Summer Nationals in Atlanta, July 4-13

It's official! Six members of the Des Moines Fencing Club will be fencing in the U.S. Summer National Fencing Championships in Atlanta, Georgia, this summer:

Kaley Chicoine, Division II women's epee (July 11), Division III women's epee (July 12)

Allison Crawford, Division II women's sabre (July 10), Division III women's sabre (July 9)

Samantha Crawford, Division III women's foil (July 12)

Nile Engelhart, Division II men's sabre (July 11), Division III men's sabre (July 9)

Abbey Janecek, Division II women's foil (July 9), Division III women's foil (July 12)

Sydney Royal, Division III women's epee (July 10)

All qualified at divisional championships in April. Our two sabreurs are fencing in their second Nationals; the rest are going for the first time, though three have fenced in NACs before.

Congratulations to DMFC's Super Six! Watch this space for updates.

Summer Tactics Class: Videos

(UPDATED May 7) For those of you in my summer Tactics classes, here are links to the videos you'll be asked to watch. For Week 1 (due Monday, May 10), watch your three videos (female epeeists watch the women's epee bouts, etc.) and for each bout, write down three things that strike you as interesting about the fencing.

Happy viewing! - RJL

Women's foil:

2009/07/14 World Cup, Plovdiv

Semifinal: Gabriella VARGA HUN vs Valentina VEZZALI ITA

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfVtwjqbIEE&feature=channel

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxAaB5RIVnA

Junior Fencing World Championships 2010 Baku Azerbaijan

Semifinal: Alice VOLPI (ITA) vs Anita BLAZE (FRA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpBdnb-r3uI&feature=channel

Cadets Fencing World Championships 2010

Semifinal: Lee KIEFER (USA) vs Dora LUPKOVICS (HUN)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYzwFPw6Mb4

Men's Foil

Zhu vs Baldini- Foil - Antalya 09 – Finals

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbZ3yN8-pQ8

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dSsh89UcLU

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB3wYVZUa4Y

Cadets Fencing World Championships 2010 Baku, Azerbaidjan

Gold Medal Match: Edoardo LUPERI (ITA) vs Alexandre MASSIALAS (USA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo3jaM5q7yY

Junior Fencing World Championships 2010 Baku, Azerbaijan
Semi-Final: David WILLETTE (USA) vs Alaa El Din EL SAYED (EGY)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9YF3JJaqF8&feature=channel

Women's Epee

Junior Fencing World Championships 2010 Baku, Azerbaidjan

Gold Medal Match: Johanna BERGDAHL (SWE) vs Lauren REMBI (FRA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFBM__4uc58

April 02, 2010 — Cadets Womens Epee Semi-Final 2: TATARAN Amalia (ROU) vs SANTUCCIO Alberta (ITA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK37GEoVnSQ&sns=em

NAC F, 2010: Kelly Hurley vs. Courtney Hurley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj3sEGTqi9c&feature=youtube_gdata

Men's Epee

2009 World Cup, Antalya

Finals: Avdeev VS Tagliariol

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfqLtc5_C6g

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTU1pk4-9tE&feature=related

Beijing 2008: Seth Kelsey USA vs Fabrice Jeannet FRA

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BJ-Uk7ADHU

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzHwiE0EfWI&feature=related

Junior Fencing World Championships 2010 Baku, Azerbaijan
Semi-Final: SUN Qi (CHN) vs Nikita GLAZKOV (RUS)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZDeyh7oIv8

Women's Sabre:

Beijing 2008 - WSI - L4 - Zagunis USA v Ward USA

1 of 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSA5H976dj8&feature=related

2 of 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV6Oj61pznU&feature=related

Beijing 2008 - WSI - L4 - Jacobson USA v Velikaya RUS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSl7VREGBzc&feature=related

20090716 ws Plovdiv final KHARLAN Olga UKR vs DIATCHENKO Ekateri RUS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzTIgZRYXXk

Men's Sabre

Beijing 2008 - MSI - GOLD - Zhong CHN v Lopez FRA

1 of 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIgQhBdc0eA&feature=related

2 of 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsOXjGWV_-Y&feature=related

Istanbul 2010 - L8 - Morehouse USA v Zalomir ROU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYuVhoTkpHw&feature=related

Junior Fencing World Championships 2010 Baku, Azerbaidjan
Semi-Final: Aron Szilagyi (HUN) vs Sebastian SCHRÖDTER (GER)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5tYRjayBk&feature=channel