Miscellaneous

Fencing

One of the things that I love most, besides academic adventure, is Fencing! I've been training as a Sabre fencer with Semion Kiriakidi at Ludus Fencing Studio since 2015.

Modern Sabre Fencing is developed from the sabre used by medieval cavalries, which allows scoring with the edge of the blade. As a result, agility and distance control, together with a little mind trick, are very important. As my coach once told me, 95% of Sabre Fencing is about footwork. In fact, Bruce Lee was a Foil fencer before he studied Wing Chun and invented the Jeet Kune Do!