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Sean and Gav get back into action and take a look at the upcoming FIE Congress. Sean interviews the Chair of the Women & Fencing Council, Dr Stacey Johnson.The season gets underway with the first Senior World Cups from Tallinn (women's epee), Orleans (women's sabre) and Bonn (men's foil).But the interesting question is who will win our much-coveted Coolest Fencer on the Planet award?

The trio sit down and discuss the action from Budapest. Kate updates us on what she did on her holidays and we ponder the phenomenon of “taking the knee”. We also pick our top fencer of the year! Strap yourselves in as we end the season!

Women’s sabre and men’s foil. Sean and Gav reporting on all the action from Day 3 of theWorld Championships in Budapest. Gav steps in to report on the sabre action and has twogiants of the sport renewing their rivalry. Sean covers the mayhem of the men’s foil and hasa good news story for British Fencing and France. The debate over Coolest Fencer on thePlanet is mercifully short.Thanks to our lovely sponsors Leon Paul for getting us here https://www.leonpaul.com/And to our equally lovely Patreon supporters, you keep the lights on! Come join them:https://www.patreon.com/join/730440?Day 3 finals on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arROQ6VlLks

Individual men's epee and women's foil. Sean and Gav reporting from Budapest with a predictably unpredictable men's epee competition and some giants of the sport in women's foil. Sean was the voice of the fencing telly for some of the time and Gav had a day of bliss. Thanks to our lovely sponsors Leon Paul for getting us here https://www.leonpaul.com/ And to our equally lovely Patreon supporters, you keep the lights on! Come join them: https://www.patreon.com/join/730440? Day 2 Finals on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYN_Gz1ZpAc

Sean and Gav are joined by a new co-host - GB international sabreur Kate Daykin. Together they look at the end of the regular season from Paris (again), Shanghai, Dubai and Moscow. Sean presents his homage to Deriglazova, Gav reveals his most embarrassing fencing moment and Kate seeks haircare tips from Velikaya. Coolest Fencer on the Planet is more hotly contested than ever." Become a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869A massive shout-out to our sponsor www.leonpaul.comLinks to the streamsParis (SNCF) - mens epeehttps://youtu.be/_qKswkVbefgShanghai - mens foilhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLNprnRFL_I&list=PL_pQQho0KExzVy3k10qRjSnvStI3A7UJXDubaiThese are a bit all over the place but they’re all available on Fencing Vision. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Ytci4wC6YMoscow - sabre GPWomen’s finals: https://youtu.be/iynOyROZK8kMen’s FInals: https://youtu.be/os1hDi-76eM

Sean and Gav are live(ish) from Paris where they are both at the Challenge SNCF Reseau. This is the largest Epee event on the calendar and like Paris attracts a fine crowd of local Parisians.This time around we have a guest presenter -Dave Baker, FIE Ref, commision member and all round good aussie bloke. Here us discuss the event from our hotel bar. A massive shout out to our guest commentators:David ShevelewCalum Maynard Patrick JorgensenBecome a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869A massive shout-out to our sponsor www.leonpaul.comWatch the event here - it’s really great. L64: https://youtu.be/2lAiHlyXhms

Sean and Gav are back to Seniors action as the hectic season continues and Olympic qualification begins. Gav has a moment of revelation while watching the women's epee from Cali, Sean enjoys an oldies get-together in St Petersburg, Gav considers some unpleasant options for funding a trip to the Tokyo Olympics and there is much sabre awesomeness in Seoul. And Deriglazova wins. Again.Become a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869 A massive shout-out to our sponsor www.leonpaul.comSeoul Grand Prix men’s sabre finals https://youtu.be/sva727bd318Seoul Grand Prix women’s sabre finals https://youtu.be/0mNNq-G1mzATauberbischofsheim women’s foil individual final & team finals – couldn’t find them, will be on Fencing Vision YouTube channel eventuallySt Petersburg men’s foil individual final https://youtu.be/HwKSA0FPW0ISt Petersburg men’s foil team final https://youtu.be/FA6WVI5-fX4Cali Grand Prix epee finals (men’s and women’s) https://youtu.be/2aXpHm1H-5E Permalink

Well, sort-of… We are back from Poland with our feet up, recapping our time in Torun last week. It’s no spoiler to say that we had a tremdendous time in a beautiful city watching one of the best presented Cadet and Junior World Championships they’ve ever seen. This episode covers the last few days and follows on from our last episode. All the action is on the FIE YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/FIEvideo/videosCheck out the results and medal table over on FencingTimeLive.com:https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/44AD391FF59A4D81A73936D4B1CAF5E3Sean still loves his new body wire. You can pick up your own from our lovely sponsors - https://www.leonpaul.com/Become a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869

Sean and Gav are in Torun in Poland for the World Cadet and Junior Championships. In this first part we discuss the action from the first five days covering all the sabre events and the foil cadet and junior individuals. Italy and Eastern Europe dominate in sabre, Liza Pusztai redeems herself, Russia rule the roost in men’s foil and Lauren Scruggs does the double. Also, Torun is beautiful with a golden donkey, the venue’s immense, Gav is obsessed by lighting and sean gets a shiny new toy from Leon Paul.

