In my time with the Ohio State Fencing team, I had the honor of working under Vladimir Nazlymov, a 10-time world champion and three-time gold medalist in the sport. Nazlymov grew up on the wrong side ...

Ukiah Busch, vice president of the University fencing club, gives the signal and the fencers run forward, then back, forward, then back. They are practicing their footwork, one of the most important ...

When it's time for a fencing match, all that matters is you, your sword, and the competition. The intense focus is one of the main reasons former Olympic medalist Miles Chamley-Watson loves the sport ...

With numerous techniques and three different kinds of sword play, the sport of fencing has evolved from the gentlemen's duels seen in classic plays and books. Like the sport, the Jacksonville Fencing ...

Thank you Bert Yaged. He is – according to sources – credited with establishing a “beast of a program” at Brooklyn Tech.

Editor’s note: With the Olympics in full swing, we asked Seattle Times reporting intern Kristen Gowdy to get the full experience on some of the sports being played in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.