I am an epee fencer using French grip. My feint to the hand can draw parry 2 or 8 very consistently. My intent is to disengage (around the bell guard front inside to outside) to hit the shoulder or chest. But my disengage was never clean out of those big parry, so attacks were failed . What should I do once I get those big parry movement?

I painted this about a year and a half ago

Are the ASICS gel rocket 11 wide good for fencing? If not, are there any other wide shoes that work well and are in stock? Thanks

I noticed, looking at my old foil with a purple hex tech nut and my epee with its gold folo barrel, that the brands have all sorta given up going down the personalised touches route...

About 10 years ago the future looks promising for this, with guard pads with flags emblazoned on them, the introduction of flags on masks, a shoddy post by leon paul where they doodles all over a sabre guard with some sharpies. And now aside from the masks, these have all gone.. or failed to launch.. or just kinda put neatly to the side on their websites..

Id love to hear peoples thoughts as to why this might have all stopped. Personally im about to spray paint my sabre pommels white so i know which ones are mine

Our club has quite a big percentage of veteran fencers. We mainly train so that all adults (18 - 62) are in the same group. How do you see the situation, would you create separate lessons for younger (18 - 30/35) and older (35 +) fencers? Do they need to learn all the same things?

I am definitely not a fencing coach but have been in a similar situation with my earlier sports in which I have worked also a trainer. In those cases we most often separated the juniors/seniors and the veterans, as both seemed to have different learning goals. For the younger ones the focus was mainly on building a good basic form, creating regular workout habits and conditioning the body for the sport. The best ones aimed at competitive success in seniors, but the majority was there just for a hobby.

For the older ones we focused more on learning to play the game as well as the joints and less than optimal agility made possible. We naturally did also the basic drills and workout plans, but took it more or less granted that they did those things mainly on their own time - and we were much less demanding on having a good form than with the younger ones as we didn’t expect them to aim at senior competition circuit or becoming professional coaches.

Ideas?

Would it be allowed or even a smart idea to put holes in your grip to reduce the weight of it?

So English isnt my first language so plz bear with me.

I am a 16 years old male student who have fenced saber around for 9 months/3-4 times a week/2 hours every session. I really enjoyed fencing but i am kinda over weight (179cm/82kg with little muscle) and my overall fitness is not great so i would want some advice on what to do or what routine i could follow.

I live in a rural area and a country where gyms aren’t really popular so no gym equipments. I do have some dumbbells that my older brother have used before. I want exercises that can help my overall fencing skills + just improve my fitness. I currently do 100 squats and basic foot work everyday + regularly but tbh dont know what i should do more.

Thanks for reading my non-organized post and i really would appreciate any advice

Times are tough for trans people in general, so make sure to support trans men, trans women, and nonbinary people while fencing!!

The support can mean a lot, especially if you're a coach or ref!

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Kiddo broke a foil blade.It's less expensive to order a new blade and use the existing handle but it's not something we've ever done.Her Dad is somewhat handy.There are YouTube videos on how to replace them. Anything we should be aware of before I order?

I’m a new Epee fencer and modern pentathlete. As silly as it is to need FIE gear (including Epee blades) as a newbie who has only competed in fencing at a local level, modern pentathlon requires FIE so my 350N practice gear isn’t going to cut it.

I know that the cheapest FIE gear is supposed to be hot and uncomfortable. What’s the least expensive FIE gear that’s still adequately comfortable and durable?

I wear asics gel rocket 10s for bouts and footwork (on piste) but my club only has the piste for some time in the year and my gel rockets sole gets worn out. I tried doing bouts in my running shoes i use for the warm up etc but my feet start to hurt.

So now i need shoes which i can do footwork, long distance running, drills and gym in, i can't bear to wear my fencing shoes everywhere.

ps which shoes are these fencers wearing in these reels, they might fit the bill (as they are doing footwork and other exercises in them:) -

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDWSFaePmfY/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFaRCmWtuq_/?hl=en

I bought a new grip from Leon Paul and I screwed in the nut (8mm hex nut zer0) without the washers, and now the spanner can't reach in far enough to unscrew. Any help on getting it out is much appreciated.

What is the font type that most vendors are using for stenciling the lame, jacket, and pants? I know the technical rules but this lists size and color but not font.

