April 17, 2012

On Guard


April 17, 2012

Mike going in for the point


Yup. Today I learned how to fence. This has been on my bucket list for some time, and I couldn’t have asked to learn with a better group of people. The coach of Duke’s fencing team offered his services to any of the Athletics employees who wanted to participate.  After a lesson on method and form, he let us duke it out (no pun intended). All of my opponents fought well. I felt a couple of the jabs but I also delivered some good ones as well. The whole time I was thankful that we didn’t live in the time when one mistake would cost more than just a bruise.

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