#wheelchairfencing

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

2024 Paralympics 🇫🇷 Versatility is the mantra of wheelchair fencing 🤺

Unlike their able-bodied counterparts, fencers at the Paralympic Games switch between weapons to compete in multiple disciplines, an aspect that presents various challenges. There are three different weapons used in fencing: the foil, épée and sabre - each of which has different compositions, techniques and scoring target areas. All weapons in general, are based on the same basic set of rules making it relatively easy to switch between foil, épée and sabre.

Why is everyone speaking French? 🇫🇷

Like its Olympic equivalent, the official language of wheelchair fencing is French. The referee will say “En garde” ( On Guard, come to the start line), “Prete”(or “Ready” if English), then “Allez” (literally “Go!”; or “Fence if English) to start bouts.🗡️ 🤺 ⚔️

The use of French dates back to the 19th century when Napoleon established fencing as a mandatory discipline in the military. Fencing grew in popularity in France and made its way to the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.

Wheelchair fencing was pioneered about half a century later by Ludwig Guttmann at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England UK 🇬🇧 after World War II as part of rehabilitation for patients with spinal cord injuries. It made its Paralympic debut at the inaugural Games in 1960.

Historical, Stoke mandeville games, 1955 two female competitors in wheelchairs taking part in the fencing competition, Stoke Mandeville hospital, Aylesbury, Bucks, England, UK.

Sir Ludwig Guttmann CBE* FRS** (3 July 1899 – 18 March 1980) was a German-British neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games. In September 1943, the British government asked Guttmann to establish the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire. The initiative came from the Royal Air Force (RAF) to ensure the treatment and rehabilitation of pilots with spine injuries, "who often crashed on approach with their bombers damaged".

When the centre opened on 1 February 1944, the United Kingdom's first specialist unit for treating spinal injuries, appointed Guttmann its director (a position he held until 1966). He believed that sport was an important method of therapy for the rehabilitation of injured military personnel, helping them build up physical strength and self-respect.

Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympics.

An ever-present in the Paralympic sports programme since Rome 1960, wheelchair fencing is governed by the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS).

The wheelchair fencing competition at the Paralympic Games is in full swing, taking place under the prestigious glass dome of the Grand Palais in the heart of Paris.

📹 Behind the scenes: the process of getting ready for wheelchair fencing 🤺 And yes, well done to the volunteers, well done to the technical Teams.

📹 Passage en coulisses: les détails de la préparation d'une compétition d'escrime fauteuil🤺 Et oui bravo aux Volontaires. Bravo aux Équipes techniques

*CBE Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)

**FRS Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London.

#Paris2024 #wheelchairfencing #Paralympics #escrimepourfauteuil #SirLudwigGuttmann #NationalSpinalInjuries #Buckinghamshire #CentreatStokeMandevilleHospital

Posted 6th September 2024

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[fenceintexas]

Way to go Nico!!! Bronze medal in Men’s Para-sabre today! Three medals in three days - not a bad showing for your first ever tournament - and the National Championships at that!!! Great job Nico and Coach Jeff Crowe!!! #fitfencer #fitfencers #parafencing #FITparafencer #usafencingparafencingnationalchampionship2021 #wheelchairfencing #nicobadeaux (at Salt Palace Convention Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRxtXdOM_by/?utm_medium=tumblr

[uteofficial]

Krajnyák Zsuzsanna számára is elkezdődik a paralimpiai kvalifikáció! A magyar kerekesszékes vívó-válogatott ma Grúzia felé veszi az irányt, ahol Zsuzsi tőr és párbajtőr fegyvernemekben indul a hétvégi világkupán. Hétszeres paralimpiai érmes vívónkra hosszú kvalifikációs időszak vár, mely 2020 tavaszán zárul, és hivatott dönteni a tokiói indulókról. Hajrá Zsuzsi! #wheelchairfencing #roadtotokyo #strongaa https://www.instagram.com/p/BqDGg2gg2Uc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=g12r3sm1zip5

[yassnape]

Finally here and watching fencing!!!!!! #paralympics #wheelchairfencing (at Arena Carioca 3)

[thesticks9]

Gabi Down Wheelchair Fencer

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

GB's Coutya wins Paralympic gold in wheelchair fencing 🥇🇬🇧 🤺

DOMINATED!

