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All good things must come to an end and this is also true of The Fencing Podcast. This is our final episode and, in truth, there is very little chat about actual fencing but we hope you enjoy it anyway. Special Thanks:To all of our Patrons and our sponsors Leon Paul. Without your support this podcast would never have been possible. To Michelle Golding for the logo and support - your help was much appreciated in getting the good ship Fencing Podcast afloat. To Chris Heaps whose banjo antics you hear in every spisode, many thanks! See you and your daughter on the circuit. To the French Federation, never fear our twitter desk will still be manned there will be GIFS!THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS LISTENED OVER ALL THESE YEARS.WE WILL MISS YOU ALL.

Gav updates us on his travel plans and his vital contribution to the Games. Kate, Gav and Sean put their heads together to make their predictions for the Tokyo Olympics and find that they are, disconcertingly, often in agreement. We also find that the Prediction Game that we're playing against each other brings out our worst competitive instincts. We'd love to hear your predictions and the thinking behind them (see the description below and email: thefencingpodcast@gmail.com) The team also reveal the other sports that they're looking forward to watching.

This week Kate, Sean and Gav look back at their highlights of the Cadet & Junior World Championships in Cairo and look forward to the Olympic zonal qualifiers. Kate and Gav invent ASMR fencing commentary and Sean pays tribute to the late President of British Fencing, Keith Smith.Sean also chats to Johnny Davis, the British team manager, prior to the European zonal qualifiers in Madrid.Our lovely sponsors: Leon Paul London - Iconic Fencing Equipment made in LondonJoin our equally lovely Patreon supporters and immediately become a better person: The Fencing Podcast is creating Podcasts and blogs | PatreonChoke by Sian Beilock: Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal about Getting It Right When You Have to: Amazon.co.uk: Beilock, Sian: 8601200807233: BooksKeith Smith obituary: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website (fie.org)All the videos on the FIE YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/FIEvideo/videosAll the results https://fie.org/competitions

Sean talks a load of foil (Kate and Gav get to chip in occasionally) as the action heads to Doha for the foil Grand Prix. The return of the game (foil, obviously) and while there were a lot of early departures, there were also a lot of familiar faces at the end of the day. Olympic places were decided, some big names miss out. Gav shares some horrifying mental images early in the episode so make sure you're sitting down. Good times and sad times for British Fencing.Our lovely sponsors: Leon Paul London - Iconic Fencing Equipment made in LondonDoha Foil Grand Prix finals: https://youtu.be/RHETRaerUyA

In this episode the team discuss a week of epee… well almost. It took several days for the final Epee world cup in Kazan to run! And as you’d expect in this era it was carnage. Gav gets very excited about the mens epee team final, quite right too. Kate even admits she watched some of it!All the videos on the FIE YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/FIEvideo/videosAll the results https://fie.org/competitionsAnd you should definitely follow Dave Baker's Facebook page all about the qualification process https://www.facebook.com/FencingTokyo.

Episode 61: All The Sabre DudesKate, Gav and Sean actually have some real, live fencing to talk about!! Budapest saw international fencing return with a men's and women's sabre World Cup and it was glorious. Everything you could have asked for including more Olympic qualification, some surprises, a few absentees, additional face masks and potentially some Olympic dress rehearsals. Our lovely sponsors: https://www.leonpaul.com/Join our equally lovely Patreon supporters: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869&fan_landing=trueBudapest Women’s Sabre individual results: https://fie.org/competitions/2021/151?tab=resultsBudapest Men’s Sabre Individual results: https://fie.org/competitions/2021/160?tab=resultsBudapest Women’s Sabre Team results: https://fie.org/competitions/2021/756?tab=resultsBudapest Men’s Sabre Team results: https://fie.org/competitions/2021/827?tab=resultsBudapest Women’s Sabre individual YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMXCsHCQQvA&list=PL_pQQho0KExzRCXBv1q1X2chu3nkCBLsqBudapest Men’s Sabre Individual YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOszmAsBrWs&list=PL_pQQho0KExzx_sLOVTnBf5ffyMS1NygHBudapest Women’s Sabre Team YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqb1nFNYdaY&list=PL_pQQho0KExwchEvT0L0t8eaUUrrU2vyaBudapest Men’s Sabre Team YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjBCF1eUmOU&list=PL_pQQho0KExx8A_BYE7qzUDM4g1vFcde3Have a look for The Fenced In Podcast and Japan Sport Stories wherever you listen to podcasts and track down Stro: The Michael D’Asaro Story for a fascinating documentary of a life well-lived.

