New experiences – en garde!

Hinde House students in Years 7, 8 and 10 enjoyed a once in a lifetime experience: an opportunity to try their hand at fencing.

Fencing traces its roots to the development of swordsmanship for duels and self-defence and is believed to have originated in Spain. The sport is great for all-round fitness, muscle toning, building core strength, co-ordination and balance. Modern fencing is a very athletic sport which requires great endurance, explosive speed and flexibility. Since you need to make lightning-fast decisions, it is also excellent for concentration and focus.

Competitive fencing is one of the five activities which have been featured in every modern Olympic Games, the other four being athletics, cycling, swimming and gymnastics, and was part of the Olympic Games as far back as the summer of 1896. Imagine our excitement when GB Fencing Coach, Adam Blight, came to visit and involved some of our students in an extraordinary fencing event at Hinde House!

Our students rose to the challenge as they learnt new skills and revelled in the chance to try out the emerging sport, and were a credit to the academy, demonstrating excellent behaviour, effort and enthusiasm.