Welcome to episode 42. How many tournaments can we talk about?Our lovely sponsors - https://www.leonpaul.com/Become a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869TONS of action this episode.Let’s start off with a bit of contrition. We missed Barcelona Women’s Epee last episode. it’s so busy at this time of the year that it feels easy to miss something. We feel bad, especially Gav who does watch Womens Epee. We had a discussion on the role of commentary. Gav admits that he can’t watch fencing without sound and Sean observes that fencing without audio feels a bit amateurish? What do you think? Interested in your views on that one. Foil from Cairo:Individual: https://youtu.be/fT7WUjVvGj8Team: https://youtu.be/DiVQ6FztMGUBudapest Grand PrixEpee FInals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsFvP83XB4&t=8523sMens Sabre PaduaMens Sabre Individual: https://youtu.be/K_d7-P0AzssMens Sabre Teams: https://youtu.be/h4ql_bj-lMkWomens Sabre AthensWomens Sabre Individual: https://youtu.be/K_d7-P0AzssWomens Sabre Teams: https://youtu.be/iy9jIj7S2gI

Arianna interviews fencing's most successful and glamorous couple, Olympic men's foil champion Daniele Garozzo and women's foil world champion Alice Volpi. There's been a deluge of action - Warsaw men's sabre, Turin foil Grand Prix, Vancouver men's epee and Cairo sabre Grand Prix. Sean forgets his notes and Gav names his favourite children's television programmes. It's all here!

Sean and Gav celebrate the podcast's 40th with a feast of fencing. Tokyo men's foil World Cup in Japan, St Maur women's foil World Cup in France, Salt Lake City women's sabre World Cup in the USA and women's and men's epee Grand Prix from Doha, Qatar. Kruse on top of the world, Borel returns, Estonia in the limelight and the French in fine form around the globe. Much to enjoy!Links:Our lovely sponsors - https://www.leonpaul.com/Become a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869Doha women’s and men’s epee Grand Prix finals: https://youtu.be/VOP69JXeGoQTokyo men’s foil World Cup individual finals: https://youtu.be/BIovPd7gnEUTokyo men’s foil World Cup team final: https://youtu.be/SgbfeRTm2VASt Maur women’s foil World Cup individual finals: https://youtu.be/NpPB5xAFvQsSt Maur women’s foil World Cup team final: https://youtu.be/RhZAXGC6QBsSalt Lake City women’s sabre World Cup individual finals: https://youtu.be/H5RYZkq3D9USalt Lake City women’s sabre World Cup team medal matches: https://youtu.be/vTORboVyMIo

Sean and Gav go to Paris for the Challenge International de Paris and spend all weekend working. While in Paris we met up with the lovely Arianna Scarnecchia of PianetaScherma who have kindly allowed us to share an interview with Race Imboden. While we are in Paris, elsewhere in Europe Heidenheim men's epee was in full swing. It’s a stupidly big competition and sees the first run out of the new non-combativity “Unwillingnes to Fence” rules. Katowice women's foil sees a mixture of the familiar and the new.Note: You’ll hear some heavy breathing in the background. You’re not hearing an asthmatic pug, Gav picked up a cold while he was in France!Links:Our lovely sponsors - https://www.leonpaul.com/Become a better person, become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869Thanks to Arianna Scarnecchia and PianetaScherma for theRace Imboden interview: http://pianetascherma.com/Paris men’s foil individual (with commentary provided by us.Unfortunately the audio quality is terrible): https://youtu.be/XkOmuvDvSBgHeidenheim men’s epee individual finals: https://youtu.be/Nrc4EzUvAp4Katowice women’s foil individual playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_pQQho0KExzavF_D0er_ReGbiU8zbCI5

