http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Craig+Harkins Education Craig Harkins Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=601703&ca=Education Fencing - Physical Chess. The cliches surrounding the sport highlight teh fact that successful fencers are very smart people. Is this the result of smart people fencing, or that fencing makes people smarter? Recent studies are showing that the latter is true, so head out to the fencing salle, learn... Sports Craig Harkins Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=591728&ca=Sports One of the web sites that I read issued a challenge to web site owners to go back into their archives and pick out 7 posts to feature. I took this up as it would be fun to take a look back on some of the articles that have been on Fencing.Net throughout the years. Since the site started in 1998, the... Sports Craig Harkins Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=499708&ca=Sports To the untrained eye, a game of pro basketball and a game of college basketball can appear very similar, if not pretty much the same. Flip from game to game, and you see pretty much the same thing: a standard size ball, players on the court, a 10-foot hoop and the foul line 15 feet away from the bac... Sports Craig Harkins Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=202717&ca=Sports Sabre fencing is the fast-paced member of the sport of fencing most like old fashioned sword fighting in battlefield conditions. The saber is the "big daddy" in fencing equipment and the largest and heaviest weapon. It is a true sword with sides with an edge, unlike the epee and foil. Sabre fencing... Sports Craig Harkins Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=192909&ca=Sports France won the Women's Epee team competition, crushing the home town Russian team 45-37 in the gold medal bout. Germany earned bronze with a 42-40 win over Estonia. In epee, fencers attempt to earn points by hitting their opponent’s 1/24th of a second before they get hit. The event simulates a duel... Sports Craig Harkins Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=187110&ca=Sports One of the changes to fencing at the World Cup level is the advent of video replay review of touches. This came into play after the Chinese men's foil team felt that the referee in their gold medal bout was favoring the Italian team. In a recent interview with multiple world-champion Stanislave Pozd... Sports Craig Harkins Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182645&ca=Sports When you get a new lame, or you have one that is already working well, you want to make sure that you keep it in good repair. When beginning to care for your lame, you should remember that the lame is a metallic jacket made up of both fabric at metallic threads. The lame is in good working order whe... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Craig Harkins Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=179127&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Your body needs three things to function smoothly: energy (food), hydration (water), and rest (sleep). Cutting out one of these components would play havoc on your body and its ability to properly function, so you need to ensure that you are not lacking for either of them. If you are active you wi... Sports Craig Harkins Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=179131&ca=Sports As an athlete, you should always be looking for ways to (legally) enhance your performance. Runners will work out their legs, baseball players will work out their core muscles and upper body, but all athletes should work on their speed and agility. Most athletes will need to work on a few basic are... Sports Craig Harkins Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=178515&ca=Sports One of US Fencing's brightest young stars has been nominated to be 2007 Sportswoman of the year by the Women's Sports Foundation. Founded in 1974 by Billie Jean King, the Women’s Sports Foundation is a national charitable educational organization seeking to advance the lives of girls and women thr...