This excerpt was brought to my attention by reddit user /u/notinsanescientist. It is from Imre Vass’s book Epee Fencing: a Complete System: “Fencing is like a language. Just like someone trying to listen to a rapid conversation in a foreign tongue, only occasionally can a non-fencer or casual spectator recognize how the individual actions of the…

A student once told me a “horror story” of a time when Olympic Bronze Medalist Susie Scanlan came to fence at his university. Following one of her practice bouts, a club team college fencer with no more than two years fencing experience proceeded to approach Susie and provide an unsolicited critique of her fencing. They quickly…

Full credit for the idea of the riposte .gif goes to reddit user /u/venuswasaflytrap  

Hey folks, I have thrown together the following playlist for your footworkin’ convenience. All songs are edited versions and are appropriate for the kids. I hope you’ll find this to help get your students in a groovy footwork groove. Because children listen to horrible music like Justin Bieber, this is a playlist that doesn’t include…