Photograph by Amy Alden Timacheff at the New York Fencing World Cup.
Archive for June, 2010
New Hungarian President is an Olympic Fencing Champion!
June 29, 2010
Fencing’s world domination plan took another step forward today…
(AP) Hungary’s parliament has elected Pal Schmitt as the new president, replacing Laszlo Solyom, whose five-year term ends in August. The diplomat and two-time Olympic fencing champion received 263 votes from lawmakers, more than the two-thirds majority of 258 needed to win the vote. (Read Full Article)
Now that Hungary is done…we can move on to our political plans in the US, Russia and China…
USA Fencing National Championships in Atlanta, Georgia Begin in 5 Days!!
June 28, 2010
(Photo by Amy Alden Timacheff)
More than 6,000 fencers will descend on Atlanta, Georgia in a few days for the US Fencing National Championships at the Georgia World Congress .(Hall B5) On the line at this event are the team and individual championships for men and women’s Foil, Epee and Saber as well as final spots on the US National Team for World Championships in Paris.
In Men’s saber, Mike Etropolski holds a small lead over Olympian James Williams for the 4th and final spot on the men’s saber team.(Currently, Morehouse, Homer, Igoe are 1-2-3) Etropolski has already qualified for Pan American Championships (held Aug.2-7 in Costa Rica) over Williams with his result at the NY World Cup, but with merely a top-16 finish at Nationals, Williams will pass Etropolski for the final world team spot.
Competing will be Beijing Olympians Gerek Meinhardt (men’s foil), Tim Morehouse and James Williams (men’s saber), Seth Kelsey (men’s epee) and Kelley Hurley (women’s epee) s well as Dagmara Wozniak (women’s saber). World #1 and 2-time Olympic Champion Mariel Zagunis will not be competing, but plans on attending.
Also competing in other events, will be fencers from ages 7-80 in a variety of divisions and skill levels.
On my end besides competing, I’ll be around giving away autographed cards, taking pictures for the blog (if you’d like to be on it!) and doing some meet and greet stuff at the fencing.net table on July 7th and 8th. (More info to come!) sponsored by BistroMD. Please come on by and say HI! 
For more Information: (The event is open to the public…)
http://usfencing.org/events/3963
Pics from Bryant Park Fencing (@bryantparknyc) Final Class! (For Now!)
June 28, 2010
Had a great time last week visiting with the students of the free fencing class at Bryant Park in NYC! For the past few months, people could sign up for the class taking place behind the Library in conjunction with Bryant Park and Manhattan Fencing Center. Coaches Sergey Isayenko and Andrew Lamianski provided expert instruction to the adults who have been signing up (it’s been booked solid every class!) and attending each week.
Not to mention the hundreds of people who stop by to check out the fencing action as the class is going on!
Bryant Park has a ton of other stuff going on and you can check out the activities here:
http://www.bryantpark.org/plan-your-visit/fencing.html
Fashion Meets Olympics: Actress Lucy Liu Fencing and More!
June 27, 2010
Here is a picture of Lucy Liu fencing in a photos shoot she did before the Beijing Olympics. You can catch her trying other sports including boxing, archery and gymnastics in the below link.
What do you think?
http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2008/08/05/fashion-meets-olympics-featuring-lucy-liu/
Sudden Death Fencing: Limbach Vs. Apithy Final 2 Touches at NY World Cup ’10
June 27, 2010Gasping and cheering crowds, fantastic fencing, dramatic finish…could you ask for any more?
Fencing.Net: Fencing For The Blind in Italy
June 26, 2010
This is a cool story…
From Fencing.Net: (By Craig Harkins)
Friday, June 25th, was an historic day at the Concetto Lo Bello in Syracuse. Andrea Baldini (pictured, left) donned a blindfold and fenced epee with a practicioner of Italy’s newest niche sport-Scherma per non vedenti. A number of important guests were on hand to witness the bout, including FIS president, Girogio Scarso…(Read the Rest)
What is Daga Having For Dinner?
June 25, 2010Chicken Breast stuffed with Spinach and Feta with Pomodoro Sauch, mashed eggplant and What Penne…compliments of BistroMD and casa de Morehouse!
Need Ideas for your Holiday BBQ? How about a Free Olympic Party Kit?!?! Check it out!
June 25, 2010
Register with the US Olympic Team for a FREE Team USA Backyard Games Party Kit! The Kit includes Olympic and Paralympic activities, Trivia challenge, Flag and Medal cut outs, and OLYMPIC RECIPES (YUMMY!) from the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs!
Trust me, Olympian’s are a very tasty BBQ meal…just kidding…the recipes aren’t for cooking Olympians! (Yet!)
Check out the party kit and if you’d like to donate to the US Olympic Team:
http://support.teamusa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=TeamUSA_2010_BackYardGames
Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic 2010: The Sport of Polo Continues to outshine Fencing (For No Good Reason!)
June 25, 2010Here is an interview with #1 USA Polo Player and Wilhelmina model Nic Rolden today. Polo has a competition out on Governors island this weekend with Prince Harry and a ton of celebs attending. It also has high-profile sponsors paying money, good crowds, tons of press coverage this week… There is no reason (beyond just someone doing it in fencing!) for the sport of Polo to have this kind of high profile stuff and for fencing to not!
Fencing is one of the few sports in the USA that doesn’t really run any competitions for spectators! (And without spectators, you can’t get sponsors who will spend money!) Polo has a series of events in high profile places like NYC, Miami, the Hampton’s, LA and they are all sponsored and well-covered by the press. They have sponsorships with Mercedes Benz, Ralph Lauren and others and they aren’t even an Olympic sport, less people to do Polo than fencing, and most people know as much about Polo as they do fencing! (So, lets get on this!)
Anyway, I’m working to change all that (I never complain unless I’m ready to take action) so stay tuned. We’ve got our work cut out for us, but we have a fantastic niche sport with the most avid fans/participants, the coolest history around, we’ve got Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis and other assets that just need to be synergized in the right way!
