A Saber Fencing Blog Built From Real Competition
I fence, I compete.
Now I'm sharing everything I know.
Hi, I'm Lucas - welcome to my fencing blog. I've fenced for seven years, and this is where I document everything I'm learning about saber fencing from my first local tournament to becoming a referee.
7+
Years competing
Top 6
Summer Nationals
Team USA
Pan American Youth
Youth 14
National Ranking
What you'll find here
Three things this site is about
Tips from competition, honest recaps, and a front-row seat to studying to become a referee.
Learn saber
Fencing terms, equipment guide, training notes — explained by someone still in the middle of learning them.
Competitions
Fencing tournament rules, pools and direct elimination, ratings and rankings mean - something I wish was available when I started fencing.
Referee path
I'm studying to become a certified referee. Follow along as I learn what the sport looks like from the other side.
About me
Quick Version
I started fencing at seven. My first tournament was a disaster. The second was slightly less of one. I kept fencing anyway, and somewhere along the way I started really liking competition and fell in love with the sport.
Seven years later — national ranking, Summer Nationals top 6, Team USA at Pan Am Youth, B Rating. There were a lot of bad tournaments between those results too.
More recently, I started using tournament data to test questions I kept wondering about as a competitor and documenting results in my Fencing Lab.
Blog
Recent Blog Posts
Read my blog posts for competition recaps, equipment and training tips, my take on new points system and progress of my Fencing Lab project.
