Founder of Agile web agency Yoomee that makes cool social web platforms for social change. Geek, father, husband, Lotus fan and keen fencer - touché!
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Fencing
For those that don’t know, I took up fencing last summer mainly in an effort to get fit. The sport has really hooked me. The physical demands have encouraged me to get fitter, coupled with the challenge to make lightening speed decisions. I now fence two to three evenings a week. Foil fencing techniques have evolved during some 400 years of life-preserving sword carrying which stopped when swords were no longer sharp or used for personal defence or duelling. It then became a sport or game with conventions and rules formalised by our governing body the FIE (Federation Internationale Escrime). A bout of fencing uses the same energy as running a mile - but is a lot more exciting!
Here is a video that proves fencing is better than Kendo!
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