NationStates Jolt Archive

Being myself a consumnately unusual person, and a devotee of the fine art of olympic fencing, I looked at all these threads about soccer (or football for you sticklers) and thought "why, what we need here is a fencing organization!"

Therefore, if there are enough interested parties, I propose the formation of a NationStates International Fencing Federation (Federation International d'Escrime, F.I.E.) to hold periodical World Cup and Grand Prix fencing events in the three weapons of epee, foil, and sabre.

I don't know how many people are fencers/familiar with fencing on this site, but the FIE is the international body that administers the sport of olympic fencing. Being an American, I'm a member of the US Fencing Association (USFA) which administers the sport in the States. They organize regional events and North American Cups, and give out ratings to victors at local, regional, and national tournaments (A, B, C, down to E).

So, who's interested in forming a Fencing Federation and holding tournaments between your top competitors?

Rithian would like to enter it's 3 best fencers. Ledhgs Netrom, Kiasldo Nokrl(Nookrule), and Jenga Flet.

All three of these men have earned some amount of trophies and medals in Rithian's annual fencing competitions

Fédération Internationale d'Escrime*

Otherwise, I guess I could be interested. Even if I do not much myself in fencing, being a kendoist.

Rithian- Which weapons do your fencers compete in?

Tarasovka- I stand corrected- pressed for time, I could not enter the correct accents! Are you still interested in forming a national fencing association?

I consider that my ten billion and more people are already organised into all sorts of sport associations, including fencing. So I'll just need to come up with a proper name and all that.