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 ...
Fencing, the sport of sword fighting, is played on a 14-meter-long metal strip known as a piste. A competition between two fencers is called a bout. Fencers earn points in a bout by scoring touches on ...
Daria Jorquera Palmer, a 26-year-old Charleswood resident and fencer, is the No. 1 in senior women’s épée in Canada for the 2013-14 season. On top of holding that respectable title, Jorquera Palmer ...
When it's time for a fencing match, all that matters is you, your sword, and the competition. The intense focus is one of the main reasons former Olympic medalist Miles Chamley-Watson loves the sport ...
Leave it to a top Canadian fencer to cite the Lightsabre as his inspiration. "I'm a huge Star Wars fan," said Vincent Pelletier, who finished 11th in epee at the 2013 world championships. Movies are ...