16 - Wednesday, November 20, 1985 - North Shore News

Sports

NEWS photo Mike Wakefleid

Thrills found in fencing

From Page 13

. Parson’s will apply her
skill honed after two years
of study in Holland and
competition around the
world to make fencing fun
for the’ average child.

“It’s not “just “Sack and
foith, back and forth, ”” says
Parsons, who teaches the
children the basics through
games and races.

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- Rather than laboriously
teaching students the proper
lunging techniques, she or-
ganizes events like lunging
relay races where youngsters
yell and scream with the heat
of competition.

The benefits of fencing are
numerous, says Parsons.
The sport helps coordinate
thought and physical activi-
ty, speeds reaction time and
exercises “eyery bone in

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your body.”
JUDGE OPPONENT

Like other martial arts,
participants learn to judge
their opponent as well as
themselves.

There is also plenty of
opportunity to travel for
competition, - says Parsons,
from the B.C. Winter
Games, through national
championships and right up

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to international competition.
All the children need are
running shoes, track pants
and an old glove if they have
one. The class, which cost
just $5, begins November 26.
As well as training and
competing in Europe, Par-
son has instructed at Van-
couver City College,
Langara College and in-
structed actors in dramatic
fencing for the theatre.

SIX-YEAR-OLD Marie O'Connor practises fencing’s salute
pose. O’Connor, along with classmates Todd James (left)
and Suzanne Masaro, has enrolled in the North Vancouver
Recreation Centre’s new fencing program for children. The
new class begins November 26,

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