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Continuing to work on our preparations for attacks, we also learned how to do a half circle. With the disengage, cutover, and now half-circle we now have the full complement of basic esquives for changing lines and avoiding parries.
The United States Fencing Association (USFA) has finally finished their move to their new website. This is the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of fencing in the US. You can check out their new website here.
I'll be showing the Foil Event from the St. Petersburg World Championship from 2007. We will be showing this in the IMC at 6pm on Monday March 2nd, right after practice.
There will be a Ladies Fencing Night on Monday March 9th. Invite all your female friends to come and try out fencing that night. No boys allowed, including myself! Danielle Reed will be leading the event that night, with support from the other female Club members. There will be refreshments and cool door-prizes. Remember, this is an evening for ladies to try out fencing, so no previous experience is required. All men should report to the Alumni Room in the DUC for practice that night.
I will be hosting a competitive fencing meeting on Thursday March 5th at 6pm in the DUC 211. If you are even remotely interested in competing next Fall, please attend. We will discuss all the details about competing in the United States Fencing Association.
On March 14 - 15th, our competitive fencers will be heading to the Twin Cities to fence in the Minnesota Open during Spring Break. It was a great event last year and looks to be just as good this year. For more information, check here.
Everyone continues to progress nicely on their beat-attacks. We also started learning about change-beats this week.
Our competitive fencers traveled to Milwaukee last weekend to fence in the Milwaukee Sport Fencing Academy's Open Foil tournament. Danielle Reed brought home a silver medal for the women's event! She took 15 out of 15 in the mixed event. Mark Juetten also competed and took 13 out of 15 in the mixed event. Congratulations to both of you! Our next big competitive event will be the Minnesota Open during Spring Break.
There will be a Ladies Fencing Night on Monday March 9th at 4pm in HEC 110. Invite all your female friends to come and try out fencing that night. No boys allowed, including myself! Danielle Reed will be leading the event that night, with support from the other female Club members. There will be refreshments and cool door-prizes. Remember, this is an evening for ladies to try out fencing, so no previous experience is required. All men should report to the Alumni Room in the DUC for practice that night.
I'll be showing the Foil Event from the St. Petersburg World Championship from 2007. We will be showing this in the IMC at 6pm on Monday March 2nd, right after practice.
I will be hosting a competitive fencing meeting on Thursday March 5th at 6pm in the DUC 211. If you are even remotely interested in competing next Fall, please attend. We will discuss all the details about competing in the United States Fencing Association.
Welcome back to the Fencing Club and the start of a new semester. We continued to work on beat attacks this week. We'll be adding the change-beat to our fencing vocabulary next week.
This Spring's equipment order will start next week and go from February 9th to 17th. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to e-mail me.
The Armourer's position is once more open. If you are interested, please e-mail or talk to myself or Henry by the end of practice on Monday (Feb 16th).
I'll be showing the Foil Event from the St. Petersburg's World Championship from 2007. We will be showing this in the IMC at 6pm on Monday March 2nd, right after practice.
I will be hosting a competitive fencing meeting on Thursday March 5th at 6pm in the DUC 211. If you are even remotely interested in competing next Fall, please attend. We will discuss all the details about competing in the United States Fencing Association.
We will be running a referee clinic in the DUC Alumni Room on Thursday March 12th at 6pm. This will be a condensed version of the one we hosted last Fall. A good knowledge of the rules is key for every fencer. For more information, check out the informational sheet.
Welcome back to the Fencing Club and the start of a new semester. We started learning the beat attack this week. We also had some fun and played a few fencing games.
This Spring's equipment order will start next week and go from February 9th to 17th. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to e-mail me.
Amanda Boshers, our Treasurer, has decided to organize a new fencing fundraiser. Sarah's brainchild was to make a Fencing Club Calendar. Amanda, smitten with this idea, decided to make it a reality. If you're interested in modeling for this calendar, please e-mail Amanda. And note that Officers have no choice, their names are already on the list as available models (except Chaz who has been granted a special exemption).
Our first movie night of the semester will be on Monday February 9th, right after practice. We will be hosting the movie night in the IMC of the library. We will be watching "Scaramouche" (1952). It stars Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, Mel Ferrer, and many others. It's a great romantic comedy with some of the best and longest sword duels in the history of Hollywood. I hope to see you there!
On February 15th, our competitive fencers will be heading to Milwaukee to fence in the Milwaukee Sport Fencing Academy's Open Foil Tournament. Both Mark Juetten and Danielle Reed will be competing. For more information, check here.
Last Spring, I found out about a music video that had a ton of fencing in it (thanks to the Fencing.net forums). "What Made Milwaukee Famous" (the band, based out of Texas) has a music video for their song "Sultan". The song was playing while I was working today. It has great and cool épée fencing throughout it. The only bad piece of fencing is at the end where the "coach" brings back his arm before lunging. Please don't ever do that. You can find a copy of this video here.
We are hosting two non-electric fencing tournaments again next semester. Each of these tournaments will be held in the Laird Room of the DUC. Registration will begin at 1:30pm and bouting will begin around 2pm. Mark your calendars and invite your family and friends to join us! The dates are below.