Hey guys,

So I'm wrapping up my fencing in college since I'm a senior and I have one more competition with the school. I have one working non-FIE foil and it does the job, but I need some more for the competition. I'll be fencing less (not sure how much less) so I'm considering both sides of the coin for blades to get. Should I get a few BF blades or just call it and wrap it up with a few Absolute non-FIE blades. Also I've had one BF foil in the past, but it's been a while since it broke on me. For BF blades, what hardness do you recommend? Will I be able to break it in in a week or two? Are the D hardness blades too stiff out of the box? I'll be ordering from Absolute with BF or non-FIE (unless you guys prefer a better non-FIE foil) by the way! Thanks guys!

I’m 16 and started fencing around 9 months ago. I won a few bouts and improving a lot.

I was wondering if being a referee at locals and regionals would really help me understand the sport from a different perspective

Hi, potentially very dumb question but I was wondering where it would be possible to buy an Allstar Alpha 350N Jacket? Can I buy it from their site or is that only for European customers? I know Blue Gauntlet and The Fencing Post have some but neither has my size, is there any other choice or am I just out of luck?

Hi! Does anyone have a chart or distribution like this one, but more up to date? Thanks!

https://imgur.com/wbYQ8ux

Irritating one here.

Brand new Favero Arm-01 box.

Brand new En Pointe system.

Brand new epee cords to connect the En Pointe to the Favero.

Favero and cords verified to function properly.

Brand new batteries in the En Point relay box and both pocket boxes...batteries verified to be good.

Everything is connected correctly.

Grab 2 sabres, lames, and cords.

Plug cords into pocket box, weapon, connect A line to lame, and hold pocket box against body in correct orientation (logo facing out).

Favero and En Pointe are set to sabre.

All look correct....BUT...

Unable to synch either weapon to the system...the En Pointe relay box indicates no connection.

Interestingly, with nothing plugged into the pocket box, no off-target light fires...it DOES fire if I unplug a cord from the relay box tho.

I'm at a loss...I haven't used one of these in several years, so I have no idea what might be the issue.

Help?

In a few days Im going to conpetitions to coach younger Cadets in my club, however, I am not very experienced with giving tips or helping during bouts. What could I do about it/ how could I improve my abillity to help younger fencers during bouts?

I have some friends who I fence with over the summer but they live in Korea and China normally. I thought my coach told me once that people out of country attend summer nationals but that doesn’t sound right because of the qualification requirements. Can people who don’t fence in the US still qualify for and attend the Summer Nationals? Just curious.

Fencing is probably the only individual event in which a top athlete may not qualify because your country’s fencing level isnt good enough, not because you are not good enough.

🤪

I’m looking for a strong Sabre camp for a high schooler BEFORE summer nationals. Could be anywhere in the USA. Strong coaching staff and strong attendees. I can’t wait to se your recommendations!!

My family is still pretty new to tournaments, but in our brief travels, we’ve found that the armorers have been uniformly patient, kind, skillful, and all around awesome. My son’s epee had to be basically rebuilt at one tournament; the $10 charge and our profuse thanks seemed inadequate to repay the effort and speed with which the armorer saved the day.

So, would it be weird to give a little gift of additional thanks to these folks who willingly spend an entire day in a cramped space, missing all the action, replacing impossibly tiny screws and untangling misbehaving wires? Something like a Starbucks gift card? Cookies? Booze (although I’m kinda hesitant to do this at a youth event, and lots of folks don’t drink for a variety of reasons)?

Happy Fencing Friday, an /r/Fencing tradition.

Welcome back to our weekly ask anything megathread where you can feel free to ask whatever is on your mind without fear of being called a moron just for asking. Be sure to check out all the previous megathreads as well as our sidebar FAQ.

If you are unfamiliar with Super Fencing System, please read my previous post. Essentially, SFS is an inexpensive, easy-to-use, powerful, and wireless iOS app for fencing video replay. It is compatible with a wide range of scoring machines and is meant to be a slick alternative to complicated and pricy homologated fencing replay products.

