IWFA CHRISTMAS Invitational CHAMPIONSHIPS Medalists at the I.W.F.A

PHOTO BY GRADKOWSKI IWFA CHRISTMAS INVITATiONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Medalists at the I.W.F.A. Christmas Invitational Championships were: (I to r) Ellen Jacobs, Brooklyn College, Silver medal, Ruth White, N.Y.U., Gold medal, Julia Jones, coach of Hunter College, wha donated and presented the awards, and Laura Dingle, Cornell, Bronze medalist. (SEE PAGE 14) VANDERBILT ATHLETIC CLUB HOST 21 Number 3 ;1IJl£;11Clll1 f El1CJ1]Jj OF 1970 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Officio I Organ of the Amateur Fencers League of America AIR CONDITIONED FACILITIES IN HEART Of MANHATTAN; Dedicated to the Memory of its First Editor and SITE OF INTERNATIONAL TENNIS TOURNAMENTS Co-Founder JOSE R. DeCAPRILES, 1912-1969. Management By Richard Gradkowski W. L. Osborn, Publisher Rolph M. Goldstein, Editor 5 Great Oak Lone 397 Concord Rd. E. Csaba Gall, Chairman of the Metro politan Division, announces the holding of 'Ieasantville, N.Y. 10570 Yunkers, N. Y. 10710 the U. S. National Chompionships from July 2 .ssoc. 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Arrow indi nuscripts cannot be returned unless submitted with a stomped self addressed cates entrance to club on 15 Vanderbilt Avenue. ) anonymous articles will be accepted. of the finest facilities and welcome for all fencers. patronage, our members make it worthwhile. EDITORIAL Competitions will be held in all three We need their ods and they can use our fENCING MASTERS TO HOLD lembers of the AFLA aware of weapons, with trophies to be supplied by the business. For example, one of our generous WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Ice of supporting our advertisers? host British Academy of Fencing. According supporters is Trans World Airlines. As we ,earing in AMERICAN FENCING to the rules, each National Academy will be go to press it is a pleasure to report the sible for our mogazine to come allowed to enter one team of three fencers TWA has once ogain confirmed it's intention ACADEMIE D'ARMES INTERNATfONAlE tiny fraction of its actual cost. at each weapon; the host academy being t~out advertising revenue we to place 0 full page color ad in AMERICAN CONGRESS IN LONDON J allowed to enter two such teams. Only fully FENCING for the current fiscal year. ford to publish ot all. This is on The Fencing Masters World Champion qualified fencing Masters holding a diploma ur readers to use the products Of course, this some sentiment opplies to ships and the Academie d' Armes Interna from their national organizotion, will be advertised in our pages. all advertisers in the mogozine. We urge you tiona Ie Congress will be held in London at eligible. Iy, we should realize that it to use their products and services whenever the Crystal Polace Sports Center from A special reception and dinner will mark for them to go to the expense of possible. August 30th to September 4th, 1970. the 21 st anniversary of the A.A.1. unless, by giving them our RMG AMERICAN FENCING Page Three AMERICAN FENCING FROM THE PRESIDENT experience, is in the best position to make THE 1969 WORLD the decision on the extent and content of a )wing article is by the French necessary to accustom the student to move CHAMPIONSHIPS fencer's practice. In the future, the coaches' Coach, who has produced such and to pay attention to good balance and outhority must be made clear to, and ac .g champions as J. C. Magnan, lESSONS FOR THE FUTURE perfect conditions of the movements cepted by, every member of the team. J and C. Noell Footwork does not mean foot racing. It was by Alan Miles Ruben NTATION TO GIVE IN THE and always will be good to make the student In part, because of the unusual difficulty There is remarkable unanimity in the re OF FOIL attack from immobility, primarily when one of making appropriate travel connections, ports and comments of coaches, staff and by Jean Couard has placed his adversary at the right dis many fencers arrived in Havana too late to competitors with respect to our performance ng has evolved. It is necessary tance. adequately prepare themselves for competi in the World Championships held at Havana 'hing to follow that evolution as PRACTICAL LESSON: The mechanical capital tion. Physically and psychologically a fencer last October. The passage of time has per Ire the prinicpal lines of change: (technique) of a fencer is necessary and in is nat able to perform at his best level without mitted the seasoning of initial thoughts and I): The point of the weapon is dispensable. But one must make the student several days of acclimatization and pre conclusions drawn from these comments as lid at the level of the eye, as in work practically, as well, in order to place tournament parctice. We will in the future to what we must do to improve. Without guard. Recommended: a position him in the real conditions of the bout. take this factor into account in scheduling honest, critical self-evaluation, we are on approximately parallel to the team departure times. Make him execute exercises with several doomed to repeat Our mistakes rather than intentions, the fencing master transforming profit from them. Morale plays no little role in a fencer's OF ACTIONS: Strive in the final himself then into an adversary. performance. It is, therefore, important that ive and defensive actions for per STOPS AND REMISES: At the beginning of First, it is evident that our delegation of our international teams hove a strong esprit , of the blade in relation to the electric. foil, the fencers were instinctively coaches and officials was one of the best and de corps. Except for those having practice attracted by the lighting of the lights, from certainly the most complete ever to accom commitments, all members of the team should :EAS TO HIT: Since the electric which followed on excess of stops and pany an international team. Special tribute be at the competition site to cheer on team brought us freedom from estab- remises. At the present time, the tendency should be paid to Dan Lyons, Chef de Mis mates who are currently fencing. This kine! 1ateriality of the touch, it is now to make these twa actions has diminished sion.! who did on extraordinary job of orga of support should be expected from every ) ma ke the student touch the conSiderably. All the same, one must not nizing and transporting the team safely to person who accepts a berth on an interna ; which are difficult to parry, neg lect to make the student work on them and from Cuba. Few members of the League tional team. during the lesson. will ever know the intricate and often crisis , low lines and the shoulder. Be Several of Our leading fencers were unable ridden negotiations which Dan successfully ,ffacement is, unfortunately, used RElAXATION - RELAXING to compete. In some cases, absences were conducted with our State Department and ore, do not forget the back, pri The lesson, being more mobile and more attributable to the League's inability to pay l riposte against opposite-handed practical, is thus more tiring for the nerves. the embassies and consulates of several more than a small portion of the total ex foreign countries in order to bring the team n general, all the extreme limits One must make his student relax as often as penses involved.

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