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National RankingsAustralian National Rankings Updated, As of April 30, 2008 Go to www.ausfencingevents.org you can also find archived results. Fencing Tip of the WeekApril 2008 [4] The Beat
Asian Championships Fencing ResultsResults of the Asian Championships in Bangkok 24 – 29 April: for full results visit FIE. Australian Results: Womens Foil : Jo Halls 13th, Jenny Bonny-Millet 23rd, Jade Sarah 24th Mens Sabre : James Walsh 20th Mens Foil : Frank Bartolillo 11th, Joe Slowiaczek 42nd Womens Epee : Amber Parkinson 3rd Mens Epee : Seamus Robinson 13th, Alistair Sutherland 39th, Matt Champlin 64th Womens Sabre : Jess Brooks 25th Olympic QualificationAustralian womens Foilist Jo Halls qualifies for the Olympics with a deserving win in Thailand. Congratulations Jo…Next stop August – Beijing 2008 Fencing Tip of the WeekApril 2008 [3] The Feint Attack By definition; is an attack into One line with the intention of switching to another line before the attack finishes. Intent: Direction is important, the desired result of a feint is a reaction from the opponent, either by hand, foot, body movement or perception. Confusion is a great way to score a point on an opponent. Practice: With purpose, the arm should start first, fore-mostly determining distance of the target, secondly creating the line and direction to the false target. Tip: When beginning, plan the intended target to hit and practice false attacks, start slow and finish fast. The closer the 2 targets the easier it is to hit… Junior World Championships ResultsFor a full listing of Medals and Classement go to FIE The Medal Table results
Fencing Tip of the WeekApril 2008 [2] The Lunge Defined as “An explosive foward movement of the front hand and leg”. The lunge is a fencers best weapon. It should be aimed straight at the opponent for best effect. The lunge starts with the finger and thumb moving the point and the arm extending stright from the elbow, the front leg kicks forward from the toe and extends straight towards the target, the back leg pushes down and extends straight giving forward momentum. The body’s ‘centre of gravity’ moves forward until gravity takes over, the weapon arm is thrust forward with the momentum of the lunging leg. The weapon point hits the target and the attack finishes with the downward movement of the front leg due to gravity or individual stretch or reach. Relaxed: Relaxed equals speed. It is also more deceptive if your oppponent doesnt see tension before an action. Thus the hand fires forward before any other visible movement. Practice: The general conception is 200-300 repetitions of an action trains the muscle memory, including error training – where the body adapts to changes and the mind reintroduces the learnt processes. So training correctly is very important Tip: Begin with back foot against a wall and lunge keeping the foot in place. Build different lengths of lunges; small, medium, large & Slow to Fast. Keep head facing forward with Torso upright and the back leg locked straight, return to guard with balance, the front leg lands last. Australian Junior Team in Italy – UpdatedAustralian Junior Team Results in Acireale (Catania), Italy Full results can be found on the www.fie.ch website, and the http://www.escrime-acireale.com/eng/default.aspx website Junior Mens Epee: Jo Slowiaczek 52nd. Junior Mens Foil: Jo Slowiaczek 44th. Junior Mens Sabre: Sutherlan Scudds 80th, James Walsh 86th. Junior Womens Foil: Katie Boyles 66th. Junior Womens Sabre: Chloe Rosettie 70th, Katie Boyles 79th. Cadet Mens Sabre: Chris Nagle 49th. Cadets Mens Epee: Nick Davison 59th. Cadets Womens Sabre: Isabelle Roberson 39th. Teams: Womens Sabre: 20th (20) Mens Sabre: 25th (25) Fencing Tip of the WeekApril 2008 [1] En Garde Defined as the Fencing Stance, the fencers stance is imperitive to everything in the sport. Like a tree without roots, there is no fencing without a base, and the front and back legs provide that ‘trunk’. Front and back legs are determined by the weapon hand. A 90 degree position ‘L shape’ is created by the feet with the front foot (and knee) facing forwad. By standing at least shoulder width apart, a fencer can bend the knees and get more power with a deeper bend. Relaxed, essential to speed is a relaxed stance – not slouching but upright. Practice, the more comfortable a fencer is in the en garde position the more natural fencing becomes. Tip: Practice jumping into the en garde position, when walking forward & back, then again when steping forward & back. Fencing VideosCheck out some interesting fencing videos on Youtube. A few Legends clip 1: Epee Grand Prix Womens Final St. Petersburg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ubq6Mj_grs&feature=related clips 2 & 3: Italian Team Coach Stefano Cerioni fencing a few years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAcd2d3-AFM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=musXKggvuAY&feature=related The legendary Vladimir Smirnov in a lesson. part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKL0r9cJmgw&feature=related Italian Fencing – Mangiarotti StyleA bit of History and a nice visual on the recent history of Italian fencing courtesy of a video on Youtube. 1st video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1F0IWoKxEg 2nd video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6gmM20ft7E&feature=related 3rd video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gg1hI4nZeU&feature=related 4th video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqAqo-RECDU&feature=related Check it out. |