Great Britain’s Dimitri Coutya has won his first Paralympic wheelchair fencing gold in the men’s foil B category after overpowering China's two-time defending Paralympic champion Feng Yanke 15-7 at the Grand Palais in Paris 🇫🇷

Dimitri is T-4 level sustained spinal cord injury, at the age of two after being knocked over by a car which means that He cannot move or feel anything roughly below his chest level, but he was always determined to maintain his active lifestyle. He had originally hoped to become a Paralympian in Wheelchair Basketball until 2009 when fencing became a games option for him at his St Benedict's school.

Silver sabre! 🥈🤺🗡️

Congratulations to @piers_g - Piers Gilliver claimed wheelchair fencing silver 🥈for Great Britain 🇬🇧 in the men's sabre A event at the Paralympics in Paris.

It's a well-earned late-night podium for Piers Gilliver in the men's sabre category A.

The duality of wheelchair fencing: by Piers Gilliver.

#ParalympicsGB #Paris2024 #DimitriCoutya #PiersGilliver #wheelchairfencing #foil #sabre

Posted 5th September 2024

[fenceintexas]

Good Luck to Parafencers Nico Badeaux and Patricia Dykes will be fencing in all three weapons for the USA Fencing Parafencing (wheelchair) events this weekend. #fitfencers #fitfencer #FITparafencing #fitparafencers #nicholasbardeaux #patriciadykes #wheelchairfencing #2021usafencingparafencingchampionships (at Salt Lake City, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRp8ojTMh7b/?utm_medium=tumblr

[fenceintexas]

USA Fencing holding virtual trading camp for Parafencers in September. The training is free, includes nutrition and tactical skills. You must pre-register to receive login information. https://myemail.constantcontact.com/USA-Parafencing-to-Host-Virtual-Training-Camp-Sept--12-13.html?soid=1102509771768&aid=7jqXHZLc8Yk #fitfencers #fitfencer #fitparafencers #USFAparafencing #parafencing #wheelchairfencing (at Fencing Institute of Texas, Inc.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEZsmo3p7wT/?igshid=1aqla969pvvwr

[fenceintexas]

Demo at the UT Southwestern Adaptive Sport Expo Patricia Dykes Fencing And Ovy Waddoups from Fencing Institute of Texas Oct. 5, 2019 #fitfencers #parafencing #wheelchairfencing https://www.instagram.com/p/B3QK4c_J30f/?igshid=1q9gk0wkuzq8e

[fenceintexas]

IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships Cheongju, South Korea Patricia Dykes and Terry Hayes, both Army Veterans, competed in sabre and foil #fitfencers #parafencing #wheelchairfencing #iwaswheelchairworldchampionships #worldchampionships2019 #2019wheelchairworldchampionships https://www.instagram.com/p/B2vVB-ppY4s/?igshid=okz1ranb9cn4

[fenceintexas]

Finally a permanent home for our Wheelies! #fitfencers #wheelchairfencing #paralympicsportsclub (at Fencing Institute of Texas, Inc.) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0muNK5pFD4/?igshid=9zby9anzfns8

[wheellifestories]

A sword wields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage🤺 • • • “Work hard and play hard! Todo esto es posible gracias a un excelente equipo de trabajo. El universo conspira a favor del que cree.” - @maferlaguado_ • • • Send your pics & videos to @WheelLifeStories or tag #WheelLifeStories for a feature! || Visit our website at WheelLifeStories.com! || #repost #wheelchaircommunity #adaptivecommunity #disabilityawareness #adaptivesports #wheelchairathlete #iamadaptive #wheelchairlife #wheelchairability #fencing⁣ #wheelchairsports #adaptivefencing #adaptiveathlete #wheelchairfencing #abilitynotdisability #nolimits #adaptivecombatsports #liveyourlife #wheelchairgirl #amazingpeople #keeppushing #handicappable #sword #differentlyabled #disABILITY #unstoppable #adaptandconquer #wheelchairmotivation #nevergiveup https://www.instagram.com/p/B3sfTN3JMt_/?igshid=1kn6nbxlpb2q0

[uteofficial]

Bronzérem a párbajtőrcsapattal! Nehéz nap volt, de nagyon örülünk, hogy ma sem maradtunk érem nélkül! Hajra,, magyar vívás! #iwas #wheelchairfencing #teamhun #hparalimpia #hunfencing #strongaa

[uteofficial]

Újabb nap, újabb döntő, újabb arany! Nagyon boldog vagyok, hogy a párbajtőr után tőrben is világbajnok lettem! Az pedig még boldogabbá tesz, hogy Hajmási Éva ellen vívhattam a finálét, így teljes magyar sikert arattunk! Gratulálok Évinek, s köszönjük a mai szurkolást is! #iwas #wheelchairfencing #hparalimpia #teamhun #utevivas #strongaa