Massive respect for Hamza, he had to deal with such bullshit with the electric box not registering all the time and the ref unfortunately not realising this when queried about it. Still managed to pull the match back and win it, incredible metal strength right there.
Oh Dan Kellner became an olympic coach, great to hear! I believe I may have fenced him although there was a small age gap between us. I do remember fencing Nick Bravin in the semi finals at SF in 94 I believe (were those NCAA back then?), Peter Devine in the final in NY in 93 I think, and a couple of others. I'm amazed at how good the american foil team is today, although since you mention Race, from some of the world cup footage I've been watching recently, there seems to be some serious attitude there. :) Meinhardt and Massialas seem quite nice though.
Yep Dan Kellner has coached a number of foilists over the years including Sam Moelis and Race Imboden as you mentioned. Although, Dan only coached Race after London to 2015.in which Race transitioned to Golubitsky in preparation for Rio. He's been coaching Marcus for quite some time though. There's a heap of really awesome interviews Dan has done which you can find on TH-cam.
First time I had seen Hamza fence - I rate him! I think he’s got a bright future and seems like a nice guy! Sad for Mepstead - also a class fencer, and has some good momentum in recent years.
@@Dancingtuna yes especially since the Brits have become so garbage at supporting fencing since they killed the pathway program for it. Hopefully we’ll still see him around, but I think it would take a lot to pick yourself up again for another go on the carousel at this stage of his fencing career
@@dzfz2100 I don't know how funding works in British sports, but it's a shame that the British Fencing Federation seems to be more focused on getting 1 or 2 athletes good enough to have a chance to medal rather than promoting fencing to a wider audience
@@Dancingtuna The state of competitions in the UK (even pre-COVID) was pretty poor, and the pandemic has done nothing to help things as you can imagine. It’s a small sport, here, but very much loved by the people who do it. I do worry for it’s future, though. With no funding and very little promotion, it takes a near Herculean effort to even get the sport 'out there' to a new audience. Those that I’ve exposed the sport to as newbies tend to love it, though, and that’s at least something.
@@raffaelelagattolla6955 Thing is, either way I don't think it's that big of a deal. At the end of the day, even if we love it, fencing is a sport. Whether it is worth the herculean effort is up to the individual to decide
@@Dancingtuna true, well maybe he wasn’t having a bad day, but he definitely wasn’t having the day he needed, never seen that dude go off the back line in my life
Hamza was a strong matchup for Marcus, both of them have very similar styles too. The other problem as well is that Marcus wasn't taking enough risks either from the looks of it.
@@xDinomanx I donno man. Their styles look pretty different to me. Mepstead seem to move as little as possible, whereas Hamza is quite willing to change the distance and angle on both offence and defence
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Massive respect for Hamza, he had to deal with such bullshit with the electric box not registering all the time and the ref unfortunately not realising this when queried about it. Still managed to pull the match back and win it, incredible metal strength right there.
Summed it up
Hamza is a great guy I’ve had the pleasure of fencing. The fact that I got to watch a friend compete in the Olympics is insane
I mean...is it really insane though?
Oh Dan Kellner became an olympic coach, great to hear! I believe I may have fenced him although there was a small age gap between us. I do remember fencing Nick Bravin in the semi finals at SF in 94 I believe (were those NCAA back then?), Peter Devine in the final in NY in 93 I think, and a couple of others. I'm amazed at how good the american foil team is today, although since you mention Race, from some of the world cup footage I've been watching recently, there seems to be some serious attitude there. :) Meinhardt and Massialas seem quite nice though.
Yep Dan Kellner has coached a number of foilists over the years including Sam Moelis and Race Imboden as you mentioned. Although, Dan only coached Race after London to 2015.in which Race transitioned to Golubitsky in preparation for Rio. He's been coaching Marcus for quite some time though. There's a heap of really awesome interviews Dan has done which you can find on TH-cam.
That was intense!
that touch at 9 all sure seemed like it should have been Marcus's PIL
That was a scrap, not a bout ;-) Nice to watch though, as Hamza and Mepsted are of approximately equal ability and athleticism.
First time I had seen Hamza fence - I rate him! I think he’s got a bright future and seems like a nice guy! Sad for Mepstead - also a class fencer, and has some good momentum in recent years.
Yah, you're right. Hamza looks like he has a future in fencing if he wants to continue. This might be it for Mepstead though
@@Dancingtuna yes especially since the Brits have become so garbage at supporting fencing since they killed the pathway program for it. Hopefully we’ll still see him around, but I think it would take a lot to pick yourself up again for another go on the carousel at this stage of his fencing career
@@dzfz2100 I don't know how funding works in British sports, but it's a shame that the British Fencing Federation seems to be more focused on getting 1 or 2 athletes good enough to have a chance to medal rather than promoting fencing to a wider audience
@@Dancingtuna The state of competitions in the UK (even pre-COVID) was pretty poor, and the pandemic has done nothing to help things as you can imagine. It’s a small sport, here, but very much loved by the people who do it. I do worry for it’s future, though. With no funding and very little promotion, it takes a near Herculean effort to even get the sport 'out there' to a new audience. Those that I’ve exposed the sport to as newbies tend to love it, though, and that’s at least something.
@@raffaelelagattolla6955 Thing is, either way I don't think it's that big of a deal. At the end of the day, even if we love it, fencing is a sport. Whether it is worth the herculean effort is up to the individual to decide
最近フェンシングを見始めたものであまりルールがわかっていないです。最後のポイントはイギリスの選手がずっと相手の剣をはらって攻撃権をもっているように見えたのですが、いつの間に攻撃権が移ったのですか？
どちらも止まっていて、止まると攻撃権がなくなります。 その場合先に動いた方の点になります
Marcus was having a bad day it seems, very sad
I donno man. Top 32 is a pretty average result for Mepstead
@@Dancingtuna true, well maybe he wasn’t having a bad day, but he definitely wasn’t having the day he needed, never seen that dude go off the back line in my life
Hamza was a strong matchup for Marcus, both of them have very similar styles too. The other problem as well is that Marcus wasn't taking enough risks either from the looks of it.
@@xDinomanx I donno man. Their styles look pretty different to me. Mepstead seem to move as little as possible, whereas Hamza is quite willing to change the distance and angle on both offence and defence
@@Dancingtuna But that's what I mean, they both approach fencing with very similar styles but Hamza is able to change more, more variations too.
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