Looking to understand formula of the Marathon Fleuret as described under "Formula" section here: https://www.marathon-fleuret.com/MarathonfleuretGBR-fra2025.pdf

So if I'm reading this right…

Saturday

• start with a round of pools for everyone
• then remake new pools (not sure if remade from 1st round results or not) and do another round of pools for everyone again
• then take those results to make a DE (with possibility of some fencers not qualifying depending on Tableaux bracket starting size and number of fencers?)
• then fence that DE till a certain number of fencers are eliminated [THIS PART IS MOST CONFUSING TO ME - I am trying to under stand both the women's U17 and U14 which are slightly different]
• then stop for the day (and advance to Sunday if you have made it to top 64)

Sunday

• resume the DE for another round to let's say 32 fencers
• then split off a losers bracket for losers from here on out(repechage for 32 as described here: https://capdiv.usafencing.org/forms/USFA%20Repechage%20Chart.pdf)
• then combine the winners and loser bracket at round of 8 and complete tournament until you have a winner

Im think I've got the Sunday formula down with help of that chart, but totally uncertain about Saturday. if anyone truly and confidently understands how this plays out please do let me know!

Thanks

Hello fencers, I recently bought a new epee, one with a canted french grip from Uhlmann. I have been fencing for 10+ years now with a pistolgrip. I was wondering if you have any tips for fencing french as a newbie. I have a stiff blade, if that makes any difference.

Thank you.

so!!! I have smol hands...

so im pretty bad at holding my sabre

I was just scrolling through YouTube and found zippies! it makes gloves smell nice too!! and barely any residue gets left over

so...

tell me your thoughts!!!

I’ve been using the equipment at my university’s fencing club but I was considering going for private lessons and I’m not sure what I’d be provided. I’m thinking only fencing shoes right now. Is there anything else I need? I know gear + a Sabre would be hella bank and I don’t want to shell out if I don’t have to

Someone in my club asked if they could glove their off-hand so it doesn’t hurt if hit. It turned into a discussion and the coaches didn’t know how to answer.

Coach 1: Doesn’t recommend because it’s weird looking and may be interpreted as disrespectful when it comes down to the post bout handshake.

Coach 2: A gloved off hand is okay but it CANNOT be a fencing glove and it must be tucked underneath sleeve

What does the community think?

Hi all. Long story short, I am a college student who started fencing in college (about a 2 years ago). I have gotten pretty good within my club, but whenever I travel to local tournaments I’ve started consistently placing at about 9-15th place (out of usually 45 or so). I want to get better, but the only club in my area is the one at my school, and all of our coaches mostly only fence epee… a few will come and do foil but clearly don’t want to spend much time with all of us foilists. I feel that I’m starting to stagnate. We have full club practice 2 times a week, and we can’t get more times because that’s when we’re allowed to use our space and communal equipment (but I have my own equipment at home). My question is, what are the best ways you’ve found to practice on your own? Are there drills you’ve found helpful to run that have increased the quality of your fencing overall? Is there any literature or videos or something that you would recommend? I would really appreciate literally any advice, thank you so much ❤️🤺.

Wasn’t a particularly hard hand hit. Came in prepared for this to be a flimsy glove considering all the reviews I’ve read, but damn, this glove is arguably borderline unsafe.

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My epee started randomly not registering touches unless bent downward completely. It just happened randomly. Is it something I’ll have to rewire my blade to fix, or are there other solutions? I have a video to show what I’m talking about.

Thanks!

I stopped fencing about a year before COVID and have been considering starting up again… my issue is I didn’t leave my club in the best of terms, and in fact would probably never have stopped and would still be competing (prob doing just as poorly but that’s irrelevant it was fun) if it wasn’t for the dispute about payment that led to my leaving those years ago. Anyway I’m thinking of putting all that aside and joining up again, forgiving the organisers for the poor handling and that because there aren’t any other clubs conveniently close to me… I suppose my main question is what kind of training should I do to get back in shape preferably before signing up with the club again? Also most of my gear still fits (although I doubt my lamé would work still given the humidity of the area it was stored in… same with the electrical part of the mask, but I’m not opposed to buying a new one IF the need ever arises and I can afford it)… My foils however…… I’ve never fenced with rusty weapons (mostly near the guard… prob also due to the humidity)… would I need to replace the blades or do you think they’re still usable? Would the rust weaken them and make them snap easier or can they still survive a bit? Thanks in advance and all advice and opinions are welcome !

Like the title says I ordered an extra large mask from prieur and it’s way smaller than the other extra large masks I’ve been using and at this point I don’t know what to do.