I write this not in response to any recent or specific incident, simply as an attempt to express certain feelings that have been festering within me for quite some time now.
As a boy, a teen and a young man, fencing has given me so much: direction, purpose, friends and role models.
And whilst over the years my relationship with fencing has been tested with respect to each of ...
2025-05-28 14:58:39 +0000 UTC View Post![Santi Madrigal Line and Line Setups [PATREON EXCLUSIVE]](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/7/wp/dx/dbda34-019e701c-efe4-7aed-8131-bd0a878db157.png)
Some Santi Madrigal point in line highlights
2025-02-02 16:46:54 +0000 UTC View Post![[Early Access] More Fencing Fails...](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/11/nf/hu/dbda34-019e701c-efe6-7bb1-8af0-69c1b7944f27.jpg)
Even the best fencers sometimes fall over...
2025-01-08 23:11:18 +0000 UTC View Post![Enver Yildirim's Mentality and Routine [PATREON EXCLUSIVE]](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/5/nl/ts/dbda34-019e701c-f009-7e46-ad3b-0f12060b7ba1.png)
Exclusive bonus clip from the podcast
2024-12-02 01:27:21 +0000 UTC View PostThis was always going to happen.
The international fencing community has become so unimaginative and stale that we cannot conceive of a world without him. It has become accepted as fact that the FIE only has two possible revenue streams of any significance:
1) The IOC
2) Usmanov
This model is clearly not sustainable or robust.
Fencing's place in the Olympics is n...
2024-11-30 14:39:50 +0000 UTC View Post![[EARLY ACCESS] 2. Magda Skarbonkiewicz](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/2/uu/zf/dbda34-019e701c-f019-7dfa-bc11-d17a5efdaebc.jpg)
Magda Skarbonkiewicz joins me on the podcast, we talk about Paris 2024, post Olympic blues, college fencing and more
2024-11-13 20:22:52 +0000 UTC View Post![[Patreon Exclusive] Which fencers influenced Magda Skarbonkiewicz?](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/8/gu/eo/dbda34-019e701c-f030-75f5-ad5d-9a9ca44b50a3.png)
Exclusive clip from an upcoming episode of the podcast
2024-11-11 22:23:59 +0000 UTC View Post![[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Predictions for the coming Olympic cycle](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/11/lz/su/dbda34-019e701c-f035-7183-b3a9-8e9c3de39946.png)
Talking with Thomas Martine about which fencers/teams to watch out for over the next olympic cycle
2024-10-31 15:58:19 +0000 UTC View PostLittle part of something else I'm working on
2024-10-24 17:13:39 +0000 UTC View Post![[EARLY ACCESS]- Fencing's Most Divisive Figure- Curtis McDowald](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/8/pj/zy/dbda34-019e701c-f055-7c7e-960f-04df8f6811cd.jpg)
I take a look into the controversial career of Curtis McDowald
2024-10-24 16:57:07 +0000 UTC View Post![[EARLY ACCESS] The Fencing Champion Who Couldn't be Bothered 🥱🤺](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/10/zp/jz/dbda34-019e701c-f05e-7cd9-93c5-1f6a9d67720b.jpg)
Buikevich is iconic
2024-10-18 16:01:11 +0000 UTC View Post![Devious Buikevich Counterattacks [PATREON EXCLUSIVE]](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/1/qd/mu/dbda34-019e701c-f078-7d5f-a4b7-df2ff675c05d.png)
Working on a couple of new things, will make a Patreon Exclusive vid with some of these clips
2024-10-16 19:44:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe FIE has no competition.
Since the IOC gives the FIE sole responsibility of organising Olympic qualification, they effectively have a monopoly on international fencing. If a fencer wants to go to the Olympics, they have to compete in FIE events. If a fencer is unhappy with fencing they have no alternative organisation to turn to.
Nobody is watching...
2024-08-27 13:50:22 +0000 UTC View PostKOREA- Hold
The last cycle proved challenging for Korea, and at times it felt like their era of dominance was over. As Kim Junho burned out and as age eventually caught up with Kim Junghwan, the avengers were in desperate need of young blood.
Fortunately they were able to find some new energy in the likes of Park Sangwon and Do Gyeongdong. For neither of these two, ...
2024-08-19 14:59:48 +0000 UTC View PostA random selection of clips I had saved from the olympics...
