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Photos and Articles by Matt Lurrie

Staff Assistants hate it.  The heavy bin of fencing equipment, including foils (or as I used to refer to them, swords), masks, gloves, and jackets, all essential in making sure that no injuries occur, must be lugged up the stairs from Lotte basement.  But as much as they hate it, the campers love it.

They begin with some simple exercises.  This is a variation on steal-the-bacon.

And once that is through, campers parry, beat, cut, repost, lunge, advance, and retreat to their heart's content, with careful judging by instructors.