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…