Fencing may spark thoughts of sword-fights and duels to the death from days past. Not quite, according to Lubo Kalpaktchiev, a Fencing Instructor at Syracuse Musketeers Fencing in Dewitt. He says it's an Olympic sport that involves plenty of competition. Lubo would know, since he at one time was a member of the Bulgarian National Fencing Team.
Proudly, Lubo states,"I want to get out they build up confidence. This is an individual sport so they can be their own charicter, and everybody has a different style and they think different, so you can be your own charicter and be a good fencer."
Student Erik Erbes of Skaneatles, tried other better known sports, like baseball, before he saw a flyer one day, that eventually had him hooked.
"This is like one of the sports thait I feel I'm really good at", says Erik. He goes on saying,"This is like the kind of sport that's really fun, and you want to get up and go every morning or every afternoon.
Before you run out the door to get your kids signed up, get ready to pay a few bucks for the lessons. 6 lessons, 1-hour-and-15 minutes long each cost more than $100.
Erik seems to think that's reasonable since he says,"[fencing] is one of those sports that you can tell people or your friends, and they'll be like,'Oh, that's so cool.'"
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