Here we go! Fencing in the Schools is going National! Join our movement to get kids fencing across America!!!
Help us fund another 2000 kids to fence in Chicago public schools for 2013-2014 school year! (1500 in Harlem + 2000 in Chicago = 3500 new fencers already by 2013-2014 school year!)
Big event Tues, May 7 in Chicago in conjunction with this ! Donate or purchase tickets which will go to fund the school programs!
Always good to have an endorsement by the leader of the free world!
The video is from the Chicago 2016 Olympic event at the White House in 2010.
Fencing in the Schools is launching programs with 1500+ students in 6 Harlem schools and we want to help make fencing a regular part of Physical Education in America to help kids lead healthier lives, to instill Olympic ideals and improve educational opportunities.
If you’d like to support us: http://www.crowdrise.com/fencingintheschools2013
This should be a fun one to watch!! Airs tonight at 7pm and 11:30pm on E! News!
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Our US Men’s Foil Team is putting up some HISTORIC results.
I don’t know why this isn’t a bigger story but 2012 US Olympic team member Alex Massialas is leading the way with strong fencing in both the individual and team events. He finished SECOND in the individual event at this past weekend’s world cup in St. Petersburg as the team also captured the silver medal!!!
He’s won back-to-back medals at world cups (a bronze last tournament!) and I think the last person to do that was Cliff Bayer back in 1990s!!!
He’s clearly becoming our best men’s fencer across all weapons!
Not far behind, Gerek Meinhardt who also took Bronze at the past world cup made the top-8 in St. Petersburg.
Overall, our men’s foil team including Race Imboden and Miles Chamley-Watson has now won back to back medals in the team world cup events including the first ever gold medal in US history in the the team event.
They are looking like strong medal contenders for RIO 2016 if they can keep it up. Might we be looking at 2-3 Olympic medals out of our men’s foil team at the Rio Games? It certainly looks like they are capable.
Answer: Easy! Attack in his preparation when he raises his light saber over his head!
Darth Vader might have had better technique if he had FENCING IN THE SCHOOLS!!!
Let’s make sure future Darth Vader’s don’t have this issue by donating to help start fencing programs in SCHOOLS!
http://www.crowdrise.com/fencingintheschools2013
Very nice to see fencing tournaments looking good and producing marketing materials like promotional videos.
We just need to make our “regular” tournaments i.e. world cups and NACS (world champs and Olympics look pretty good) also have this same kind of promotion and improved appearance. Most of the world saber tournaments are still in high school gyms or odd places with no spectators and our nationals are still in convention centers with no spectators.
This piece was put together by my good friend Phil Andrews! Thanks for spotlighting our sport Phil!
I’m interviewed about Teach For America about 4:30minutes into the piece!
