Saber fencing activity at the local and regional level in the U.S. has grown twice as fast as foil and about one and a half times as fast as epee over the nine year period 2008-2009 to 2016-2017 according to NFCR’s analysis of askFRED.net data. The number of saber fencer events (entries) generated in local, divisional […]
How often should a youth saber fencer (Y10, Y12 & Y14) compete in local and regional tournament events? There are probably as many opinions as to how often a fencer should compete as there are fencers! Based on our research, some try to fence about 30 events per year, and some more often. Others try […]
So you dream of getting an “A” rating, the holy grail of fencing? In this post, we briefly comment on the “A” ratings awarded to men saber fencers in local, regional and national events in 2016-2017. We also rank the fencing clubs generating the largest number of “A” ratings in men’s saber events. A similar […]
Senior World Fencing Championships The Senior World Fencing Championships are an annual competition organized by the International Fencing Federation (FIE). Held since 1921, the World Championships are the preeminent international fencing competition, apart from the Olympic Games. The championships are not held every fourth year for individual events coinciding with the Olympic Games. This year’s […]
Medal Conversion Statistics for 2016-2017 SYC – Youth Saber Clubs Due to the response to our earlier post, “Evaluating Your Club’s Super Youth Circuit (SYC) Medal Count,” and the numerous requests to provide medal conversion statistics for each of the weapons at the SYCs, we have expanded our coverage to include the Top 50 ranked youth fencing […]
Senior World Fencing Championships The Senior World Fencing Championships are an annual competition organized by the International Fencing Federation (FIE). Held since 1921, the World Championships are the preeminent international fencing competition, apart from the Olympic Games. The championships are not held every fourth year for individual events coinciding with the Olympic Games. This years […]
The Masters The recent 2017 Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia generated a lot of discussion about the ages of Masters Champions and the role golf’s young guns have on the game. Prior to the Masters, speculation centered on who might win this year’s tournament as the last two champions and three of the previous […]
The NCAA National Collegiate Fencing Championships are held every March and include individual events in each of the six weapons; men’s epee, men’s foil, men’s saber, women’s epee, women’s foil and women’s saber. A field of 24 fencers competes in each event, giving a total of 144 competitors for the tournament. Fencers compete in a […]
In this visualization, we have drawn a timeline showing rolling five-year total Top 8 medal counts for the dominant saber countries at the Cadet and Junior World Championships using data from the International Fencing Federation’s database. We thought it worthwhile to provide a longitudinal analysis of the comparative performance of US fencers and the leading saber […]
Conventional wisdom holds that the performance of Team USA in cadet men’s and women’s saber at Designated European Cadet competitions in the prestigious European Cadet Circuit has become increasingly competitive in recent years. With all the fanfare surrounding Team USA’s recent success in Europe over the past three years, (four gold, three silver and five bronze medals […]
