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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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Transcript
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Whenever you see this kitty - please feel free to
ask questions
En Garde!
I am the one with a sword, so lets make
all the jokes now to avoid distraction later
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Okay, lets get serious
Okaaaay
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.
Fencing is like chess, but with puncture wounds
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
TYPES OF FENCING • Stage combat • Historical European martial
arts • Sports
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Competitive fencing is one of the five activities which have
been featured in every modern Olympic Games (1896, Athens)
EQUIPMENT
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CLOTHING
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MODERN FENCING • Foil • Sabre • Épée • Modern
pentathlon
FOIL
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SABRE
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ÉPÉE
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WHEELCHAIR FENCING
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
But I am too old to start…
• 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
But I am not fit enough…
Let me tell you a story about one genius coach
Semen Kolchynskyi (1917 - 2005)
Grigory Kriss (b. 1940)
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Don’t believe me?
Iosif Vitebskiy (b. 1938)
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Can I die?
TL; DR No, but you have to be thankful to
Volodymyr Smirnov
Volodymyr Smirnov (1954 - 1982)
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Can I get hurt?
TL; DR Yes, and you will.
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Why épée?
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I’m sold! Tell me what I have to do!
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BONUS: FUN FACT
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Thank you!