China’s Zhong after winning the gold in men’s saber at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Posts Tagged ‘Beijing Olympics’
Olympian and Model Tim Morehouse Aims to Put Fencing on the Map with Polo Player and Ralph Lauren Model Nacho Figueras as a Role Model
December 4, 2009
Apparently this modeling thing has some legs…
Never in my life, especially while working at Teach For America teaching 7th grade Social Studies did I think I’d be a Wilhelmina Model doing photo shoots for fashion brands and magazines, but since the Beijing Olympics as we’ve tried to promote fencing it seems like the fashion world has really been a great ally. Who knew?
The past two weeks we’ve been doing a number of exciting shoots and I guess we’ll see how far this will go! The NY Post’s Page 6. The Huffington Post and Vanity Fair can’t be wrong, right? They’ll all discussed our modeling adventures…
I love the idea of promoting fencing in a similar manner to what Nacho Figueras the Polo player has done, but to even a greater level since our sport is much more accessible…(we don’t need horses and fields to play!)
Check out this article on him from the New York Times on him:”Putting Glamour on Horseback“. The gist, he’s a Polo player, Ralph Lauren model and does an amazing job promoting his sport and finding it a unique niche for sponsors.
- Nacho Figueras
My vision for fencing’s niche in our modern-day society is that it can be both unique social gathering and sporting event for adults and a learning tool and participation sport for children.
It’s an expanded vision built on what Nacho has done with Polo matches in the Hamptons except we can do these in the major cities like NYC and LA and we also can teach tons of children to do it in schools and clubs.
The sport would be on display in an elegant manner both in regards to where its taking place and how the fencers and crowd interact and dress. Think old school chivalry and honor meets modern-day fashion and technology. It would be a re-branded modern version involving fencing’s spectacular history as a sport of Kings and Nobility with its new benefits as a safe (no one gets stabbed anymore!) sport of strategy and athleticism for people to do to be healthy at all ages.
The Italian Fencing Association is doing this the best right now. See my “Fencing Done Right…” article for some pictures of what fencing could be.
Plus, wouldn’t it be cool to have people settling their differences again with a duel?
Stay tuned!
Olympian and Wilhelmina Model Tim Morehouse Aims to Put Fencing on the Map with Polo Player and Ralph Lauren Model Nacho Figueras as a Role-Model
December 4, 2009
Apparently this modeling thing has some legs…
Never in my life, especially while working at Teach For America teaching 7th grade Social Studies did I think I’d be a Wilhelmina Model doing photo shoots for fashion brands and magazines, but since the Beijing Olympics as we’ve tried to promote fencing it seems like the fashion world has really been a great ally. Who knew?
The past two weeks I’ve been doing a number of exciting shoots and I guess we’ll see how far this will go! The NY Post’s Page 6. The Huffington Post and Vanity Fair can’t be wrong, right? They’ll all discussed our modeling adventures…
I love the idea of promoting fencing in a similar manner to what Nacho Figueras the Polo player has done, but to even a greater level since our sport is much more accessible…(we don’t need horses and fields to play!)
Check out this article on him from the New York Times on him:”Putting Glamour on Horseback“. The gist, he’s a Polo player, Ralph Lauren model and does an amazing job promoting his sport and finding it a unique niche for sponsors.
Nacho Figueras
My vision for fencing’s niche in our modern-day society is that it can be both unique social gathering and sporting event for adults and a learning tool and participation sport for children.
It’s an expanded vision built on what Nacho has done with Polo matches in the Hamptons except we can do these in the major cities like NYC and LA and we also can teach tons of children to do it in schools and clubs.
The sport would be on display in an elegant manner both in regards to where its taking place and how the fencers and crowd interact and dress. Think old school chivalry and honor meets modern-day fashion and technology. It would be a re-branded modern version involving fencing’s spectacular history as a sport of Kings and Nobility with its new benefits as a safe (no one gets stabbed anymore!) sport of strategy and athleticism for people to do to be healthy at all ages.
The Italian Fencing Association is doing this the best right now. See my “Fencing Done Right…” article for some pictures of what fencing could be.
Plus, wouldn’t it be cool to have people settling their differences again with a duel?
Stay tuned!
Bud Greenwald Presents: Olympic Fencers Erinn & Keeth Smart 2008 Beijing Olympic Profile
October 30, 2009This is a MUST SEE for all fencers!!!
Plus, this is a great introduction to our sport for non-fencers! Terrific piece.
Watch Keeth and Erinn Smart on Showtime this weekend!
October 17, 2009
One of the great stories of the past two Olympic Games, brother and sister fencer’s Keeth and Erinn Smart, will be told this weekend on ShowTime at 7pm. (Check your local listings)
Spread the word!
Craig Harkins of www.fencing.net has a great write up on the story of how this came to be and almost didn’t! (http://www.fencing.net/news/us-fencing/keeth-and-erinn-smart-%11-the-story-almost-not-told.html)
Keeth and Erinn Smart – The Story Almost Not Told
In 2008, the film crew for Bud Greenspan Presents: America’s Olympic Glory, was in Beijing at the fencing venue, this time hoping to capture a story of redemption for Sada Jacobson as she tried to move from Athens Bronze to Beijing Gold. (READ MORE)
What they ended up with was a story of redemption and hope, but from a somewhat unexpected corner.
The “Love Making Pandas” at the Olympic Ambassador Training
March 30, 2009
I wish I had been blogging back during the Olympic Ambassador Program last year!
The program was mandated for all Olympians to attend before the Beijing Games so we could learn about the culture of China, how to effectively talk with the media as well as to spend some time bonding.
During what was a pretty dry slide show these two “happy” Pandas definitely woke everyone up!
I wonder what they were trying to teach us with this slide???
