![]() ![]() If you can't wait until summer there is Beaches Sabre Club just across the border in Troy, N.Y., as well as a fencing academy in Easthampton called The Pioneer Valley Fencing Academy. But there are opportunities.įor the last four summers, the Fencers Club, located in New York City, has put on a fencing training camp at the Berkshire School in Sheffield and has plans to do it again next summer. Unfortunately for those looking to take up the sport in our area who don't happen to be students at Williams, the options are limited since the closure of the fencing academy in Dalton, which had been the only one in Berkshire County. In January of 2009, the two firms merged together under the name of Frazer, Evangelista & Company, LLC. What Morris really enjoys about the sport is it's social aspects, she said, since "you can't stereotype fencers" because fencing draws a diverse group of people. Morris said she picked up her equipment over time. ![]() People shouldn't get hung up on the equipment, said Morris, since most clubs and academy's lend equipment to members. Morris competes in sabre because it was what she first learned when she took up the sport, she said. ![]() ![]() All are fenced on a rectangular strip and use electronic scoring to help detect the sword's touches during competition. There are three types of swords used in the sport: foil, epee and sabre and each have slightly different rules of scoring. ![]()
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