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30
Mar

3

Is It Okay to Yell After You Get a Touch?

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The Flash, a.k.a. Barry Allen, a.k.a. Cyrus Summerlin asks:

Do you think it is ok to yell after you get a touch?

Though I’m not a big fan of yelling after touches during a bout, I have been known to yell “C’mon!” after scoring important touches in a bout.

Yelling after a touch is a good way to both keep yourself psyched up and to demoralize your opponent, but I do think it should be done appropriately. There are definitely some fencers who yell too much after a touch. Not only can it come off as fake, but it’s usually also very obnoxious. An unintended side effect is that your opponent may become so irritated that they start fencing harder and better in order to shut you up. Yelling after the final touch of a bout to celebrate a victory is fine as long as you keep the celebration proportional to the importance of the bout you just won. + Continue reading…

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Tags: Fencing, kiai, yelling
Posted in Fencing

2
Mar

2

Great News for U.S. Fencing!

According to the Universal Sports channel press release, Universal Sports will be broadcasting the 2009 Fencing World Championships.

This is great news for U.S. fencing!

Hopefully this is just the start of more media coverage for fencing and will enable U.S athletes to find sponsorship opportunities and keep improving upon their success.

Read the whole press release here.
Thanks to Tim Morehouse for the link.