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Dan Kellner (That's me!) is a self-employed, award-winning graphic designer, web development consultant, and Olympic fencer. He spends a lot of time working from his sofa, and this is a platform for his thoughts and illustrations about working from home, the view from the couch, fencing, and just about anything else he feels like.

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2003 Copa Venezuela Grand Prix World Cup

Below is a video of me fencing Joao Gomes of Portugal in the round of 4 at the 2003 Copa Venezuela Grand Prix World Cup in Caracas, Venezuela.

Even though I win and advance to the gold medal bout, I don’t consider this some of my best fencing. I don’t bend my knees enough and I rush forward on my attacks without my point being ready. I make this mistake a lot, ignoring some of the basic fencing tenets I try to preach: Point first. Start slow. Finish fast.

Gomes’s style of fencing involves a lot of counter-attacks, some parry-ripostes, and a few attacks-in-preparation. He barely, if at all, makes pushing attacks.

I always considered myself more of a defensive fencer, with my best attacks being set up by defense. However, because I knew Gomes wouldn’t attack me, I felt like I had to run him down and I ended up negating the strengths of my game.

You’ll hear Jon Tiomkin telling me to set up second intention. If I had listened, the score probably wouldn’t have been so close.