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Brought to life in 2016, this blog looks at our sport in all its forms and from all angles. Are you ready to explore the world of fencing?

DT, Run, Sleep, Repeat – Life on the Directoire Technique
By jonwillis on 1st April 2020

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The 2020 European Cadet & Junior Fencing Championships took place in Poreč, Croatia, during the backend of February and start of March this year. I was selected as one of the 5 DT members for the 10 days of competition. It felt like a nice follow up to...
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FENCING MEDALS
By malcolmfare on 24th March 2020

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Fencing medals have been awarded since the 18th century when fencing masters began presenting engraved silver medal prizes to the winners of annual tournaments at schools where they taught. This practice continued into the second half of the 19th century, as shown by a Scottish silver oval pendant inscribed Messrs...
Finding the Fashion in Fencing
By katebeardmore on 12th March 2020

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Fencing and fashion have often gone together in the past, for instance, just a few years ago Dior made a whole collection based on fencing kit. So, when one of our own James Honeybone was asked not only to walk in London Fashion Week but also to supply fencing kit...
No More Black Boxes
By benpaul on 19th February 2020

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Here are a few updates on our drive to become plastic free and to have all packaging either made from fully recycled material or be fully recyclable. We were very proud of our updated packing in 2012, we came up with a nice design that was a matt black with a...
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...

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