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Archive for August, 2010
Headed to LA for Details Magazine (@details) Photo shoot for Casio G-Shock Watches!
August 30, 2010
Very excited to announce I just booked an ad for Casio’s G-Shock Watches which will run in Details Magazine. I’m Headed to LA on Wednesday for the shoot in Santa Monica.
The “advertorial” will run in the November issue and I’ll get to plug some of my upcoming projects…like a small little fencing tournament at Hammerstein Ballroom (Fencing Masters NYC!) and talk about how much I love the G-Shock watches…they are dope!
Fencing.Net: New US Fencing Logo Idea…
August 30, 2010
This made me laugh our loud…sorry! Too funny!
Hot Fencer of The Week: Olympian James Williams
August 29, 2010
By special request…
Ladies, he fences, cooks/cleans and enjoys long walks in the park…your ideal man in a sword fight or for a romantic night on the town: James “Jam-o” Williams
(James: you have some admirers!)
Any other requests? Send them my way!
Follow Fencing Masters NYC on Twitter and Facebook!
August 28, 2010
Help support the Fencing Masters NYC and our efforts to provide a premier fencing competition for the public as well as supporting our sport and Olympic athletes.
You can follow us on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nycfencing
And/or “Like” us on Facebook!
Thanks!
Tim
FENCING CLUBS: HELP US RAISE MONEY FOR OLYMPIC HOPEFULS
August 27, 2010
Have your club represented at Fencing Masters NYC and your fencers can win a chance to fence Olympic Champions Aldo Montano or Nicholas Lopez!
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Here’s how it works: (and we could really use your support!)
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As a local tournament organizer, you’d designate a local event a Fencing Masters qualifying event (In Sept or Oct), and charge an extra $40 per person.
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For this $40, entrants get:
* a ticket to the Fencing Masters NYC A tournament with top fencers in men’s saber (Montano, Lopez,
* the top 8 of this qualifying event get a NY FM t-shirt
* the winner of this qualifier gets to fence in the Club Champion’s Tournament on Nov. 17, in New York during the Expo leading up to the round of 8 finals for the FM NY
(Competitors in the 8: Montano, Lopez, Marti, O’connell, Homer, Morehouse, Igoe and THE QUALIFIER)
* supporting clubs are listed on the FMNYC web site and can have a booth at the FMNYC event
* local winners will also be recognized on stage and on television at the event
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The FMNY is looking to donate close to 25grand to TEAM USA Olympic hopefuls pending our ability to raise the money with ticket sales and donations! List of supported athletes will be posted in the near future on our website when it launches.
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The FM NY will be held at the Hammerstein Ballroom (2,000 spectators) on Nov. 17th and we’re looking to air it on national television on Versus. We already have an offer to air it pending our ability to fund TV Production costs. This tournament is a promotional event for fencing where we will also look to help support our US Olympic Team.
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We need your help and my goal is that this event will be the start of taking fencing to a new place!
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Tim
Cool Fencing Picture of the Day: Happy Birthday Marco Tricarico!
August 26, 2010
Italian fencer Marco Tricarico has a birthday today!
He has spent the last 4 weeks in NYC doing a (working) vacation. We’ve been fortunate to have him helping us with the Fencing Masters NYC. His energy and work have been invaluable!
He will head back to Italy next week to begin training with the Italian National team as they prepare for worlds. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK MARCO and HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!
The Team Behind the Fencing Masters NYC! (And a website sneak peak)
August 26, 2010
I have to give a huge shout-out to the team of folks working on the Fencing Masters NYC with me! We’ve been hard at work (for 4 months now!) building the behind-the-scenes infrastructure to launch this tournament! (2,000 seat arena and to be televised on Versus)
I seriously can’t wait! WCMG (Jed Weinstein, Sarabeth Janney), an event planning company, that has done boxing events on ESPN amongst other things has been working tirelessly with us fencing folks (Daria Schneider, Jeff Spear, Marco Tricarico) to get this thing rolling!
Also, pictured is Jody Auslund (my business marketing manager) and not pictured is our fabulous graphic designer Tom Figura (http://www.t-o-m-m-y.com)
The below picture has a little sneak peak of the website homepage…COMING SOON SOON SOON!
Cool Fencing Picture of the Day: The Future of Fencing in the USA is Coming Soon!
August 26, 2010
We’ll be launching the website for the tournament next week with more information to come soon! Can’t wait to share…
Area Jedi Offers lightsaber classes for kids…
August 24, 2010
Funny story on a guy teaching kids to lightsaber fence!
There are really only two ways to look at a $300, 10-week class that teaches lightsaber skills to your 6-year-old: 1) Why would I pay that much money so my kid can learn to use something that doesn’t exist?; 2) Where do I sign?
“It really at the end of the day is about armed stage combat,” says Erin Steenson, 33, an Oakton actor who will teach the class at Adventure Theatre in Glen Echo this September. Steenson learned swordplay in April 2009 from Bette Cassatt (the “Jedi Master” who has taught many of Adventure’s lightsaber classes), when she first appeared in Cassatt’s touring adaptation of The Three Musketeers.
