Another training session and another two hours of wondering will I ever get the hang of fencing epee. Like most novices I have huge problems putting it all together; stance, guard, footwork, distance, bladework, and that’s without thinking about first, let alone second, intention. Of course, a lot of this is down to practice...
Sunday 25th October found me leaning against a wall on George’s Quay at 6:00 am with an epee under my arm waiting for the first bus to Galway. Three hours later I was having breakfast in the weak autumn sunshine of Galway’s Eyre Square and checking the directions to the sports centre where the...
So last night was my first night back training since the Intermediates. I had been laid low with a bad chest infection and, as I haven’t fully recovered, I was taking it easy, but with another competition on this weekend, I thought it might be useful to get in a couple of hours of...
My first competitive outing fencing epee was at the Irish Intermediates on 4 October 2009. This was not my first time competing at fencing, I had fenced foil at the South of Ireland Open in September and at the Intermediates the previous day, but it was my first time competing at epee. The official...
Welcome to my Fencing Epee blog wherein I will be chronicling my efforts to master the fine art of the epee. In the approved beginner’s manner I started out fencing foil in Dublin’s Pembroke Fencing Club. After training with the foil for over a year I began to take epee lessons and I am...