fencing, man. fencing.

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

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

[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.

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

Edoardo Luperi (left) against Tevfik Burak Babaoglu!

[ID: a group of foilists with their coach.]

The Canadian junior women’s foil team! Left to right, Alanna Goldie, Jerrica Gu, and Eleanor Harvey.

[ID: two foilists in a bout. The fencer on the left is jumping straight up.]

Fencing at the 2013 Cadet and Junior European Championships!

(Thanks to rakmici for links.)

[ID: a multiple exposure of a foil salute. Old, black and white photo.]

steroge:

Foil Salute (Joe Levis), 1938 by Harold Edgerton

(FEROZ Galerie: Paris Photo Los Angeles)

[ID: two foilists in a bout.]

Carolina Erba against Arianna Errigo!

couragefencing:

 © 2013 Giovanni Minozzi/FIE/ FencingPhotos.com

[ID: two foilists in a bout. The fencer on the left is lunging.]

Fencing at the 2013 Cadet and Junior European Championships!

(Thanks to rakmici for links.)

[ID: a foilist twisting to dodge as her opponent cuts low at her feet.]

Slightly awkward fencing at the 2013 Cadet and Junior European Championships!

(Thanks to rakmici for links.)

[ID: a bunch of fencers practicing on a rooftop. Old, black and white photo.]

nyu-university-programs:

Fencing became a varsity sport in 1923. Since then, NYU teams have achieved national prominence, and NYU fencers have represented the United States Olympic teams with regularity. From the late 1950s through the mid-1970s, NYU fencing teams were among the best in the nation. From 1957-1961, NYU fencers lost only one dual match. In an eight-year span, from 1966-1974, they lost only four matches, and from 1969-1972, Violet teams were undefeated.

Source: NYU Bobst Library

[ID: two women in early fencing uniforms, demonstrating foil. Old, black-and-white photo.]

Fencers from the Pennsylvania College for Women!

holdthisphoto:

1908

[ID: two foilists in a bout. The fencer on the left is lunging as his opponent dodges.]

Hendrik Christen (left) against Maximilien Chastanet at the 2013 Cadet and Junior European Championships!

(Thanks to rakmici for links.)

[ID: a foilist lunging as her opponent parries.]

Ysaora Thibus (left) against Inna Deriglazova!

[ID: a foilist presenting line.]

Fencing at the 2013 Cadet and Junior European Championships!

(Thanks to rakmici for links.)