Hello again r/Fencing,

I just submitted version 7.0.0 of SFS to Apple for approval. It should be available for download in about 24 hours. New for version 7 is support for external capture devices (cameras). This requires a USB-C iPhone or iPad, and a "UVC" (USB Video Class) camera. Most modern webcams support UVC. For cameras without a USB output option, HDMI/DP->USB-C adapters are necessary.

With this new external capture device support, SFS can be used in more sophisticated and permanent fencing strip replay setups. Simply mount an iPad near the scoring machine and run a cable to a camera or webcam to capture the bout rather than relying on the built-in device cameras.

Here is a short demo video of SFS using an external capture device (simple webcam).

Please note that the iPad 10 is limited to USB 2.0 speeds despite having a USB-C port, and thus cannot process a 4K camera stream. All other USB-C iPads like the Mini 6 or Air 4/5 have full-speed USB-C.

Now that SFS can use external cameras, I realize that it desperately needs an 'automatic recording overwriting' mode. This will be added soon; It will allow SFS to be left running without filling up your device storage.

SFS 7.0.0 also adds the appropriate diacritics to instances of 'Épée'. Hopefully this appeases any French users of the app.

As always, I would be happy to answer any questions.

Thanks,

SFS Developer

superfencingsystem@tuta.com

SFS App Store Page

p.s. I am currently working on DB9 FPA-protocol compatibility for the app. With a $50 Bluetooth->RS422 adapter, you will be able to retransmit FPA-protocol data from certain scoring machines (SG12, FA-07, anything with the standard DB9 port) via Bluetooth for the app to read. If you have a FA-07, this is preferred over my "SFS-Link" microcontroller boards, as the Favero serial protocol is quite limited and has an inherent 100<->150 millisecond delay. The "SFS-Link" is intended for the common FA-05, as 05's lack alternative methods to transmitting data besides Favero serial. This FPA compatibility should be released in about two weeks. A big thanks to PhilDiv Fencing for lending me a DB9/FPA machine to test these adapters.

So im about 16 and i have been fencing For about 6 years and I always played with the pistol grip and today i used the epee of a friend of mine it was an leon paul french grip rubber handel and i did great with it so i would like to expand my arsenal with a french grip what is a good one i saw the leon paul with the leather handel but i dont really know if i would like the extra grip btw my main epee is an really light one so that shouldn’t be a problem changing with some leon paul

I suspect it's a Leon Paul from the 90s, but there are no manufacturer’s marks anywhere on the blade. I'd appreciate input from members of the community. Thanks!

How do you prepare for this move in terms of footwork and/or bladework? Any tips on execution?

Whenever I see this move performed by fencers like Szilagyi or Kim Junho, it looks like magic. I can't see any obvious mistake made by the other fencer or any obvious setup by Szilagyi or Kim to make it land.

After seeing women's sabre world #5 Despina Georgiadou not qualify for the Olympics, I was thinking about how this problem could be remedied. What if the Olympics had this qualification path instead? Top 16 in the world automatically qualify based on ranking at a pre determined date (say 3 or 4 months prior to the start of the games). Then, each zone's zonal qualifier gets 2 spots for the top 2. After that, the top team in each zone is allowed 4 spots, up to a max of 4. If they have already qualified 4 fencers, those spots go to the next highest team in each region and so on, until all the spots are filled (ex: if Korea qualified 4 sabre fencers off ranking+zonal championships, then the 4 spots would drop to the next highest rated team in the Asian zone). This would give a 40 person tournament which you could run a partial 64 bracket on. It would also ensure that the best fencers in the world are always present and in theory, the team competition would still proceed as normal, right? Interested in y'all's thoughts/criticisms.

I need to replace my epee blade, usually I'd get them from either PBT or Ulhmann but they're both out of size 5 stock, I refuse to pay Leon Paul bc they're so overpriced, but Excalibur are selling these for a reasonable price. Anyone know if they're any good?

Thanks in advance.

