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Daniel Bukantz - Righteous Recipe for Longevity

The New York Times has an article profiling Daniel Bukantz, 4 time Olympian who is about to turn 90:

With bullets whizzing over his head in the Battle of the Bulge, Daniel Bukantz dug his foxhole and hunkered down because, as he freely admits, “I was scared.”

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Fencing Couture

fencing couture

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Nike and Fencing: Nike Anytime ads

Nike is starting up their Olympic branding campaign with a series of spots showcasing people breaking out into performing different sports.

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Chinese Fencing Association - We didn’t guarantee a gold medal

Fencing.net has been referenced in news in China now.  The Chinese Fencing Association (CFA) backpedaled on a vow by a senior fencing official that China would win a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games.  In the article that the CFA referenced, China Guarantees a Gold Medal at the Beijing Olympics, I reported that: Continue Reading »

Rapiers for Halloween

Over the next week I’m betting that I get a couple of orders for overnight shipping of a practice foil to help complete the perfect fencing halloween costume.  It happens every year.

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Why Vezzali makes me sick

If you check out this interview with Valentina Vezzali over at Schermaonline you’ll get some nice insights into Italian fencing and good quotes from Vezzali.

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I flew all the way to Russia…

Here’s a great post by Bill Ward, who is blogging for FencingPictures over at the World Championships: Continue Reading »

Women’s Sabre World Championships - Video Highlights

Video highlights of the 2007 Individual World Championships in Women’s Sabre.  Surprisingly, no US fencers finished in the medal round with Ward ousted in the 32 and Zagunis and Jacobson out in the quarterfinals (top-8).

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Spongebob Fencing Pants

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Getting regional tournament reviews

My next project is to get more of the club owners or tournament organizers to submit write-ups of the tournaments for publication on fencing.net and via my Technorati Profile.  It’s an easy way for the club and tournament to build PR, especially with the number of non-fencers who come by the site looking for more information on the sport. 

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