We are very proud to announce that Salle member Dede Deane has been selected for the United States team for the 2019 Pan American Veterans Championship to fence in Veterans Womens Sabre. The Championship will be held at the Sports Center CEFED in Cochabamba, Bolivia from the 26th to the…
Not every attack arrives on target as a hit. We will dispense with the attacks that land off target in foil for this conversation. However, let’s look at the attack that is (1) parried by blade or (2) parried by distance (today commonly called a distance pull, although theoretically it…
Sorry to start out this post with higher order mathematics, but a good understanding of basic grade school math and of equally basic geometry goes a long way toward understanding fencing. I hope everyone understands the basic equation 1 + 1 = 2. In everyday life that is pretty much…
In 2005 at an Oregon Fencing Alliance clinic Maitre Wang Yung made a comment to the effect that the sabre itself was relatively unimportant to sabre fencing – that you could achieve the same result with an electrified piece of spaghetti. The sabre has not yet been replaced by electrified…