(Based in UK btw)

I was watching Song Sera doing footwork and I feel like her footwork is so beautiful

Examples: https://youtu.be/WaH-nnl72YI?si=Yo73UjZz-Jp-Irmo https://youtu.be/Kusr1EKSzMU?si=lx5FGW8lGsLt8hnk

I know it takes years of practice, but I really want to know how to get footwork like hers. I know it requires practice, but I don’t think I understand exactly what kind of practice I need. Should I be practicing taking smaller steps. How do I make my footwork as smooth as hers. Is there any practice drills you guys recommend or something I can do to get footwork closer to Song Sera’s.

Wondering what these shoes are! He used to wear the PBT Fencera's, but at the latest world cup has switched to these, which are hard to find. Ripped this screenshot from this cyrus of chaos vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhFrYx24wiw

https://preview.redd.it/m3xdwmxs3wqc1.png?width=828&format=png&auto=webp&s=67b0ae623bd532332e7b0a62ca2edf2b38a89aba

I saw the wide zipper cover, the points over the shoulders and I couldn't place the electric jacket for the life of me. Eventually I was able to freeze frame the tiny brand label "DECATHLON | FENC'IT".

Does anyone know about the manufacturer of this style jacket? It appears to me that DECATHLON sells Leon Paul equipment and their private label FENC'IT line. I have not found anywhere a FENC'IT lame for sale

On Luca's instagram it appears his finals appearance is the latest version of the line. The previous version had less noticeable styling and a blue lining printed with DECATHLON | FENCE IT, while the new version with exaggerated shoulders has a red lining printed additionally with LUCA CURATOLI.

FENC'IT LUCA CURATOLI signature version https://www.instagram.com/p/C4Ig1uDsaGi/?img_index=1

FENC'IT https://www.instagram.com/p/C0T0s4cshTL/?img_index=1

I just got my blades that were made in 12-2023 I think theres something wrong with the batch. The blades are way more flimsy than they should be. I fence with D blades and these feel more like S blades not even M. Is it possible that they were mislabeled? I got 10 blades 7 of them feel like soft Ms and 3 feel like Ss

Hello. Sorry to intrude. Can anyone help identify what this equipment is? Thank you!

https://preview.redd.it/tcntg8vfhrqc1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f81b143a255a51338f090a1c62e159db8203a7e

https://preview.redd.it/nq7gryufhrqc1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad35210d14c0b79d45fe613ed73b9830aabf5eda

https://preview.redd.it/zii4gjvfhrqc1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20e719fc810cefc19e8703a8e9d6fb3cd28746bd

https://preview.redd.it/houvzoufhrqc1.jpg?width=2707&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=351be2ffca74d54173970a9f4abc3ca498a933fc

Obviously different schools of teaching out there, but are there recent (say past few years) foil tactical trends that high level FIE foil fencers generally tend to be embracing more (or less) these days?

Good day fellow fencers, I have recently (one month) restarted fencing, I played it for half a year before some almost 4 years ago (age 12 I think) but didn't know anything and had to learn the basics. Now that I'm back, my instructor really helped me put me back on track and I'm not really the only one here with lesser information, there's 3 who started back in January (we're only 6). And now in April we have been asked if we want to participate in a mini tournament, so I had to finish my matriculation in order to receive my sword and to be able to buy my suit. I've heard I can modify my suit a bit, but I don't know what I am allowed, so if somebody could give me some information, I would be really grateful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVlT6X16_xU

I have come to notice that lefties generally have pretty unique and "unorthodox" styles of fencing across all weapons. I personally find left handed epeeists to have the most unusual styles, saber fencers being 2nd and foilists being pretty usual but still kind of weird some times. I am not saying this to discredit their skill or say that they are "only good because of their awkward styles", but I rarely see an average left hander fencing just like a mirrored version of an average right hander, but instead with a completely unique style.

My sword randomly stopped working the barrel was loose so I tightened it thinking that would fix it but here I am asking Reddit what to do(wire works)all help appreciated BTW I’m pretty sure the screws in the tip are tightened I tried to tighten them so I hope they are.