Beautiful flower seedling growing in the center trunk as a concept of new life The mind is the most powerful thing that we have. In both fencing and in daily life, we have the opportunity to change our manifested world when we adapt our mindset. It’s no easy thing to...
A common question from parents in regards to fencing is whether the size of their child matters. This is one question with a quick answer: It doesn’t. It does not matter if a child, or even an adult, fencer is much shorter or much taller than their opponent. The...
There has always been a careful balance between school and sports, but now the facets of this challenge have changed completely. Not only is school and sport totally different than it has been before, there is also the added struggle of navigating a crisis. Everyone...
Alan Buchwald is a true long distance fencer. Not only has he been fencing for many years with tremendous success, but he is also fencing from a long distance thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. This veteran fencer continues to inspire me every day, and oftentimes I...
6 Times Olympic Champion from Jesi - Valentina Vezzali. Photo Augusto Bizzi Getting to the top doesn’t happen in isolation. Though we are all feeling the isolation right now, for fencers we know that it takes a community to create a champion. During our in-depth...
Budapest, 15-23 July 2019 World Championships Epee Women and Sabre Men In photo: MOELLHAUSEN Nathalie Photo by #BizziTeam “I have a demon inside of myself and when I fence, he comes out and he blocks me completely from expressing what I can do. So I came here to...
Today’s world is a place that is unfortunately divided. Deeply divided. We see people throw down gauntlets between each other over race, political views, nationality, economics, religion, just so many things. Little things sometimes that don’t matter in the bigger...
We know, things have changed. Times are hard. For most of us, the experience of this pandemic has meant a fundamental change in our everyday lives. It’s time to realize that we cannot continue to stay still. We have to move forward. There are a lot of terrible things...
Ed Korfanty, Mariel Zagunis and Cathy Zagunis The dream of the Olympics is something that every fencer and every fencing parent thinks of at some point. It is a big dream, maybe a romantic dream, and definitely a far away dream for most fencers and their parents. ...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, fencers are faced with something that we have never been faced with before - with a feeling of solitude in an absence of an opponent in front of them. What is a fencer without an opponent? Are we really anything? Certainly we must be...
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