On April 10, Graham Wicas, 16, of Newtown Square became the first U.S. Cadet (under 17) male to win the gold medal for the epee sword at the Junior and Cadet World Cup Fencing Championships. Until ...
Some athletes get a rush from being on the field with a team. Others, like one-time Olympic medalist Miles Chamley-Watson, prefer one-on-one combat. Chamley-Watson describes what he loves about facing ...
Speed, energy, and precision are what defines top-level fencing, one of only a handful of sports that have been featured in every modern Olympics since 1896. There are three disciplines of fencing: ...
It was late June and 10-year-old Alexander Duncan stood in Miami holding a long, pointed weapon in his hands. This was the big city and he was preparing to face a gang of kids who wanted to beat him.
The sound of clashing metal rings through the air in a former dance studio in Abingdon. Here, coach Greg Paye puts his students through their paces at the Maryland Fencing Club. Drills include lunging ...
SCHWEINFURT, Germany -- A thrust, a dodge, a gold medal. Kendric McIntyre, an eighth-grade student in the Schweinfurt community, was named Bavarian champion fencer for his age group at the Bavarian ...
No less than twice a week, the third floor of Edinburgh’s venerable Pixy Theatre features its own Maestro. It’s here that Anthony Joslin, an accomplished fencer for most of his 55 years, teaches ...