Good news! Fencing is back … of sorts. It’s almost a year to the day and so we’ve decided to get the gang back together again. Hurrah.Our lovely sponsors: https://www.leonpaul.com/Join our equally lovely Patreon supporters: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869&fan_landing=trueLeon Paul & Brexit: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/17/shock-brexit-charges-are-hurting-us-say-small-british-businessesUpcoming competitions: https://fie.org/competitions

The gang are all together again and we’re edging towards the end of the Olympic qualification process which means some fencers will be celebrating guaranteeing their place in Tokyo while others will be heartbroken. Sean tracks the foil action from Cairo (men’s) and Kazan (women’s) as the team places are sorted out for the Olympics and some fencers do themselves the world of good for individual qualification. Kate gets very excited about the men’s sabre in Warsaw and finds her thing to have a minor rant about and Gav adds to the short list of fencing wizards Also, Gav gets a new follower on Instagram. You should follow him too. Plus, The Coolest Fencer on the Planet and what’s coming up next.Thanks to our lovely sponsors Leon Paul. Their support for The Fencing Podcast is immense https://www.leonpaul.com/And to our equally lovely Patreon supporters, you keep the good ship Fencing Podcast afloat! Come join them: https://www.patreon.com/join/730440?Cairo men’s foil results (no live stream)Individual: https://fie.org/competitions/2020/138?tab=resultsTeam: https://fie.org/competitions/2020/761?tab=resultsWarsaw men’s sabre:Individual finals: https://youtu.be/Hd2y1JSud90Team finals: https://youtu.be/JX_B6aGf4LAKazan women’s foil:Individual finals: https://youtu.be/OnEZtwiGP98Team finals: https://youtu.be/jg3E7Rw4rUQFollow Gav on Instagram, it will change your life @antifencer

It’s [mostly] epee day here at Podcast towers. Sean & Gav talk about the recent epee competitions: Doha, Barcelona, Vancouver. That’s a lot of epee. The Fencing is great but there’s something bothering both of them, listen and find out what.And then there’s the Turin Grand Prix!Also some interesting stuff in the fencing news, a new film has entered production and Race Imboden has an Ask Me Anything on Reddit!Doha Epee Grand Prixhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDjJGK1LPN8Barcelona Womens Epeehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA40s4GODjkaJ9JeM0fBcdg/playlistsVancouver Mens EpeeIndividualhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9w_PEzOZsETeamshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcgjuhdgXYUTurin Foilhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paZo-eu5wzUFencer - a new film in productionhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/zoe-saldana-boards-fencing-movie-fencer-casey-affleck-producing-1279201Race Imboden’s AMA on Reddithttps://www.reddit.com/r/Fencing/comments/f1qx37/hello_reddit_my_name_is_race_imboden_ask_me/

It's a bit late but in this episode, Sean and Gav are back from Paris with tales of daring and heroism (not their own). We cover all the action from Katowice (women's foil), Heidenheim (men's epee) and we mull over the results from the impossible to follow women's epee action from Havana. And Kate plays a blinder by being rude to Sean and Gav, insulting a prominent Russian women's sabreur and her own coach while talking us through the Montreal sabre Grand Prix. Top effort! The Coolest Fencer on the Planet goes to ….. someone you weren't expecting! Paris MF teams https://youtu.be/xpeGhLkw6nIWomen’s sabre finals Montreal GP https://youtu.be/vh8y-vuB3LQMen’s sabre finals Montreal GP https://youtu.be/SjLrZbmHSq8Katowice women’s foil individual finals https://youtu.be/1EQ65_9dYMcKatowice women’s foil team finals https://youtu.be/_91B6QNn6CQHeidenheim men’s epee individual final https://youtu.be/yZpo4SWONL8Heidenheim men’s epee team finals https://youtu.be/vk9Oh4SBNNoHavana women’s epee World Cup - meh! Sorry, no.

Sean and Gav are in France for their annual pilgrimage to the best World Cup on the planet, the Challenge International de Paris men’s foil (CIP). After a long day of commentary duties for the French Federation, we settle in to the hotel bar with a beer to look back on the day’s action. And it really was an incredible day of fencing.CIP: Day 1 - Individualshttps://youtu.be/A6bAdefeLLM Permalink

All the pre-Christmas action from St Maur, Salt Lake City and Tokyo. Sean admits to jealousy as he stayed behind to man the Podcast desks while Kate competed in Salt Lake City while Gav, astonishingly, was tapped to be the hall announcer at the Tokyo World Cup. This event was also the test event for the upcoming Olympic Games next year!

The gang are all together again! We have our first meeting of the Fencing Podcast Book Club with two fine publications to review. Sean has some fatherly words for Cairo following the men’s sabre and women’s foil World Cups held there recently, Gav gets out the spreadsheets to describe men’s epee action from Berne and Kate tells us about what it was like competing in the Orleans women’s sabre and why the home crowd were happy*. Also, trouble looming for Russia, The Coolest Fencer on the Planet and what’s coming up next.Note: We recorded this before the news broke about Russia and WAFA. Lots to mull over next time.

