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This tournament will be open to spectators (so invite your friends and family!). There will only a foil event at this tournament. Everyone will be guaranteed at least 5 bouts, possibly more. It will be in the Laird Room on the second floor of the Dreyfus University Center on Saturday December 6th. We are moving to this larger venue to accommadate the growing size of these tournaments! Registration for Foil will begin at 1:30pm and bouting will begin at 2:00pm. Notre Dame Academy Fencing Club, Stevens Point YMCA Fencing Club, and UW-Marshfield/Wood County Fencing Club will all be invited to take part in our tournament.
It's almost time for vacation, but our competitive fencers are not done. This meet will be held in the Milwaukee area at the Catholic Memorial High School on November 23rd. Competiting gives you a chance to win a real turkey, just in time for dinner! For more information on this tournament, check out its listing.
There will be an armoury workshop on Tuesday November 18th at 6:30pm in the IMC of the Library. This will cover repairing non-electric foils, sabres, and épées. There will be a second part immediately afterward that covers repairing electric equipment.
We will be having a Hibachi Night at the Tokyo Steakhouse on Thursday November 13th at 6pm. Please reserve a spot by signing up during practice. Meals are roughly $20 (it depends on what you order). Please sign up by Monday November 10th.
This tournament will be open to spectators (so invite your friends and family!). There will only a sabre event at this tournament. Everyone will be guaranteed at least 5 bouts, possibly more. It will be in the Laird Room on the second floor of the Dreyfus University Center on Sunday November 9th. We are moving to this larger venue to accommadate the growing size of these tournaments! Registration for sabre will begin at 1:30pm and bouting will begin at 2:00pm. Notre Dame Academy Fencing Club, Stevens Point YMCA Fencing Club, and UW-Marshfield/Wood County Fencing Club will all be invited to take part in our tournament.
We will be running a Fencing Referee Clinic on the afternoon of Saturday November 8th. I highly recommend that all of you attend. It is important for a fencer to know the rules, not just for the referees. We'll discuss the rules in greater depth, answer and questions, go over some common misconceptions and mistakes, and get to practice refereeing. I strongly encourage both our new fencers and our returning fencers to participate in this event!
Our competitive fencers will be heading down to Chicago for the biggest tournament of the season! We will be fencing at Northwestern University against fencers from around the counrty on the weekend of October 24th - 26th. For more information on this tournament, check out its listing.
On Tuesday October 14th, right after practice, we will be hosting a movie night in the IMC of the library. We will be watching "The Three Musketeers" (1993). Featured in it are Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, and many others. I hope to see you there!
We will be running a competitive fencing clinic on Saturday September 27th in HEC 110. This will be in two parts. The first part will be from 9am - Noon for USFA competitive fencers only. We will be working mostly one-on-one during this morning session and focusing on individual needs. The second part will be from 2pm - 5pm and is open to all UW-SP fencers. This half will of the clinic will be on bouting. A lot of open bouting, bouting drills and games, and tactics discussion will happen. Whenever possibile, one-on-one lessons will be available to all.
On Tuesday September 23rd, right after practice, we will be showing parts of the 2007 United States Fencing Association's Summer Nationals sabre events. We will discsuss at length the merits and faults of each bout we show, and try to get a feel for higher level competition. It will be held at 6:30pm in the IMC on the third floor of the library.
Our first practice for new members will be on Monday September 15th. Practices this term will be Mondays and from 4pm-6pm and Tuesdays from 4:30pm-6:30pm in HEC 110. Bring all of your friends and try the amazing sport of fencing!
It's a great new school year and time for this semester's Involvement Fair! We'll be making our presence known at the UC from 7-9pm on Thursday September 11th. We hope to see you all there!
Our first practice for the Fall semester will be on Tuesday September 2nd. Practices this term will be Mondays and from 4pm-6pm and Tuesdays from 4:30pm-6:30pm in HEC 110. Let's make this year even better than the last!
Our first practice for the summer will be on Monday June 2nd. Practices this summer will be Mondays and Thursdays from 6pm-7pm in HEC 110. It looks to be another exciting term!
This tournament will be open to spectators (so invite your friends and family!). There will be foil and sabre events. Foil will be in the afternoon and sabre in the morning. Everyone will be guaranteed at least 5 bouts, possibly more. It will be in HEC 110 on Saturday May 3rd. Registration for sabre will begin at 9:30am and bouting will begin at 10:00am. Foil registration will begin at 12:30pm and bouting will begin at 1:00pm. Notre Dame Academy Fencing Club, Stevens Point YMCA Fencing Club, and UW-Marshfield/Wood County Fencing Club have all been invited to take part in our tournament. This will be our first inter-club competition!
The third and last movie of our fencing movie night series will be The Princess Bride (1987), starring Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, and Robin Penn. We will be showing it on Thursday, April 24th, in the IMC (library 3rd floor) at 7pm in Room 308.
There will be a competitive fencing meeting on Tuesday March 25th at 6pm in DUC 236. We will walk together over there after practice. We will discuss what is involved in competitive fencing in the United States Fencing Association. If you are interested in competing next school year, it is strongly recommended that you attend this meeting.
The second movie of our fencing movie night series will be The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), starring Guy Pearce, Jim Caviezel, and Richard Harris. It's a fantastic movie, with a number of climatic sword fights throughout. We will be showing it on Thursday, March 13th, in the IMC (library 3rd floor) at 7pm in Room 308.
There will be an armoury workshop on Tuesday March 4th at 6pm in the IMC of the Library. This will cover repairing non-electric foils, sabres, and épées. Weapons and tools to practice on will be available, although you are more than welcome to bring your own.
The first movie of our new fencing movie night series will be The Last Musketeer (2000). It was a movie made for TV in the UK. It has a lot of amazing foil fencing throughout it. We will be showing it on Thursday, February 28th, in the IMC (library 3rd floor) at 7pm in Room 308.
This semester's first Fencing Club fundraiser will a bake sale in the DUC. It will be on Wednesday February 27th, from 9am-4pm. We're going to be selling mostly puppy-chow, as that is the biggest seller. We will have a variety of other items as well.
The new UC is open and it's time for this semester's Involvement Fair! We'll be making our presence known at the UC from 7-9pm on Thursday February 7th. We hope to see you all there!
Our first practice for the Spring semester will be on Tuesday January 22nd. Practices this term will be Mondays and Tuesdays from 4pm-6pm in HEC 110. It looks to be another exciting semester with even more events planned!
We will be having two Winterim fencing practices for fencers who are on campus or in the area over winter break. They will be on Thursdays January 3rd and 17th from 6pm-8pm in HEC 110. I hope to see some of you there!