Each year we compete a 3 weapon team championship. Teams consist of one foilist, one epeeist, and one sabreur. Foil and sabre bouts are for a total of 5 touches, epee for 1 touch. Winning team is the first team to 6 touches. Competition is fenced as a pool unique…
Seeding for practice pools for the week of 21 February is as follows: Foil: (1) Noah (2) Mason (3) Frank (4) Nathan (5) Alan (6) Mark (7) Maximilian (8) Fred (9) Leopold Epee: (1) Alex (2) Evan Z (3) Charles (4) David (5) Grace (6) Leonardo (7) Len (8) Tyler…
The purpose of the first action in a compound attack is to destabilize an opponent’s potential defense by inducing them to put their blade in motion. We term this first action a feint, and all subsequent actions prior to the final attack are also termed feints. However, it is important…
Seeding for practice pools for the week of 21 February is as follows: Foil: (1) Mason (2) Frank (3) Nathan (4) Noah (5) Alan (6) Mark (7) Maximilian (8) Leopold Epee: (1) Evan Z (2) Alex (3) Charles (4) David (5) Grace (6) Leonardo (7) Len (8) Fred (9) Evin…
Our Youth 12 Foil fencers Mason and Maximilian placed 2nd and 7th respectively at the River City Rumble in Richmond on Sunday, 21 February. In his second tournament, Mason dominated his pool winning all 4 bouts and ending with 20 touches scored and 3 received, for a seed in the direct elimination…
Compound attacks used to be the culmination of the fencer’s art, multiple tempo actions that required blade virtuosity and the ability to lead an opponent through a series of movements leading to his or her downfall. The epitome was the tour d’epee, formed by change of engagement, change of engagement to…
The Salle Blog is moving from its old home on Blogger to this website. It will take some time to complete harvesting the old posts, arranging them by categories, and making edits and updates, but the work is underway. Starting with the week of 21 February, we will resume posting…
Congratulations to Brian Ainley for passing the requirements for Level 1 of the Pan American Fencing Academy Skills Development Program. PAFA is currently in the midst of a complete update of the Skills Development Program. If you are actively working on a new level, you have until 1 April to complete…