The 2019/20 season gets under way and Tokyo 2020 is on the horizon! Sean and Gav are back to tell you all about the early-season action from Tallinn and Bonn but where’s Kate?!? Sean describes the joys of being a travelling fencing fan and guest commentator while Gav finds a downside to having a big television. We’re encouraged by a faith in youth.

The trio sit down and discuss the action from Budapest. Kate updates us on what she did on her holidays and we ponder the phenomenon of “taking the knee”. We also pick our top fencer of the year! Strap yourselves in as we end the season!

Women’s sabre and men’s foil. Sean and Gav reporting on all the action from Day 3 of theWorld Championships in Budapest. Gav steps in to report on the sabre action and has twogiants of the sport renewing their rivalry. Sean covers the mayhem of the men’s foil and hasa good news story for British Fencing and France. The debate over Coolest Fencer on thePlanet is mercifully short.Thanks to our lovely sponsors Leon Paul for getting us here https://www.leonpaul.com/And to our equally lovely Patreon supporters, you keep the lights on! Come join them:https://www.patreon.com/join/730440?Day 3 finals on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arROQ6VlLks

Individual men's epee and women's foil. Sean and Gav reporting from Budapest with a predictably unpredictable men's epee competition and some giants of the sport in women's foil. Sean was the voice of the fencing telly for some of the time and Gav had a day of bliss. Thanks to our lovely sponsors Leon Paul for getting us here https://www.leonpaul.com/ And to our equally lovely Patreon supporters, you keep the lights on! Come join them: https://www.patreon.com/join/730440? Day 2 Finals on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYN_Gz1ZpAc

Welcome to the first finals day from the World Championships in Budapest. Sean and Gav guide you through the action in individual women’s epee and men’s foil. Surprises, nerves, awesomeness, home crowds and Sean feeling smug about his sabre predictions. Thanks to our lovely sponsors Leon Paul for getting us here https://www.leonpaul.com/ And to our equally lovely Patreon supporters, you keep the lights on! Come join them: https://www.patreon.com/join/730440? Day 1 finals: Individual women’s epee and men’s sabre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zti-pj893w8

After a technical hitch (no blame attached) which means this episode is quite a bit shorter than originally planned, Sean, Gav and Kate make their predictions for the upcoming World Championships in Budapest. Kate will be there competing, while Sean and Gav will be generally loafing around.

Sean and Gav are joined by a new co-host - GB international sabreur Kate Daykin. Together they look at the end of the regular season from Paris (again), Shanghai, Dubai and Moscow. Sean presents his homage to Deriglazova, Gav reveals his most embarrassing fencing moment and Kate seeks haircare tips from Velikaya. Coolest Fencer on the Planet is more hotly contested than ever." Become a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869A massive shout-out to our sponsor www.leonpaul.comLinks to the streamsParis (SNCF) - mens epeehttps://youtu.be/_qKswkVbefgShanghai - mens foilhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLNprnRFL_I&list=PL_pQQho0KExzVy3k10qRjSnvStI3A7UJXDubaiThese are a bit all over the place but they’re all available on Fencing Vision. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Ytci4wC6YMoscow - sabre GPWomen’s finals: https://youtu.be/iynOyROZK8kMen’s FInals: https://youtu.be/os1hDi-76eM

Sean and Gav are live(ish) from Paris where they are both at the Challenge SNCF Reseau. This is the largest Epee event on the calendar and like Paris attracts a fine crowd of local Parisians.This time around we have a guest presenter -Dave Baker, FIE Ref, commision member and all round good aussie bloke. Here us discuss the event from our hotel bar. A massive shout out to our guest commentators:David ShevelewCalum Maynard Patrick JorgensenBecome a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869A massive shout-out to our sponsor www.leonpaul.comWatch the event here - it’s really great. L64: https://youtu.be/2lAiHlyXhms

Sean and Gav are back to Seniors action as the hectic season continues and Olympic qualification begins. Gav has a moment of revelation while watching the women's epee from Cali, Sean enjoys an oldies get-together in St Petersburg, Gav considers some unpleasant options for funding a trip to the Tokyo Olympics and there is much sabre awesomeness in Seoul. And Deriglazova wins. Again.Become a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869 A massive shout-out to our sponsor www.leonpaul.comSeoul Grand Prix men’s sabre finals https://youtu.be/sva727bd318Seoul Grand Prix women’s sabre finals https://youtu.be/0mNNq-G1mzATauberbischofsheim women’s foil individual final & team finals – couldn’t find them, will be on Fencing Vision YouTube channel eventuallySt Petersburg men’s foil individual final https://youtu.be/HwKSA0FPW0ISt Petersburg men’s foil team final https://youtu.be/FA6WVI5-fX4Cali Grand Prix epee finals (men’s and women’s) https://youtu.be/2aXpHm1H-5E Permalink