We look at the decisions of the FIE Congress (and are appalled), discuss the action from Algiers (Mens Sabre and Womens Foil) and Gav expresses his disappointment with a result that he should love… you’ll have to listen to find out why. Coolest fencer on the planet is a bit of a surprise… no spoilers! Also a large shout out to the returning Mamatletas! We find searching Kabcom for the relevant links a bit difficult. Rest assuered, it’s all in here somewhere! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRKcRBFMZyzW8Ko7qhI908QWith tanks to our lovely sponsors: www.leonpaul.com Become a Patreon supporter of the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869

Gav and Sean look back on the 2017/18 season and pick out their highlights and star performers. We have some sad news with the passing of several fencing greats in recent weeks. We also look forward to the upcoming season and what will bring a smile to our faces. Gav promises to watch more sabre and makes a confession about his worship of Max. Sean gambles on his knowledge of women's epee and continues to be enthused by women's sabre. We talk about our plans for the coming season. With tanks to our lovely sponsors: www.leonpaul.com Become a Patreon supporter of the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869

Finally! Sorry for the delay Gav moved house, Sean moonlighted as a sports commentator! Our duo look back at the 2018 World Championships from Wuxi, China. We have various grumbles but agree the World Championships were a magnificent event. We cover all the action and offer our usual forthright opinions about who was great, who wasn't and who is the Coolest Fencer on the Planet. We also talk about our plans for next season. All the playlists for the World Championships are on Fencing Vision (along with the live streams from Newcastle...) With our usual thanks to our glorious sponsors Leon Paul.And we never overlook our patrons. You guys literally keep the  lights on. Don't forget to leave us a nice comment on itunes. We're told it helps!

In this episode Sean's interviews more of Great Britain's leading foilists. Kate and Alex Beardmore are the sister and brother team that propelled Kate to the top of the British women's foil rankings. Kate has ambitions to reach the very top of international level. We approve! Richard Kruse probably doesn't need an introduction. He  is a serial winner of world class events and has been the spearhead of British fencing's recent success. What a guy! Find out what makes him tick.

The dust has settled on the season, the fencers have fought and now it's time for Sean and Gav to sit down and scry what might happen in the World Championships in Wuxi, China. We cast the runes, Gav investigates the gribbly bits of Epee, Sean tries his hand at a bit of Sabre divination.Where the stars in alignment? We'll only know once the World Championships are over...

We wrap up the regular season with the action from Madrid* men's sabre World Cup in Madrid, Grand Prix epee from Cali in Colombia and the women's sabre World Cup in Tunis. Gav gets all excited about a new Korean epeeist, another fencer gets added to Sean's list of favourite female sabreurs (if you're not on the list, are you even a female sabreur?). Gav confesses he has been watching sabre this season** but has waited until the end of the season to announce this fact. We delve into the murky world of Russian sports politics and we will see democracy restored with a new Twitter poll for Coolest Fencer on the Planet. We have a bunch of great interviews almost ready for release*(after Sean does his homework - ed.)**(Gav's an epeeist, it was a tough admission for him)Links:Our lovely sponsors: https://www.leonpaul.com/Become a supporter of The Fencing Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4988869The Leon Paul Fencing Centre: http://www.leonpaulfencingcentre.com/Madrid Men’s Sabre Individual finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m72hgOGV5wE&index=2&list=PLOc5neYoyve3LI4gfJm5d8trZvvOQ0TJeMadrid’s Men’s Sabre Team finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aNY9gFCcig&list=PLOc5neYoyve3LI4gfJm5d8trZvvOQ0TJe&index=3Cali Epee Grand Prix finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fRgWrswuJE&t=7674sTunis Women’s Sabre Individual playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMypS55MruA&list=PL_pQQho0KExwE7k-PFDL-YB3eohFQurt9Tunis Women’s Sabre Team playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAWeM9ivpgI&list=PL_pQQho0KExzpZW7hNc6V16-y5RBewGX7Pozdnyakov becomes President of Russian Olympic Committee: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-pozdnyakov-new-olympic-committee-head-doping/29257660.html

We talk about the Moscow Sabre Grand Prix - Queen Velikaya returns and we find out who scares Sean. Gav's been watching the SNCF Reseau men's epee from Paris. Oldies dominate the podium and Sean doesn't feel encouraged to watch the team event. And finally we look at the Shanghai Foil Grand Prix with mixed feelings of joy and inevitability. Gav's previously hitherto unknown obsession with Quavers* becomes apparent...Video links below:Moscow Sabre Grand PrixMens SabreWomens SabreSNCF Reseau Paris You can watch it all here on the French Federation's youtube channel.Shanghai Grand PrixWomens FoilMens Foil*Editor's Note: Quavers are a delicious cheese flavour potato-based snack. They don't sponsor us but probably should.