fencing, man. fencing.

May 20

[ID: two sabre fencers in a bout. The one on the right is lunging as his opponent retreats.]

Boris Savich (left) against Pancho Paskov, at the 2013 Glaive D’Asparoukh Grand Prix!

May 19

[ID: three photos of a foil lesson.]

sebastianifencing:

Michel demonstrating with Kiera Wolfe

May 18

Anonymous asked: Why do you do fencing? In other words, what's in it that got you hooked?

I guess it’s the challenge of trying to get better. I’m a pretty mediocre fencer, and I get discouraged a lot, but every once in a while I can take a step back and see how much better I’ve gotten and how much better I’m going to get. That’s a great feeling.

Also, there’s a lot of awesome people who fence, haha. Probably the community is the biggest reason I keep fencing - I’ve fenced at eight clubs, and I’ve met a bunch of great people at each of them.

[ID: footage from an epee competition.]

Prep and fencing from the RFF Challenge! I always hope that if I watch enough of these, I’ll begin to understand French…

lejournaldesjo:

et ça continue avec les meilleurs escrimeurs du monde !

and it goes on with the best fencers of the world !

May 17

[ID: two sabre fencers in a bout. The one on the left is parrying her opponent’s attack.]

Anja Musch (left) against Yana Egoryan!

May 16

[ID: old, black and white photo of a man giving a foil lesson.]

Ferdinand Uebel (center) at the University of Minnesota in 1941!

May 15

Fundraising!

theonlyhopeformeisart:

So a few fencers from my club (UEA) and other fencers, including myself, have decided we are going to attempt to fence for 24 hours (All three weapons) on August 11th to raise money for Macmillan and The Stroke Association. We are aiming to raise £5000 to split between these two charities. (For anyone in Norwich (UK) it will take place at the Forum from 7am on the 11th until 7am the next day.)

Our Virgin Money Giving page is here:

http://m.virginmoneygiving.com/mt/uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=fence-a-thon&isTeam=true&un_jtt_redirect

Any small donations you could manage would be greatly appreciated! Even just liking/reblogging this to spread the word would be great. :)

I don’t know the fencers/the club, so I can’t vouch for them, but a 24-hour charity fenceathon seems like an awesome idea. As long as no one dies or anything.

[ID: an epee fencer holding an American-flag mask under their arm.]

May 14

[ID: two sabre fencers in a bout. The one on the right is threatening with his blade as he falls backwards.]

Benedikt Wagner (left) against Tiberiu Dolniceanu, at the 2013 Glaive D’Asparoukh Grand Prix!

May 13

[ID: a series of photos from an epee competition.]

lejournaldesjo:

Berne Tissot grand Prix, teaser of the film

[ID: a foil bout in a park. Old, black and white photo.]

mudwerks:

(via Ladies Who Lance: 1930 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

April 16, 1930. “These Washington society girls will compete for fencing title of the District of Columbia at the Mayflower Hotel this week. Left to right: Elizabeth Bunting, judge; Priscilla Holcombe; Maj. Walter E. Blunt, referee; Margaret Montgomery; and Lillian Shuman, judge.” Harris & Ewing. View full size.

May 12

[ID: two epee fencers in a bout.]

Kirill Zhakupov (left) against Nikolaus Bodoczi!

May 11

[ID: video of an epee competition.]

With interviews and footage from the team part of the RFF challenge! Mostly of the bout between France and South Korea, but also France/Germany, USA, and Canada.

lejournaldesjo:

French fencing team at the world’s cup in Paris

L’équipe de France d’escrime au Challenge RFF à Paris

[ID: a sabre fencer jumping with victory.]

Karen Chang!

May 10

[ID: two foilists coming face-to-face during a bout.]

Edoardo Luperi (left) against Tevfik Burak Babaoglu!