Getting the Point: The Making of a Champion and Reflections on a Fencing Life - Softcover

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Savor Victories
Learn from Defeats

Sage advice from a man who knows how to do both.

How did a coach's reject pick up his first fencing sword at 16 and in 11 years become the National Champion?

Meet Dick Berry, National Champion, Hall of Famer, and the man who changed épée, the heaviest fencing weapon. This is his story of how he became an award-winning fencer, and transformed épée from an “old man’s game” into the popular sport it is today.

Take this journey from his hometown in Michigan to the military competition halls of Europe to how he won five National Championships. Learn the strategies and tactics that would stun his opponents and kept him on his road to winning. Find out what surprising choices in competition led him to be elected National Collegiate Fencer in 1952 by his peers and coaches. Get an insider’s look at how this champion kept his cool during tie-breaking tournament finals along with other strategies that will benefit future fencers, other competitors who are looking for a winning strategy, or those looking for inspiration on a life well lived.

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