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Despite their defeat, Captain Carolyn Powell said last night that she was pleased with the swordswomen's showing, particularly since their third-ranked fencer, junior Beth Schwinn, was out with back injuries. "We haven't even come close in the last four years, we've had scores like 14-2 and 15-1," Powell said. "This is their smallest margin of victory since I've been here...
...American sabreman David Heyman (who Marshall calls a "brilliant" fencer) led individual scoring during the meet, conquering each of his three opponents. Second sabreman Brad Jeffries also turned in a stellar performance, winning two bouts and losing the third because of "questionable" scoring...
...missed the essence of Musashi's philosophy. He advocates clearing the mind of thoughts of life and death so that the fencer can concentrate on strategies that become spontaneous. Similarly, Japanese businessmen forgo short-term profit so that they can concentrate on product perfection, long-term maneuvers and economic victory. We read the book some time ago, and have found the principles most effective in representing our Japanese clients in the U S. market...
...meet where each fencer battles 11 others over a period of six to seven hours, this consistency paid off. "We were really psyched and we never let down," junior Carolyn Powell explained. "When you fence five minutes of every 30, it's really hard to stby psyched for that long, but somehow...
Coach Ben Zivkovic particularly praised the performance of epeeman Bill Marshall. Marshall, normally the squad's fourth-ranked fencer, was started in the number-two position after the regular number-two man got sick...