Last Fencing Class...

On Saturday the Boys had their last fencing class. The Teacher did a tournament in two divisions, younger kids and older kids. Their were four younger kids who fenced each other: Oliver, Lucius, another boy and a girl. Oliver and Lucius started by fencing each other. Oliver won the match by one point (3 to 2). After that they each won all their matches, beating the other two kids. I thought that was pretty good.

They had been practicing all week with each other and with Daddy. I saw marked improvement in their fencing stabs. Where before they were just swinging the sword wildly, in the tournament they actually were jabbing their opponent with purpose.

Here's a video of the day's tournament. Lucius is in the blue plaid shorts and Oliver is wearing grey sweatpants. They fight each other first then they each have a turn fencing the boy with the black pants. the password is: fencing.

fencing from Margaret on Vimeo.

 

They won First and second place in the younger division. Lucius was pretty happy about second until he realized Oliver got a sword and he didn't. Thankfully right after these photos were taken a bunch of the older kids came over to tell him that he was super good at fencing. I was quite impressed with those other kids and how encouraging they were toward the youngest kid in the class (Lucius). 

They both really enjoyed taking the class and both have a big interest in doing more fencing in the future. I'm excited to see their interests bloom and be a part of helping them try new things.