Well, sort-of… We are back from Poland with our feet up, recapping our time in Torun last week. It’s no spoiler to say that we had a tremdendous time in a beautiful city watching one of the best presented Cadet and Junior World Championships they’ve ever seen. This episode covers the last few days and follows on from our last episode. All the action is on the FIE YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/FIEvideo/videosCheck out the results and medal table over on FencingTimeLive.com:https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/44AD391FF59A4D81A73936D4B1CAF5E3Sean still loves his new body wire. You can pick up your own from our lovely sponsors - https://www.leonpaul.com/Become a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869

Sean and Gav are in Torun in Poland for the World Cadet and Junior Championships. In this first part we discuss the action from the first five days covering all the sabre events and the foil cadet and junior individuals. Italy and Eastern Europe dominate in sabre, Liza Pusztai redeems herself, Russia rule the roost in men’s foil and Lauren Scruggs does the double. Also, Torun is beautiful with a golden donkey, the venue’s immense, Gav is obsessed by lighting and sean gets a shiny new toy from Leon Paul.

Welcome to episode 42. How many tournaments can we talk about?Our lovely sponsors - https://www.leonpaul.com/Become a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869TONS of action this episode.Let’s start off with a bit of contrition. We missed Barcelona Women’s Epee last episode. it’s so busy at this time of the year that it feels easy to miss something. We feel bad, especially Gav who does watch Womens Epee. We had a discussion on the role of commentary. Gav admits that he can’t watch fencing without sound and Sean observes that fencing without audio feels a bit amateurish? What do you think? Interested in your views on that one. Foil from Cairo:Individual: https://youtu.be/fT7WUjVvGj8Team: https://youtu.be/DiVQ6FztMGUBudapest Grand PrixEpee FInals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsFvP83XB4&t=8523sMens Sabre PaduaMens Sabre Individual: https://youtu.be/K_d7-P0AzssMens Sabre Teams: https://youtu.be/h4ql_bj-lMkWomens Sabre AthensWomens Sabre Individual: https://youtu.be/K_d7-P0AzssWomens Sabre Teams: https://youtu.be/iy9jIj7S2gI

Arianna interviews fencing's most successful and glamorous couple, Olympic men's foil champion Daniele Garozzo and women's foil world champion Alice Volpi. There's been a deluge of action - Warsaw men's sabre, Turin foil Grand Prix, Vancouver men's epee and Cairo sabre Grand Prix. Sean forgets his notes and Gav names his favourite children's television programmes. It's all here!

Sean and Gav celebrate the podcast's 40th with a feast of fencing. Tokyo men's foil World Cup in Japan, St Maur women's foil World Cup in France, Salt Lake City women's sabre World Cup in the USA and women's and men's epee Grand Prix from Doha, Qatar. Kruse on top of the world, Borel returns, Estonia in the limelight and the French in fine form around the globe. Much to enjoy!Links:Our lovely sponsors - https://www.leonpaul.com/Become a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869Doha women’s and men’s epee Grand Prix finals: https://youtu.be/VOP69JXeGoQTokyo men’s foil World Cup individual finals: https://youtu.be/BIovPd7gnEUTokyo men’s foil World Cup team final: https://youtu.be/SgbfeRTm2VASt Maur women’s foil World Cup individual finals: https://youtu.be/NpPB5xAFvQsSt Maur women’s foil World Cup team final: https://youtu.be/RhZAXGC6QBsSalt Lake City women’s sabre World Cup individual finals: https://youtu.be/H5RYZkq3D9USalt Lake City women’s sabre World Cup team medal matches: https://youtu.be/vTORboVyMIo

Sean and Gav go to Paris for the Challenge International de Paris and spend all weekend working. While in Paris we met up with the lovely Arianna Scarnecchia of PianetaScherma who have kindly allowed us to share an interview with Race Imboden. While we are in Paris, elsewhere in Europe Heidenheim men's epee was in full swing. It’s a stupidly big competition and sees the first run out of the new non-combativity “Unwillingnes to Fence” rules. Katowice women's foil sees a mixture of the familiar and the new.Note: You’ll hear some heavy breathing in the background. You’re not hearing an asthmatic pug, Gav picked up a cold while he was in France!Links:Our lovely sponsors - https://www.leonpaul.com/Become a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869Thanks to Arianna Scarnecchia and PianetaScherma for theRace Imboden interview: http://pianetascherma.com/Paris men’s foil individual (with commentary provided by us.Unfortunately the audio quality is terrible): https://youtu.be/XkOmuvDvSBgHeidenheim men’s epee individual finals: https://youtu.be/Nrc4EzUvAp4Katowice women’s foil individual playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_pQQho0KExzavF_D0er_ReGbiU8zbCI5

