first got started I wasn’t good enough to be worthy of a rivalry with […]
Hey all, Dan here. This season sees two new rules for saber and the return of an old rule for foil. Here’s a quick rundown with a little commentary by me. First the foil change: Once up on a time, foilists had to keep their front shoulder in front and their back shoulder in back, […]
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The Olympic fencing events have ended (except Pentathlon, but I don’t know any of those people). It was a great games to watch, and we’re really proud of the American fencers who brought home two silvers and two bronzes. Since many of the events happened during the day, we had to find creative ways to […]
The Future of Fencing: The Dual Meet Format
The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has a stated goal of making fencing more audience friendly and many of the rule changes over the past 10-15 years have been made in this interest. This blog post is about two aspects of that, that I feel are generally overlooked – bout length and connection. Generally speaking, people […]
How to Be a New Fencer
Tournament Stories by Coach Liz
Coach Liz here. The 2016-2017 season is starting and it’s got me thinking about some of my favorite tournament stories. Here they are, for your enjoyment. Non-Combativity in Women’s Epee – Tale as Old as 2003 or so When I first got started I wasn’t good enough to be worthy of a rivalry with […]
New Rules for the Coming Season
Hey all, Dan here. This season sees two new rules for saber and the return of an old rule for foil. Here’s a quick rundown with a little commentary by me. First the foil change: Once up on a time, foilists had to keep their front shoulder in front and their back shoulder in back, […]
Houston Sword Sports watched the Olympics!
The Olympic fencing events have ended (except Pentathlon, but I don’t know any of those people). It was a great games to watch, and we’re really proud of the American fencers who brought home two silvers and two bronzes. Since many of the events happened during the day, we had to find creative ways to […]