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…