We look at the decisions of the FIE Congress (and are appalled), discuss the action from Algiers (Mens Sabre and Womens Foil) and Gav expresses his disappointment with a result that he should love… you’ll have to listen to find out why. Coolest fencer on the planet is a bit of a surprise… no spoilers! Also a large shout out to the returning Mamatletas! We find searching Kabcom for the relevant links a bit difficult. Rest assuered, it’s all in here somewhere! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRKcRBFMZyzW8Ko7qhI908QWith tanks to our lovely sponsors: www.leonpaul.com Become a Patreon supporter of the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869

Sean and Gav get back into action and take a look at the upcoming FIE Congress. Sean interviews the Chair of the Women & Fencing Council, Dr Stacey Johnson.The season gets underway with the first Senior World Cups from Tallinn (women's epee), Orleans (women's sabre) and Bonn (men's foil).But the interesting question is who will win our much-coveted Coolest Fencer on the Planet award?

Gav and Sean look back on the 2017/18 season and pick out their highlights and star performers. We have some sad news with the passing of several fencing greats in recent weeks. We also look forward to the upcoming season and what will bring a smile to our faces. Gav promises to watch more sabre and makes a confession about his worship of Max. Sean gambles on his knowledge of women's epee and continues to be enthused by women's sabre. We talk about our plans for the coming season. With tanks to our lovely sponsors: www.leonpaul.com Become a Patreon supporter of the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869

Finally! Sorry for the delay Gav moved house, Sean moonlighted as a sports commentator! Our duo look back at the 2018 World Championships from Wuxi, China. We have various grumbles but agree the World Championships were a magnificent event. We cover all the action and offer our usual forthright opinions about who was great, who wasn't and who is the Coolest Fencer on the Planet. We also talk about our plans for next season. All the playlists for the World Championships are on Fencing Vision (along with the live streams from Newcastle...) With our usual thanks to our glorious sponsors Leon Paul.And we never overlook our patrons. You guys literally keep the lights on. Don't forget to leave us a nice comment on itunes. We're told it helps!

In this episode Sean's interviews more of Great Britain's leading foilists. Kate and Alex Beardmore are the sister and brother team that propelled Kate to the top of the British women's foil rankings. Kate has ambitions to reach the very top of international level. We approve! Richard Kruse probably doesn't need an introduction. He is a serial winner of world class events and has been the spearhead of British fencing's recent success. What a guy! Find out what makes him tick.

The dust has settled on the season, the fencers have fought and now it's time for Sean and Gav to sit down and scry what might happen in the World Championships in Wuxi, China. We cast the runes, Gav investigates the gribbly bits of Epee, Sean tries his hand at a bit of Sabre divination.Where the stars in alignment? We'll only know once the World Championships are over...

It's a bit quiet with season's end and run-up to the Wuxi World Championships. A few weeks ago Sean sent himself to London to visit the Leon Paul Fencing Centre to speak with our lovely sponsors and a few fencers.Ben Paul is one of the Director's of Leon Paul and part of the Paul family. Jon Willis was British Fencing's top Mens Epeeist for many years and won Heidenheim. He currently manages the Leon Paul Fencing centre (which is pretty swish).

We wrap up the regular season with the action from Madrid* men's sabre World Cup in Madrid, Grand Prix epee from Cali in Colombia and the women's sabre World Cup in Tunis. Gav gets all excited about a new Korean epeeist, another fencer gets added to Sean's list of favourite female sabreurs (if you're not on the list, are you even a female sabreur?). Gav confesses he has been watching sabre this season** but has waited until the end of the season to announce this fact. We delve into the murky world of Russian sports politics and we will see democracy restored with a new Twitter poll for Coolest Fencer on the Planet. We have a bunch of great interviews almost ready for release*(after Sean does his homework - ed.)**(Gav's an epeeist, it was a tough admission for him)Links:Our lovely sponsors: https://www.leonpaul.com/Become a supporter of The Fencing Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869The Leon Paul Fencing Centre: http://www.leonpaulfencingcentre.com/Madrid Men’s Sabre Individual finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m72hgOGV5wE&index=2&list=PLOc5neYoyve3LI4gfJm5d8trZvvOQ0TJeMadrid’s Men’s Sabre Team finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aNY9gFCcig&list=PLOc5neYoyve3LI4gfJm5d8trZvvOQ0TJe&index=3Cali Epee Grand Prix finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fRgWrswuJE&t=7674sTunis Women’s Sabre Individual playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMypS55MruA&list=PL_pQQho0KExwE7k-PFDL-YB3eohFQurt9Tunis Women’s Sabre Team playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAWeM9ivpgI&list=PL_pQQho0KExzpZW7hNc6V16-y5RBewGX7Pozdnyakov becomes President of Russian Olympic Committee: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-pozdnyakov-new-olympic-committee-head-doping/29257660.html

We talk about the Moscow Sabre Grand Prix - Queen Velikaya returns and we find out who scares Sean. Gav's been watching the SNCF Reseau men's epee from Paris. Oldies dominate the podium and Sean doesn't feel encouraged to watch the team event. And finally we look at the Shanghai Foil Grand Prix with mixed feelings of joy and inevitability. Gav's previously hitherto unknown obsession with Quavers* becomes apparent...Video links below:Moscow Sabre Grand PrixMens SabreWomens SabreSNCF Reseau Paris You can watch it all here on the French Federation's youtube channel.Shanghai Grand PrixWomens FoilMens Foil*Editor's Note: Quavers are a delicious cheese flavour potato-based snack. They don't sponsor us but probably should.

