I joined the MIT Fencing Team half-way through my freshman year, and got hooked. At first the sport is kinda hard to understand and follow. But once you've done it for a bit, you really learn to appreciate it. It's all about strength, speed, decisiveness, deceit, vision, and elegance. It's all rolled into one sport, and often all rolled into a fraction of a second! Not to mention I've liked the people on the team, especially our coach Jarek Konuisz (ex-world-silver- medalist, and all-around good guy  ... that's me and him in the picture). And go figure! Now I'm a head coach (Jarek's still my boss, though)!
That's my team from the '99-'00 season. (I'm the one off to the left in a suit, looking to the left.) They're really a great bunch of people. It's been a lot of fun coaching them, and one of the best experiences for me as a fencer, in particular, and as an adult, in general. 


I fenced on a collegiate level for four years, but even after (or even during or before college), there's still channels for you to fence. The U. S. Fencing Association is the place to go for fencing in the U. S. And if you're tastes are more international (and you're up to the challenge), there's the Federation Internationale d'Escrime (F.I.E)

If you're around Boston, The Boston Fencing Club or The Metro-Boston Fencing Home Page may interest you.

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