WHY FENCE?Back in the good old days before anger management classes (and the police), men (and women) used to fight, usually with whatever was to hand at the time.
This sometimes understandable display of aggression evolved to encompass the use of swords. Having become an effective and quite fashionable way of gracefully skewering your partner, swords became the 'weapon of choice' in settlement of 'honourable disagreements' (you've seen the films!).
Since then, and to retain some form of legality, Fencing has attained almost cult status as an art that also happens to be a fast and furious modern Olympic sport.
One of those sports where you can quickly pick up the basics and progress, fencing is sport where success is generally achieved through the lightest and subtlest of touches.
Often referred to as 'physical chess' and 'violent ballet', fencing develops your mind (as well as firming your bum!). However unfit you perceive yourself to be, pure deviousness, technique and mental agility are all the skills you need to become a truly proficient practitioner of this 'cerebral sport'.
