Fourth José Luís Balcazar tournament (2007)

The Jose Balcazar Tournament is the fourth annual unclassified competition at The Point Fencing club. On January 27 at 10 am registration will open for beginners, one year and under (or Fencing III) and close at 10:30. The winner of each years tournament is commemorated on a special display plaque. This is a very special tournament for the point, do not miss it! You may found the entry for last year’s one here....

Jan 25, 2007 · 1 min · 73 words · Xavier Llorà

Photoshoot at The Point

The photo above is a snake preview of the 2007 The Point Calendar. This year the calendar has moved into the full-fledge digital era. Digital cameras and Mac were flying everywhere. Stay tuned, because this one is going to be very different from the 2005 and 2006 ones :)

Oct 27, 2006 · 1 min · 49 words · Xavier Llorà

8 minutes and 37 seconds

Eight minutes and thirty-seven seconds was the fencing time of the semifinal between Peter Habala and David Lidow. By far, this bout was the best fencing at the Illinois Open. I ever seen in my two and half years of foil fencer. Everybody knew that this was the anticipated final. To impressive details: David’s point accuracy was from another world, Peter fleshing could cover in less than half a second around four lethal meters flying in the air....

Feb 27, 2006 · 1 min · 167 words · Xavier Llorà

Illinois Open (Feb 25-26)

The Illinois Open at CAAFC is coming (Feb. 25-26). You can check the registered fencers here. Preregistrations are still possible here here.

Feb 21, 2006 · 1 min · 22 words · Xavier Llorà

Preregister for the Illinois Open at CAAFC

The Illinois Open is going to be on February 25 and 26. You can preregister at Ask Fred.

Feb 7, 2006 · 1 min · 18 words · Xavier Llorà