You never know who you’ll meet on the strip along the way, but it’s always a good idea to watch fencing bouts when you aren’t fencing yourself. Initial intelligence gathering can begin before your match as you watch opponents during the tournament. You can’t be an effective fencer if you just jump in without preparation, and that preparation comes in the form of gathering intelligence before the match even begins, then continuing to constantly gather more information throughout the bout. Here are five critical ways you can take advantage of tactical fencing. Just as when you’re in a chess match you’ve got to be thinking one or two or five steps ahead, so too in the physical chess that is fencing you’ve got to be able to think one or two or five steps ahead. Keep in mind that chess is a game of war and conquest as well. Just as a general works to position his troops to his best advantage in battle, so too must a fencer learn to exploit every possible opportunity on the strip. This kind of thinking starts before the bout even begins, and in fact extends after the match is over. Who has the high ground, who has the low ground, when to attack, when to retreat. In competition, almost 1,400 UC San Diego scholar-athletes have earned All-America honors.įor complete coverage and information regarding UC San Diego Athletics, follow the Tritons online at and through social media on Twitter ( Instagram ( and Facebook ( UCSDTritons).There is a great deal of battle in fencing.īy “battle”, what I mean is that to be effective, fencers must think about constantly about the tug of war that is happening between them and their opponent. A total of 82 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's pre-eminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent. The Tritons sponsor 23 intercollegiate sport programs that compete on the NCAA Division I and II levels and, in the summer of 2020, begin a four-year transition into full Division I status as a member of the Big West Conference. With 30 national team championships, nearly 150 individual titles, and the top student-athlete graduation rate among Division II institutions in the United States, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program annually ranks as one of the most successful in the country. Claire Iben, Precision Athletics Fencing Clubģ. Nicole Pustilnik, Team Touche Fencing CenterĢ. Brian Ko, Elite International Fencers Clubġ. Alex Soderberg, Team Touche Fencing Center UC San Diego fences next on January 29th with the Spanish, Mexican and German National Teams at Main Gym on campus. Sophomore Julia Hill tied for third in Senior Women's Saber. Both freshmen, Alyssa De La Cruz and Joanne Luong tied for third in Senior Senior Amelia Harrison placed second in Senior Women's Epee and Sophomore Ariane Mohabir tied for third. Sophomore Syed Adam Emir Putra placed second in Senior Men's Saber and freshman Ultimately, the Tritons ended the day with 14 podium finishes, seven for the men and seven for the women.įreshman Rishi Ranadive took second in Senior Men's Foil and Sophomore Nathan Jeon tied for third. The Tritons ended the day with wins in five out of six events and earned a total of 14 podium finishes.įor the men, junior Ziad Khayat (epee), sophomore Benjamin Hadler (foil), and freshman Shawn Kim (saber) all took gold in their respective weapons. On the women's side, juniors Miya Coimbra (saber) and Emma Zmurk (epee) were victorious in their weapons. SAN DIEGO – The University of California San Diego fencing team posted solid results at the San Diego Cup Sunday at Cathedral Catholic High School.
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