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Fencing

Helen
March 28, 2018
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 Fencing

How to poke people and get away with it

Helen

March 28, 2018
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  1. I am the one with a sword, so lets make

    all the jokes now to avoid distraction later
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. Competitive fencing is one of the five activities which have

    been featured in every modern Olympic Games (1896, Athens)
  5. • 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