You may or may not have heard that the first Olympic gold medal awarded to an American was in women’s sabre - and the U.S. swept the event, picking up the silver and bronze as well.  While the U.S.’s lack of a long history of fencing and pedigree in most of the weapons means they don’t [...]

Wow. Where do I start. I guess a good beginning would be why I would want to blog about fencing.
I’ve been fencing since I was twelve, competing locally and nationally, and was a starter on the Brandeis University fencing team. Since college, I’ve been fencing consistently, though not competing anymore. I also taught fencing for [...]