It's episode 29 Sean and Gav discuss names. Specifically Hungarian names.... it seems we get the wrong. To help us all YouTuber CyrusofChaos has produced this helpful video*. Continuing with this theme Gav noticed that French, french grip epee, fencer Laurence Epee. We think she is the most approriately named athlete in the sport. We're struggling to find anyone better - can you?Sean catches up with Georgina Usher and this time it's all about her career. Some interesting insights both into the politics of our sport from her youth and also what it takes to "make it". Results round-upTauber Women's foil final https://youtu.be/qQ2pyzPIDasDubai women's epee individual finals https://youtu.be/ErL8LLBZMhgDubai women's epee team finals https://youtu.be/eHucmW1PECUSt Petersburg men's foil individual final https://youtu.be/vg5M4yojQnkSt Petersburg men's foil team final https://youtu.be/LatyLCHORfw

Welcome to Episode 28. Sean and Gav have a ton of results to get through in this episode.First off thanks to our sponsors over at Leon Paul. This is our first episode with our new recording equipment.You patreons keep everything running too. If you want to join in the fun, follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869This episode's big discussion is about the Junior & Cadet World Championships. This year they took place in Verona Italy. On the senior circuit our last big competition was the Seoul Grand Prix which had begun as we were finishing off our last episode.Seoul Grand Prix:You can see all of the Seoul Action over on the FIE Fencing Channel.Mens and Women's Finals sessions: https://youtu.be/HEmWknrAqrAIt's one big stream but worth your time. Be amazed as Szilagyi makes everyone look like amateurs!Junio & Cadet World Championships:There's more footage than you can shake a foil at. We suggest heading over to the Fencing Vison youtube channel and looking through their playlists. The finals sessions are also on the FIE Fencing channel. A couple of highlights to whet you appetite.JME SF: MIdelton (fra) v Nguefack (fra) https://youtu.be/Ik6MHLqCWBIJWF: Ueno (jpn) vs Faveretto (ita). https://youtu.be/dIbAryOehxI (Warning this one is a scorcher!)In other news:US Fencing has adopted the FIE mandated "soft covered chest protector". This has been coming for a while but it's interesting to see a major fencing nation adopt it so suddenly. Shout out to BetterFencer.com (great article on stretching). And a big up to welovefencing.com who also provide tournament write up. And here's our big BIG QUESTION: How much does it cost to stream a video tournment? And what's the minimum standard you'll accept? Permalink

Full house in this episode as Gav & Sean catch up on the latest action in all three weapons!We've had some good news. Leon Paul will sponsor us again this year so we're looking at attending a few more events. We're excited and hope you are too! Leon Paul aren't the only cool people out there there's also our patrons.Be cool like them and follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869The Fencing action in this episode:Athens Sabre World Cup:Individual SF and finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67iGt718Pi0Teams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDNtSaZX63AWarsaw Mens Sabre World CupAll of the action can be found on this handy Fencing Vision playlist: https://youtu.be/TOfJ6l4sE0cAnaheim Mens and Womens Foil Grand PrixPlaylists are available for each event: Womens Foil GP Anaheim & Mens Foil GP AnaheimBudapest Womens and Mens Epee Grand PrixMore Playlist action: Mens Epee Budapest GP &Editor's note: We're big fans of playlists. It makes it easy to find all of the action and the bout collectsions are good. A wee suggestion for Youtube: make it easier to list and search channels!

Rejoice! Episode 26 is finally here. Sean and Gav are back after the excitement of Paris with a ton of World Cup action.We interview fellow podcaster Kate Sierra (Of The Sabre Coach Kate Podcast).From the CIP we reflect on Garozzo making friends with the locals while USA juggernaut marches on. In Womens Foil Deriglazova hands out a thumping (and we mean a thumping) and to our joy Volpi seals a win! In Mens Sabre Dershwitz may or may not have been magnificent. Gav’s Japanese epee love affair gets more fuel (Ed: he's in love) and contains your astonishment as he admits he's seen a time when non-combativity was ok. Its clear in Womens Epee in Barcelona that Hugh Obry packed his pixie dust. And in late breaking news we see Cheremisinov remembering how to fence.We also pick our Coolest Fencer on the Planet and ask you, our listeners, to help us become social media influencers.Useful linksParis MF teams final USA v ITA: https://youtu.be/FB7JGtJ6BRUKatowice WF Individual final: https://youtu.be/xQdO_7vm4K8Heidenheim (excellent) ME Individual final: https://youtu.be/Rp5xrQpidYIAlgiers WF Individual finals: https://youtu.be/8yTUrkI-tyIBaltimore WS Individual finals: https://youtu.be/RNMvn-jgqX8Barcelona WE Individual finals: https://youtu.be/_SI5KImqjDgBonn MF Individual finals https://youtu.be/vOt-CM02EUcOur thanks to Leon Paul. https://www.leonpaul.com/ They are our cool sponsors who make cool kit.And be cool be a sponsor here: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?c=730440

