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Please help a future fencer

Please help a future fencer

Dear Fencers, Sadly, I have bad news at this time and would like to ask the fencing community for support.   Poldek a fanatical fencer at the age of only seven...

Learning at Leon Paul

Learning at Leon Paul

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...

DT, Run, Sleep, Repeat – Life on the Directoire Technique

DT, Run, Sleep, Repeat – Life on the Directoire Technique

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...

No More Black Boxes

No More Black Boxes

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...

Running into Retirement

Running into Retirement

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...

A Mask Strap Hack

A Mask Strap Hack

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...

Not running the London Marathon, yet…

Not running the London Marathon, yet…

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...

Finding the Fashion in Fencing

Finding the Fashion in Fencing

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...

A little history and some cool images.

A little history and some cool images.

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...

Belt and Road Chang’an International Fencing Master Competition

Belt and Road Chang’an International Fencing Master Competition

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...

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Please help a future fencer

Please help a future fencer

Dear Fencers, Sadly, I have bad news at this time and would like to ask the fencing community for support.   Poldek a fanatical fencer at the age of only seven...

A Mask Strap Hack

A Mask Strap Hack

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...

Learning at Leon Paul

Learning at Leon Paul

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...

Not running the London Marathon, yet…

Not running the London Marathon, yet…

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...

DT, Run, Sleep, Repeat – Life on the Directoire Technique

DT, Run, Sleep, Repeat – Life on the Directoire Technique

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...

Finding the Fashion in Fencing

Finding the Fashion in Fencing

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...

No More Black Boxes

No More Black Boxes

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...

A little history and some cool images.

A little history and some cool images.

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...

Running into Retirement

Running into Retirement

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...

Belt and Road Chang’an International Fencing Master Competition

Belt and Road Chang’an International Fencing Master Competition

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...

11 to 20 of 52

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