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A little history and some cool images.
By rileybeament on 12th February 2020

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If you are a regular reader of our blog you may have noticed that we have a small team of very dedicated people at Leon Paul and some excellent outside contributors. We are always looking for ways and means of creating new and interesting content and we thought, for the...
After 10 years of fencing, this will be my last year with the youth...
By danielgiacon on 5th February 2020

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Let me introduce myself. I am Daniël Giacon, a 19-year-old Dutch foilist. When I was a little kid every branch or stick I found I’d use it as a sword. At the age of 5 someone suggested my parents to see if fencing would be a suitable sport for me...
Running into Retirement
By jonwillis on 8th January 2020

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What does an international fencer do when they retire? I stopped fencing in June 2012 with the European Championships in Italy being my final event. Barring a few little fun outings at small UK domestic events, I have not picked up an epee in anger for over 7 years...
Our R&D team visit the D30 Lab
By daniellelawson on 1st January 2020

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Here at Leon Paul we are determined to create the best innovative products for our customers and love it when we can work and support other British companies who can help us do this, especially when we can utilise them in advancing material technologies. The other week Ben, James and I...
Electric Foil Development
By malcolmfare on 26th December 2019

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Electrification had the same revolutionary effect on foil technique in the last quarter of the 20th century as the mask had in the first quarter of the 19th. But in 1955, when electric foil was tried for the first time at a world championships, there was little indication of the...
Chest Protector Development
By daniellelawson on 18th December 2019

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Hi Fencers! Danielle here, product development intern at Leon Paul. As of September, I have been working here, undertaking a 9-month placement as part of my sandwich year at university. I am currently reading Sports Engineering at Nottingham Trent University and am very fortunate that Leon Paul offered me this...
Becoming British Under 17 Champion.
By jamiecook on 4th December 2019

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In September this year I became British Under 17 (Cadet) Champion and followed it up the following day with silver in the Under 20 (Junior) Championships. At 14 years old it felt like the highlight of what had been a fantastic set of results for me in the previous...
The Crack Detective
By alexpaul on 27th November 2019

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Improving safety for fencers is one of the FIE’s main roles as a governing body. Huge steps have been made over the last 30 years to increase safety, starting with the implementation of both FIE level protective clothing and the lower level 350 newton testing standard. This is an ongoing process...
Belt and Road Chang’an International Fencing Master Competition
By alexmassialas on 20th November 2019

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When I was first invited to the Belt and Road Master event, I had no idea what to expect. There wasn’t a lot of information other than that it was going to be held in Xi'an (formerly known as Chang’an) and that it was going to be held sometime after...
Project Zer0: The Mag-Tec Zer0 grip. Balanced yet lighter.
By benpaul on 13th November 2019

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Here at Leon Paul, we have always been obsessed with removing weight from our equipment. Science tells us that the lighter the object the less force required to move it. A lighter object can be accelerated and moved faster, and stopped and controlled with less force. However, balance is also...

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A little history and some cool images.

After 10 years of fencing, this will be my last year with the youth...

Running into Retirement

Our R&D team visit the D30 Lab

Electric Foil Development

Chest Protector Development

Becoming British Under 17 Champion.

The Crack Detective

Belt and Road Chang’an International Fencing Master Competition

Project Zer0: The Mag-Tec Zer0 grip. Balanced yet lighter.

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