We were in Paris for last weekend our yearly trip the Paris Challenge International de Paris.For us the action started on Friday morning when Sean was on site for initial the phases of the tournament. He also managed to sit down with Enzo Lefort, Alex Massialas and Ben Paul from Leon Paul. After surviving Parisian traffic, Gav trundled into town with his photo gear that evening.As usual the CIP was a great tournament with lots of drama throughout the day. We managed to sit down after the major sessions throughout Saturday to give our impressions.The event is available to stream on youtube via FFEscrime, here's the link to their playlist:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=636SUw1qVbs&list=PLhcOp4IIwYBq8pJLVGWQbi7GOtxEsJItuApologies for the sound quality, we had some unexpected microphone issues.We'd like to give a massive shout out to our pals at FFEscrime for making our visit really enjoyable.And also to our sponsors Leon Paul for helping sort out everything for us.Be cool, be like our other Patreon supporters here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869

Welcome to Episode 24.It's all go in fencing with the Grand Prix season fully under way.But first a little news. If you are at all aware of the latest sporting news you might have heard that Russia has been banned from the upcoming Winter Olympic games. Following the announcement the FIE President has released a letter to the IOC expressing his indignation. We have a chat about that.Russia's Winter Ban: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/42242007The FIE's letter to the IOC: https://www.facebook.com/thefencingpodcast/posts/376772649412639Fencing Action:A single World Cup took place in Gyor Hungary.Gyor Men’s Sabre Individual World Cup finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdWh_pDmZWI&t=8114sGyor Men’s Sabre Team World Cup finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYcyq_NQ43oTurin Women’s Foil Grand Prix finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo_4PxqCHls&t=5161sTurin Men’s Foil Grand Prix Finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Zot1HpikU&t=4618sDoha Men’s & Women’s Epee Grand Prix finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_dQ2RYss04Cancun Women’s Sabre Grand Prix finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP473hELf_k&t=4143sCancun Men’s Sabre Grand Prix finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbeWf7XhTLOur usual shout out to the patrons. You guys rock. Be cool, be like our other Patreon supporters here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869And be sure to check out our sponsors www.LeonPaul.com fine guys, fine fencing equipment!

Welcome to Episode 23.We discuss Ibtihaj Muhammad's new barbie (great news) and Gav mentions a book of stories for young girls. Sean has another suggestion for the "boring epee" problem.And we pick our first Coolest Fencer on the Planet!We catch up with all of the results. Footage was hard to find his time around, more on that in the podcas, resuls from:Mens Sabre from Algiers:Individual finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyvFFUjJJ4oTeam Finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9AZrQ8yKwWomens Sabre from St Niklaas WS (Gav's pretty sure there used to be a big epee comp here too!)Individuals (finals): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxkvFyCALNQTeams (Final): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJEy8aBnqDymMIcJCh72gMw#Rest is all here on Kabcom.Womens Epee from SouzhouNo Streams just results:Individual: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/97/results/rankTeams: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/452/results/rankMens Epee Legnano ME,We were suprised that there was nothing for this either. Where we wrong? Let us know.Individual: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/108/results/rankTeams: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/823/results/rankNote; at the time of recording Gav couldn't remember how old Berta is, he's 23.Womens Foil action from St MaurWatch the actions on the FFEscerime Youtube channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSjeeZaP92mdOICSXsaGdiw/videosTokyo MFAgain, a lack of video. It was streamed live but because it was the middle of the night we don't think many people have seen it locally. And that's a real shame considering the results ... Individual: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/137/results/rankTeams: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/206/results/rankOur usual shout out to the patrons. You guys rock. Be cool, be like our other Patreon supporters here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869And be sure to check out our sponsors www.LeonPaul.com fine guys, fine fencing equipment!

