Well, the Minnesota High School Fencing Tournament is finally over. It started at eight in the morning and ended at five this afternoon. Tiring, to say the least. I fenced from about one-thirty to four. I completed in four pool bouts, (only lost one!), and ranked 8th seat. Out of thirty-four women's-foil competitors, that's damn good for an ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is my school's invitational fencing tournament. I am fencing on Women's Foil squad, though this time, it is not a team effort that will determine our win or our loss. It is individual, each for her own gain, and if I fence my friends (likely) then I must fence to beat them ( Read more... )