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James Williams – Post Portland Interview
Cool picture of James Williams shot by Nigel Barker After the Portland NAC we caught up with James Williams. Unfortunately, the interview failed to get published in a timeline manner, so here it is a little late. James…
February 3 2012, 8:51pm | Comments »
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Italy Tops Qualification Standings for Men’s Foil
Paris proved great for the US. The top 4 qualifying teams remained in the top 4, but an early loss by Japan gives Germany hope. In the Olympic team foil event, the top-4 teams qualify directly to the…
January 30 2012, 4:21pm | Comments »
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Olympic Qualification Analysis – Men’s Epee after Legnano
Despite flat performances, most of the top qualifiers remained in place. The top seeds this weekend came out flat and did nothing to solidify their spots while two fencers on the outs made big moves to displace their…
January 30 2012, 3:40pm | Comments »
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Men’s Epee – What to Watch for in Legnano
The Olympic selection will become a little clearer this weekend. The final leg of Olympic qualification for Men’s Epee begins this weekend in Legnano, Italy with a World Cup event. This event provides standard points, with 32 points…
January 26 2012, 1:30pm | Comments »
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Geza Imre (HUN) Captures the Vito Noto, Women compete in Coupe d’Europe 2012
Vito Noto International Cup Soren Thompson (USA) participated in a Men’s Epee feature event in Italy, held just one week before the Legnano world cup kicks of the second half of the Olympic qualifying season. Gladius shared the…
January 25 2012, 6:36pm | Comments »
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Fencing in the Media: Sports Advertising Edition
Fencers are popping up in some more advertisements. This time it’s Asics that features a glimpse of a couple of fencers. British Fencing turned us onto the ad: Curtis Miller and Ian Williams appear in Asics advert. Amazing…
January 25 2012, 4:19pm | Comments »
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Christian Bauer – Russia’s Desire for Immediate Results Depletes Fencing Program
Christian Bauer. Photo FencingPhotos.com Over on Facebook and in the forums Allex posted the following translation from a Russian site’s interview with Christian Bauer. The interview, as all of Bauer’s, provides insights on where the Russian program stands…
January 19 2012, 7:09pm | Comments »
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Remembering Charlotte Remenyik – NW and OSU Coach
Remenyik in 1981. Photo Ohio State The Ohio State University blog posted a profile and obituary of former head coach Charlotte Remenyik, who passed away December 21, 2011. Remenyik came to the United States from Hungary after the…
January 19 2012, 6:43pm | Comments »
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Yale Researchers affirm the Hot Hand in Sports
Can scoring streaks or going on a hot streak be confirmed? Photo: S.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com Having a “hot hand”, going on a run, being “on fire”. Across all sports there are examples where an athlete seems to suddenly be unstoppable…
January 16 2012, 1:30pm | Comments »
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Live Results from the Portland NAC
Spiffy USA Fencing QR Code for the Portland NAC USA Fencing is providing live results this weekend at the Portland Division I and Junior North American Cup (NAC) event. The live results functionality is a part of the…
January 14 2012, 4:16am | Comments »
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SOPA – Why you should call your Senator to Oppose It
SOPA will censor websites across the Web. SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) is a really bad bill that looks to be on the fast track for voting when Congress comes back in session. Now, I usually don’t say…
January 13 2012, 3:56pm | Comments »
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CBS’s Charles Osgood takes a look back at the work of fencing master Bob Anderson and notable photographer Eve Arnold. Read more at CBS News
January 9 2012, 3:23pm | Comments »
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Lignano Junior World Cup Results in Sabre and Epee
Lignano Fencing Junior World Cup Yana Egorian (RUS) defeated Mariya Ridel (RUS) 15-8 to win the Lignano Sabbiadoro Junior Women’s Saber World Cup event today. The bronze medals were shared by Martina Petraglia (ITA) and Elizaveta Kiryanova (RUS). …
January 6 2012, 10:25pm | Comments »
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Ibtihaj Muhammad Talks with Michel Martin on NPR
Ibtihaj Muhammad Though she is training 40 hours per week in her attempt to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games, Ibtihaj Muhammad took some time to talk about her faith and fencing on NPR. World-class fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad…
January 5 2012, 8:06pm | Comments »
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Highlight Reel of Bob Anderson's Hollywood Sword Fights Metafilter linked out to a 2 part highlight reel of Bob Anderson’s sword fighting scenes: Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URuzSAEAQac Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UZPLkeQtpY Thanks Peach!
January 3 2012, 3:29pm | Comments »
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