NYC Fencing Teams Take Home the Gold
Empire United, Westbrook Foundation Win Team Titles
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New USA Fencing Logo?
Just in case you are keeping score at home, it looks like the US Fencing Association is changing its look to include a new logo.
Instead of the “USFA” the organization has been using the text “USA Fencing” to better highlight the sport vs. the administrative organization.
This logo was found when testing out the new US Fencing membership signup process run by Rail Station (www.railstation.org.) Rail Station is running the online registration and membership renewal process that, until very recently, was being run by Hang-a-Star.
This looks to be a new logo for US Fencing since Rail Station would have had access to the current US Fencing logo as seen on www.usfencing.org today.
The current USA Fencing logo
The current logo had come under fire in the past because it featured a sabre fencer executing a fleche attack – an action that has been illegal for several years.
The existing logo is a refresh of the older two toned USFA logo, shown below in the print red/white version as well as the yellow/blue patch used in the 80s.
Take a look at the logos below and leave a comment to let us know what you think of the new one.
Logo before the name change to USA Fencing
USFA Logo Patch
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Morehouse, Hurley Win Titles on Tuesday
Eleven Champions Crowned at Day Four of Summer Nationals
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US Fencing Community Outreach
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Lu, Oregon Fencing Alliance Win Titles
Summer Nationals Reaches Halfway Point in Atlanta
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Passport Fee Increases – as of July 13
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2010-2011 ROC Location and Dates
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Massialas, Osier Earn National Titles
Eleven Titles Awarded at Day Five of Summer Nationals
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NYAC Outlasts PWF for the Men’s Team Epee Title
In a tournament that went from Wednesday afternoon until early Thursday morning, the New York Athletic Club outlasted over 50 other teams to win the gold medal in the senior team epee event.
The event started in the afternoon, but because of the large number of teams the gold medal bout was not complete until almost 1am on Thursday.
NYAC regained the championship and also took bronze with a second team. In women’s team epee NYAC had realized gold and silver medal performances.
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Massialas earns Men’s Foil Title, Osier U-19 Women’s Sabre
via Sixteen-year-old Alexander Massialas (San Francisco, Calif.) won the Division One Men’s Foil national championship by defeating Ariel DeSmet (Troutdale, Ore.), 15-9, in the final round. With the score at 4-3 after the first break, Massialas adjusted his bout strategy to pull away for the win.
“Not only is fencing a physical game, it’s also a mental game,” Massialas said. “Once you get in their head, they go crazy and start making huge actions, and they’re vulnerable.”
The 2010 Cadet World Champion alternated between proactive and reactive behavior to defeat his opponent.
“I tried to mimic the first two touches I had in the whole bout, where I just pushed forward and pushed forward and finally scored on some good attacks,” Massialas said. “Once you push him enough and he gets hit, he realizes he has to push me and then comes charging down and he’s vulnerable to the counter attack.”
Eighteen-year-old Lian Osier (Battle Ground, Wash.) defeated local fencer Margaret McDonald (Atlanta, Ga.), 15-12, in the Women’s Under 19 Saber gold medal bout. After taking a 11-7 lead, McDonald charged back to a 12-12 tie. Osier credits her coach for her calm demeanor in recording the final three touches.
“I think I started getting ahead of myself, thinking, ‘I just got to close this out, i need to close this out right now,’ that I wasn’t really focusing on what she was doing,” Osier said. “I was like, ‘I need to do this, I don’t even care what you do.’ Then I looked to [my coach] Ed Korfanty and he was like, ‘just calm down,’ and that helped me focus.”
Osier cites two years of additional fencing experience over the 16-year-old McDonald for Osier’s superior strategy and composure.
“I fenced her two days ago in [division] one, so I had a good idea of what she was going to do, and she still fenced the same,” Osier said. “The touches I lost, I was like, ‘I need to stop doing this.’ And then she started just opening up and I was like, ‘okay, just keep doing this, I’ll just take advantage of this and take the lead back.’”
On Tuesday night, Empire United Fencing outlasted Las Angeles International Fencing, 44-41 in the Men’s Under 19 Team Foil final. It was the second 2010 Summer National title for the New York City-based fencing team, after winning the Women’s Under 19 Team Foil event on Monday.
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