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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?

Rule regarding Epee Inside Guard Sockets.
By benpaul on 20th May 2020

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The FIE Congress made a new rule regarding Epee Inside Guard Sockets, so if you are an Epee fencer who competes at FIE competitions this post applies to you, please read carefully. The new rule is as follows: Epee Guard Sockets – NEW – Application 2020-2021 Season m.18.3 The socket inside the...
A Mask Strap Hack
By benpaul on 1st May 2020

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I was thinking about how fencers could repurpose items of equipment to make any face covering mask fit better and be easy to take on and off one handed. I came up with this great hack, check out the video below: Basically, you can take the Contour-fit plus strap off your...
Learning at Leon Paul
By daniellelawson on 15th April 2020

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Seven months on from the start of my nine-month placement at Leon Paul and I can honestly say I have learnt so much. The degree I’m studying at Nottingham Trent University is Sport Engineering, so being part of the Product Development Team here has been the perfect application of my...
Not running the London Marathon, yet…
By jonwillis on 8th April 2020

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As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I was due to run the London Marathon at the end of the month (April 2020). Due to the COVID19 Pandemic, all major sporting events have been cancelled in the UK and around the world. This blog was going to...
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...

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