It feels like an age since we last recorded but here we are, it's a new fencing season and a new episode to go with it. We apologise for the delay, there's been some unavoidable production delays.Sean and Gav have a lot to go over: Women's Epee action in Tallin, Women's Foil action, Berne Mens Epee and Women's Sabre from Orleans (featuring chocolate). Gav makes an admission...+++News News News+++We hear some news in births section of the sport (congrats all!) and Sean and Gav discuss celebrity fencing gear.And here's a question: How DO we fix epee??Streams and ResultsWomens Foil CancunAlas we've no official streams. Results are here: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/125/results/rankCairo Mens FoilWatch the finals session here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/EgyFencing/videos/?ref=page_internalIs there a better backdrop for any other tournament?!?Berne Mens EpeeFinals session: https://youtu.be/F1mgO55eaD4Check the Youtube channel for moreOrleans Sabrehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQBvm1R10dMNote: this is the link to the final. To watch the L8 and up you will need to go this channel and watch each fight individually. In some ways this is a great way to present Sabre, in other ways it makes it difficult for us!!Talinn Womens Epeehttp://sport.err.ee/637948/videod-veerandfinaalis-kaotanud-eesti-epeenaiskond-oli-tallinna-moogal-5This is the only links we've found. (Cheers welovefencing.com)Become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869

It's been ann amazing year. If you'd asked us at the start we wouldn't have predicted that we'd have amazing patrons, an amazing sponsor and have an amazing time time at the World Championships. That's a lot of amazing. No one could predict that Sean would become Sabre's number 1 fan, Gav would sing the praises of Womens Foil or that both of our podcasters would still be here almost a year later with much left to say. And that's what this episode is all about. We take a look back at the year and chat about some of our highlights. Unfortunately this also means Gav has to get something off his chest...

Sean and Gav are back from Leipzig and have to watch the team events on youtube. Listen to them discuss what the highs and lows of the team events. Sean asks Gav a question: there is much consternation. This is the last episode of this first season. We hope you enjoyed it. Please let us know what you think. As ever we are grateful to the fine people at www.leonpaul.com for sponsoring us. A special shout-out to our Patrons. Without your support and involvement this podcast wouldn't be possible. Become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869

Our final day from piste-side at the Leipzig World Championships. Unfortunately Gav has had to return to Scotland and that means you're only hearing from Sean today. Today's events were the Mens Foil and Womens Epee. It's been an eventful day. Describing the Epee as a "standard epee tournament" was even more understated than usual. And shocks, shocks everywhere, in the Foil. Links: Our lovely sponsors: https://www.leonpaul.com/ Become a supporter of The Fencing Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869 The World Fencing Championships official website: http://www.fechten2017.de/?L=1 The FIE YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJEy8aBnqDymMIcJCh72gMw

Day two of Sean and Gav’s jaunt to Germany for the World Championships. And we're both happy. Gav gets to watch epee all day while Sean gets his first taste of live world class women’s sabre since his conversion. The Leipzig Arena remains hot and humid and a late night of editing episode 17 means both Sean and Gav are struggling a bit. Thankfully the quality of fencing was enough to lift us from our stupor (although this had largely worn off by the time we recorded the episode). We discuss a day of shocks in both weapons that ended with two worthy, high quality winners and Gav bemoans the fact that he has to head back to Edinburgh for the boring 9 to 5 job. Thanks as always to Leon Paul for supporting the podcast and to our Patreon supporters who have made the Leipzig expedition possible. Links: Our lovely sponsors: https://www.leonpaul.com/ Become a supporter of The Fencing Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869 The World Fencing Championships official website: http://www.fechten2017.de/?L=1 The FIE YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJEy8aBnqDymMIcJCh72gMw

It's fair to say that we had a horrible trip to Leipzig. Through delays and transfers a journey should have taken a few hours ballooned out into 14hours. Nevertheless we got to Leipzig although we missed our first day. So here's our part 1, from Germany. Today's delights are Women's Foil and Men's Sabre. There's been quite a few upsets and shocks. Sean bumped into Max Heinzer and Ben Paul and snatched quick interviews with both. You can watch all of the streams on the FIE Fencing Channel on Youtube.

This week is the final few days before this year's World Championships in Leipzig! Sean and Gav are a wee bit excited. But first, success! We've won an award and we'd like to thank all of you out there who supported us over the last year. Many thanks to our Patrons and sponsor's Leon Paul! And a shout out to our sinificant others for letting us fill our houses with audio junk! In this episode we mostly we gaze into our crystal ball, consider what we’ve seen this season and generally speculate wildly about possibilities in Leipzig. It also turns out we know almost nothing about the host city for this year’s world championships, given we're spending most of our time in a sports hall we almost expect to know almost nothing when we get home. We also explain how you can get our daily reports from the individual events at the Championships (Friday 21st, Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd July). Follow our progress on social media. You'll hear part 2 of Karim's interview as he shares his insights for the coming tournaments. Finally Gav has been his usual nerdy self and put together some spreadsheets. Take a look, let us know if you spot anything interesting! Click here to download them. Note: use the dropdowns to the select the events, gender, discipline and even birth year.