Le Pechoux wins Shanghai Foil GP
Miles Chamley-Watson now ranked 2nd in the world. Erwann le Pechoux (left) vs. Luca Simoncelli. Photo escrime-ffe.fr Erwan le Pechoux (FRA) dominated Luca Simoncelli (ITA) 15-5 in the final match of...
View ArticleAlex Massialas 3rd in Seoul – Baldini wins.
Alexander Massialas. Photo S.Timacheff/FencingPhotos Alexander Massialas (USA) took 3rd place at the 2011 SK Trophée Séoul Men’s Foil World Cup. Massialas lost to eventual champion Andrea Baldini...
View ArticleBaldini wins 2nd Event in St. Petersburg
Baldini and Cassara topped the medal stand. Photo: http://www.federscherma.it/ Andrea Baldini (ITA) won his 2nd straight world cup to tie Sheng Lei (CHN) atop the FIE World Rankings by winning the St....
View ArticleRace Imboden and Kelley Hurley win Gold at Pan Ams
The Pan American Zonal Championships The US fencers swept medals in the Men’s Foil and Women’s Epee events as Race Imboden and Kelley Hurley won gold in their events at the 2011 Pan-American Zonal...
View ArticleWorld University Games starts August 13th
2011 World University Games are set for Shenzhen, China This weekend marks the start of the fencing competitions at the 2011 Universiade, commonly referred to as the World University Games. The...
View ArticleFencing Masters: Kick off to London 2012 Announced
Fencing Masters is back for 2012 NEW YORK — En garde! New York City is getting ready to host the largest U.S. spectator fencing tournament leading up to the Olympic Games this summer in London....
View Article2012 Olympic Celebration Video
Holly Buechel created this video for the New York Athletic Club’s Olympian party which celebrates the 2012 Olympians and the 2012 World Championship Men’s Epee Team and bronze medal Women’s Saber Team....
View ArticleMiles Chamley-Watson: Winning by a Whisker
Miles Chamley-Watson Photo courtesy Penn State University 8 Points. After a full year of competition and over 5,000 points earned, that is the amount of points that separated being on the Olympic team...
View ArticleTeam USA Looking for Success in Paris
US fencers look to continue their winning ways in Paris A young and unified team, the US Men’s Foil squad looks to build on their success from 2012 and mature into contenders for the 2016 Gold. As the...
View ArticleWorld Cup Round-Up
Team USA Fencers boasts career bests as well as holding onto a #2 team world ranking. Xuzhou Epee Grand Prix Maya Lawrence (Photo: USOC) Maya Lawrence finished 10th at the Xuzhou Epee Grand Prix, a...
View ArticleMiles Chamley-Watson wins Gold at Fencing World Championships
Miles Chamley-Watson wins the 2013 Fencing World Championship in Men’s Foil. Photo S.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com Budapest, 9 August 2013 – Miles Chamley-Watson (USA) becomes world champion in men’s...
View ArticleTop fencers to compete in the World Combat Games
Lausanne, 21 October 2013 – The crème de la crème of fencing will participate in the 2013 World Combat Games in St. Petersburg, Russia. Five out of the six top ranked fencers in the 2012/2013 season...
View ArticleTeam USA looks to start season off at the Challenge International de Paris
Andrea Baldini won the 2013 Challenge International de Paris The world’s top fencers are off to Paris to compete in the first Men’s Foil World Cup event of the 2014-2015 season. Team USA carries the...
View ArticleMiles Chamley-Watson named Athlete Role Model for 2014 Youth Olympic Games
Miles Chamley-Watson with a young fan in Venice. (via Facebook). Today the FIE announced that Miles Chamley-Watson (USA), reigning World Champion in men’s foil and Olympic Champion Lei Sheng (CHN, also...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Harrods Magazine and Fencing
In December 2013 Harrods Magazine used fencing as the backdrop to highlight their fashion collection. Here’s the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb1JmTASfBg US fencers Race Imboden and Miles...
View ArticleAwesome Fencing Fan-Art
Race Imboden tweeted out some fan art of the US Men’s Foil Team: The US Men’s Foil Team of Race Imboden, Miles Chamley-Watson, Gerek Meinhardt, and Alexander Massialas captured as fan art. Tracing this...
View ArticleThe Longest Minute: Using the One Minute Break to Envision Victory
Alex Massialas coached by his father, Greg. Photo: FencingPhotos.com In a previous post, I suggested ideas for how a coach may properly utilize the one minute break to refocus his/her fencer and...
View ArticleVote Miles Chamley-Watson Athlete of the Month
Miles Chamley-Watson is one of the athletes nominated for the Team USA Athlete of the Month award for May 2015. Vote at: http://www.teamusa.org/awards Miles won his first career Grand Prix title at the...
View ArticleMiles Chamley-Watson Wins Tokyo World Cup
Miles Chamley-Watson won the Tokyo World Cup. (Photo via FIE / Bizzi) Miles Chamley-Watson defeated Giorgio Avola (ITA) 15-10 to win the Prince Takamando Men’s Foil World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. This is...
View ArticleMiles Chamley-Watson Wins Tokyo World Cup
Miles Chamley-Watson won the Tokyo World Cup. (Photo via FIE / Bizzi) Miles Chamley-Watson defeated Giorgio Avola (ITA) 15-10 to win the Prince Takamando Men’s Foil World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. This is...
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