Sorry for the lack of updates! When I’m not writing this, I run a large sabre club in Sydney, and last week we had a rather exciting visitor: The gentlemen on the right is Hyokun Lee, the new head coach of the Korean men’s sabre team and the man responsible for unleashing this upon the … More Meanwhile in Australia: National Championships and a distinguished vistor
First off, apparently I’m not that bad at this sabre prediction thing! The 2014-2015 FIE season got started in spectacular fashion last night in Budapest. There were some major upsets in the 64 and 32, with Kovalev, Kim, Won, Samele, Homer and Dolniceanu losing early, and Berrè and Wagner injured. There was a whole herd … More et voilá: Gu (KOR) v Szilagyi (HUN)
A proposal from Russia to the FIE Congress: “t.17.3. In saber fencing The Referee places each of the two competitors in such a way that the back foot of each is 2 meters from the center line of the piste (that is, in front of the ‘on-guard’ lines).” I’d like to address this in the … More Changes to the 4m
It’s that time of year again: The first comp of the men’s sabre FIE season, the Budapest World Cup, starts tonight. Preliminary rounds: 12am AEDT Saturday IndividualTableau of 64 starts 8pm AEDT Saturday Teams starts 6pm AEDT Sunday. Live results will be available right here. Live video streams are here. Here’s a reminder of how … More 2014-2015 FIE men’s sabre season starts tonight!
I’m gradually running through the matches from the 2014 World Champs in Kazan and posting them as epic hits appear. However, some matches just ain’t got none. Here’s the quarterfinal between Tiberiu Dolnceanu and Max Hartung. It’s OK, I guess. Lots of remises. One pretty nice counterparry. Eh, maybe it’s your thing. Kovalev v Montano … More Match video: Dolniceanu (ROU) v Hartung (GER), Kazan 2014 MSI L8