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From fencing.net
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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From fencing.net
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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From fencing.net
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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From fencing.net
Swordmaster Bob Anderson Dies at 89
Bob Anderson as Darth Vader on set of Return of the Jedi Bob Anderson, the legendary sword-master and fight director who fought as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, died this weekend at the age of…
January 3 2012, 2:50pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
Tosh.0 Recreates (dangerously) a product video from Cold Steel Swords Allen shared this one on our Facebook page and it was laugh out loud funny. (Yes, a sword can pop a balloon.) Maybe we need more fencing product…
December 29 2011, 3:49pm | Comments »
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Fencers Promote Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Claire Bennett and Liz Ng at the Zelda Launch Event UK Fencer Claire Bennett brought fencing and Zelda together at a launch party for the newest Zelda title Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii. As part…
November 23 2011, 11:00am | Comments »
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From fencing.net
The Muppets - Now with more sword fighting. The Muppets opens on Thanksgiving and has a brief “fencing” scene in it. (Look closely and you’ll see the gear we provided for the scene.) Here’s the trailer and you…
November 22 2011, 3:04pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
Epee Fencing Commentary – 2011 Challenge Monal
Lorenzo Casertano has done another commentary. this time it is of one of the semifinals from the Monal world cup in Paris between 2008 Olympic champion Matteo Tagliariol (ITA) and up and coming Ruben Limardo (VEN). Let us…
September 15 2011, 6:34pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
Mariel Zagunis picks up sponsor
Mariel Zagunis announced today that she has signed a sponsorship agreement with TD Ameritrade that is good through the 2012 London Olympics. Mariel will be speaking at TD Ameritrade’s Investools Investor Conference Sept 12-14. The two time gold…
September 9 2011, 4:56pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
A few fencing news stories hit the press this week among them: Virgin Islands Good Hope School starts fencing program Read more: http://virginislandsdailynews.com With a little help from the USVI Fencing and International Fencing federations, Good Hope School…
September 2 2011, 4:38pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
How you can save $50/night on your NAC Hotel stays
You can save some of this using Priceline. (Photo viaPutting in a relatively small amount of time and work, we were able to cut our hotel costs traveling to national events this season almost in half by not…
August 16 2011, 3:10pm | Comments »
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Getting Ready for the Fencing Season: Training
You shouldn't spend all of your time at the fencing club to get ready for the fencing season.Resources for planning and measuring your fitness and training for the 2011-2012 fencing season.Now that all of the schedules for the…
August 12 2011, 4:03pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
Credit: James Yang“We insist on giving our best effort in everything we undertake. Furthermore, we see a huge difference between “good mistakes” (best effort, bad result) and “bad mistakes” (sloppiness or lack of effort.)”That was one of the…
April 20 2011, 8:54pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
Video Replay – Nobody can hear you scream
USA Fencing has invested in 5 video replay systems for use at NAC events.Video Replay – It’s been working at the FIE level for events for some time now and USA Fencing has been using video replay at…
April 19 2011, 5:08pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
American Fencer Makes Top Five of International Film Festival
American Fencer made it to the top 5This year marked the debut of the first annual Arnold Sports Film Festival. The film festival was run in partnership with Campus MovieFest and had 150 entries from 30 countries. There…
March 28 2011, 8:47pm | Comments »
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