Fencing

How to poke people and get away with it

Transcript

2. Whenever you see this kitty - please feel free to ask questions
3. En Garde!
4. I am the one with a sword, so lets make all the jokes now to avoid distraction later
8. Okay, lets get serious
9. Okaaaay
10. Disclaimer: you will learn today a lot about Ukrainian fencers. Sorry, but we’re just good at it*. *That has probably something to do with communism.
11. Fencing is like chess, but with puncture wounds
12. HISTORY* • believed to have originated in Spain • the oldest surviving manual on western swordsmanship dates to around 1300 • modern fencing influenced by Italian and French schools • the shift towards a sport: in 1763 Domenico Angelo established a fencing academy in London *of modern fencing
13. TYPES OF FENCING • Stage combat • Historical European martial arts • Sports
15. Competitive fencing is one of the five activities which have been featured in every modern Olympic Games (1896, Athens)
16. EQUIPMENT
22. CLOTHING
28. MODERN FENCING • Foil • Sabre • Épée • Modern pentathlon
29. FOIL
31. SABRE
33. ÉPÉE
35. WHEELCHAIR FENCING
37. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
38. But I am too old to start…
39. • Géza Imre (b. 1974), épée, 40 - world champion, 41 - silver in Olympics • Aladar Gerevich (1910 - 1991), sabre, 50 - team gold in Olympics • Bogdan Nikishin (b. 1980), épée, 38 - gold in World Cup
40. But I am not fit enough…
41. Let me tell you a story about one genius coach
42. Semen Kolchynskyi
 (1917 - 2005)
43. Grigory Kriss
 (b. 1940)
45. Don’t believe me?
46. Iosif Vitebskiy
 (b. 1938)
48. Can I die?
49. TL; DR No, but you have to be thankful to Volodymyr Smirnov
50. Volodymyr Smirnov
 (1954 - 1982)
52. Can I get hurt?
53. TL; DR Yes, and you will.
55. Why épée?
61. I’m sold! Tell me what I have to do!
65. BONUS: FUN FACT
67. Thank you!