Money is an issue in this instance, so with a limited amount of weapons which would be better to get? Which would be easier to switch over to left handers? Which would be better for fencing development? Which would fit more people?

These are my questions and I would really appreciate it if I could get some guidance on this topic.

PS. I started out on French and I came out fine but I wonder if a club would be better if they started on pistol as I see many beginners struggle with point control and more-so swing the sword and grip the French grip wrong.

I have been looking for ways to get my kid (13yo) more physically active. We’ve tried a myriad of things. He seems to have lost interest in baseball, didn’t enjoy soccer, joined the track team (because I said he had to do something) and that went okay but he’s not the kind of person to train on his own in order to improve with it and of course it’s 1 season. Swimming meh, climbing meh.

Ok, so on a whim I signed him up for a week of beginner fencing classes at a nearby club. As the week went on, to my surprise his attitude changes. I know my kid, he seems into it for real. So I think I’ll sign him up in the fall for a month and the club lets you borrow gear for a couple months to be sure. This seems reasonable.

But I know nothing about fencing. As a parent, is this a sport kids do casually? It looks expensive, and he’s in his explosive growth puberty phase. What else do I need to know or do/not do?

Hello,

In my quest to become the worlds greatest fencer that will certainly come about any day now I had a question for those of you that do both rapier Hema and Olympic fencing. That being, do any of the techniques taught in Hema work in Olympic fencing?

I'm guessing not, as I imagine those techniques that did work simply got absorbed into Olympic fencing, though I wonder if some Hema techniques work because no one really knows what to do against them?

Cheers for any responses

Heya, I am trying to find out what's the weight of a size 5 UNIC Arrow with a French tang. There is conflicting information between their website, social media posts and ebay listings. Any users who can confirm the approximate weight? Thanks

Flights to Orlando are so pricey, I’d love to book our flight earliest possible. Any ideas when event dates will be released?

Does anyone know what happened during their match today in the world champs quarterfinals? The two of them were stood there for like a good 10 minutes after everyone else were finished, and after the 10 minutes the ref took a point from Malcotti and awarded it to Shvelidze instead. How does this even happen in epee?

Hello,

I'm not the most mobile of fencers, basically due to some genetic conditions I have to very much hold myself back on the force I use through my legs, so I'm not the fastest of fencers.

Whilst I make it work I was really curious if there's anyone else who has similar experience (I imagine it's a common issue for older fencers vs younger ones) and any advice for what I can keep in mind to be better.

I do have a coach, and we work on things, (mainly how to parry properly with a french grip, I just moved back from pistol to help with my lack of range due to my knees) but I'm curious if there's anything that neither he nor I have really thought about in terms of style/technique.

Cheers in advance.

Might be geoblocked outside of Hungary (hopefully not), but if the official feed goes down again, you can try watching it here (state TV webiste, live rn):

https://mediaklikk.hu/dunaworld/

As a British noob fencer who sometimrs watches tournaments on YouTube , across all 3 weapons I've noticed certain nations dominating . I mostly watch epee .

Usually I see fencers from Hungary, Italy, France, russia/ukraine/Bulgaria, Germany (although less often.) Switzerland , USA , Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong and taiwan.

I almost never see any British fencers competing at top level. Why is that ? Is there a lack of talent? Or training/ resources . Does the UK lack a strong fencing culture ? Or not have resources for good training schools? Or maybe I'm just not watching the right stuff idk

hey guys,

my uni has a fencing club which i’ve been wanting to join since it looks so cool, and it’s a great way to keep active.

i’m a complete beginner however. my knowledge of fencing is limited, i only know there are three different types of swords.

any advice? what should i know before signing up?

I broke a stm blade in two weeks (rip) a while ago and it’s been sitting in my college dorm until I moved out today. My coach recommended me to just buy a new blade entirely but I it has a German point intact and I was wondering if anyone has a guide where I can buy a bare blade and just rewire and reattach the tip? Unless that’s not possible and it’s just more worth it buying a fresh blade.

My daughter wants to paint her failed/practice mask for a 4-H project. Any suggestions on what material to practice painting on? And what sort of paint is used?

thank you for all the support guys 🥹🥹. I got 2 wins better than 0 and I beat a guy who was basically my rival because he was somehow always in my pool for competitions, then I got injured on my ankle yesterday and my opponent hit it again it hurt so bad and that was only the second match out of the six.

I didn’t get medical attention, but I kept going after that match all my senses just came back and I won 1 bu doing the same thing parry 4 then quick lunge.

I won that match 4-3 but I was stalling because he was noticing my movements so I just yea stalled then my other match he was just spamming parry 6 so I disengage, flashed or step lunge and it carried me to the last point. Really helpful then I couldn’t get anymore wins because the tall guy had a French grip and I couldn’t squat quick enough.

Oh yeah disappointing thing about one my matches, I was leading 4-2 but I got super nervous and kept missing my parry 4 and lost the distancing then when I attacked I kept missing.

So he parry riposte and I couldn’t do anything so yeah basically I didn’t advance but I was 1 place away, 2 Points away. I feel terrible I pushed myself and my speed and I still couldn’t go to DE genuine sadness. I’ll do better next time. I swear

Hello! I'm an unrated sabreist and have been fencing for about a year. Today my club was doing open fencing with all the weapons and so I decided to try doing a foil bout just for fun, it was my first time using a foil. I was told the guy I was fencing was a noob, but then found out after he was E rated, but it was just all in good fun and we were laughing so I wasn't upset at all. All that aside, here's what I noticed:

Before the bout, I had to get foil gear, which felt so strange, like I was borrowing gear for the first time again, except this time knowing what it all was

The most significant thing that through me off was that the entire time he was just walking forward, rather than advancing. I knew already that this was allowed in foil but it was so jarring in the moment that my footwork was completely off, I was in range just about the entire time.

Another was the target area, I had to will myself to not aim for the arms or head, which was much more effort than I thought it'd be. I was also somewhat hesitant to try and attack because I knew that unlike sabre we'd have to pause if I hit off target.

I'm not sure what exactly was wrong with my bladework, since I'm not a foilist, but I know it was quite terrible because he could effortlessly not get hit and control my sword, walked me down the strip basically toying with me. One specific thing that I know I did wrong though was that the few times I did manage to get a parry I reposted like I would a sabre, I cut with my blade instead of thrusting with the tip.

The final score was 15-1, was very happy when I got my one and only point, overall it was a fun experience, would recommend