2024-08-13 14:10:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Uploading here in case it gets taken down again on YouTube
2024-08-05 22:15:00 +0000 UTC View Post![My Annual Do Gyeongdong Update Vid [PATREON EXCLUSIVE]](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/5/er/ra/dbda34-019e701c-f0e6-7e74-a41e-7c4760a3d2f2.png)
Still believe in him
2024-08-01 13:45:00 +0000 UTC View Post![A Very Satisfying Bout [PATREON EXCLUSIVE]](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/8/qb/bi/dbda34-019e701c-f10f-783c-9737-f4b0360c3031.png)
I'm just a big Szabo fan
2024-07-29 15:48:18 +0000 UTC View Post![Ohlympic Champion [PATREON EXCLUSIVE]](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/4/hi/tl/dbda34-019e701c-f132-71ec-834e-70d015e43e58.png)
Oh Sanguk has completed the games
2024-07-28 23:21:53 +0000 UTC View Post![Szilagyi's Reign is over. [PATREON EXCLUSIVE]](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/9/jw/bj/dbda34-019e701c-f150-7810-8a68-c0a413050bad.png)
In Paris, Fares Arfa ended Aron Szilagyi's 12 year undefeated Olympic streak
2024-07-28 19:10:06 +0000 UTC View PostHere are some interviews by Ádam Urbán, a Hungarian journalist and ex-fencer. For context there has been some controversy in the Olympic selections in Hungary.
In the women's sabre Luca Szűcs qualified first as she was top of the internal Hungarian ranking. Pusztai qualified as the second highest in the ranking. The controversy surrounds the selection for the 3rd and fourth places. For...
2024-07-10 15:07:30 +0000 UTC View Post![[EARLY ACCESS] The best fencing highlight reel ever](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/10/kx/yd/dbda34-019e701c-f181-7a52-b5c6-ee3495f06f58.jpg)
Not even exaggerating
2024-06-13 22:02:25 +0000 UTC View Post![[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Adham Moataz Touch Analysis](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/3/zz/ck/dbda34-019e701c-f192-7a12-bbef-9bdd43522380.png)
A breakdown of some of the touches scored by Adham Moataz of Egypt at the 2024 Seoul Grand Prix.
This video is a Patreon Exclusive and will not be visible on YouTube
2024-06-11 12:19:35 +0000 UTC View Post![[EARLY ACCESS] Cyrielle Rioux Touch Analysis](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/6/cl/gg/dbda34-019e701c-f1b8-76ef-b313-dbdb6bea3b6a.jpg)
A breakdown of some of the touches by Cyrielle Rioux at the 2024 Plovdiv World Cup
2024-05-23 16:31:35 +0000 UTC View Post![[EARLY ACCESS] Why I Suspect that Fikrat Valiyev is Corrupt](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/9/iq/lz/dbda34-019e701c-f1d4-705e-bb7b-618eb130e2d9.jpg)
Obviously refereeing is subjective. This is an opaque subject, make your own opinions.
2024-04-25 14:57:24 +0000 UTC View Post![[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] The Remise of Death- Analysis](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/7/zo/mt/dbda34-019e701c-f1ef-7afb-9d1a-13fbdb5576b1.png)
Analysis of Thai fencer, Voragun Srinualnad's special move
2024-04-14 18:15:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Obviously the FIE rankings only contain a fraction of the world's fencing population but maybe they give an indication of how the sport has grown over the years.
Click here to see the full data
2024-03-28 14:10:58 +0000 UTC View PostOlympic qualification will soon be wrapping up, with the last world cup for Women’s Sabre in Belgium this week and for the Men next week in Hungary.
An explication of the qualification process and the rankings can be found here:
By now most places are pretty much decided but he...
2024-03-13 00:49:15 +0000 UTC View Post![[EARLY ACCESS] Wheelchair Fencing European Championships Highlights](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/6/fr/iv/dbda34-019e701c-f217-7f7f-a851-abe10ef6891c.jpg)
![[EARLY ACCESS] James Williams GBR Fencing Legend](https://img5.illustratorsleak.com/storage/8/nk/ub/dbda34-019e701c-f21b-7162-b4de-cf1d1b9cf5aa.jpg)
Interview with one of Great Britain's most successful fencers. James talks about his career, mentality, how fencing has/hasn't changed and what Great Britain need to do to stay competitive in world fencing.
2024-02-15 17:38:54 +0000 UTC View Post