Lauren
It never struck me like a sport for senior citizens but…
Apparently old people love it! at least the ones at Corpus Christi Catholic Home for retired priest and nuns in Melbourne, Australia, do. The over 80 years old athletes have been learning the art of fencing for nine months now, and apparently they are getting quite good at it. One of the care-takers from the home said the old people were a bit reluctant at first but after having a talk with the convincing instructor, they said yes.
Even 93 years old Sister Dolores says she loves the sport, even though she admits it’s a chalenge at her age and she’s always afraid she might fall over.
Comments
9 comments
May 16, 2008
awesome, they’ve got the same plan as me, keep moving…
May 20, 2008
Just goes to show, that no matter what age you are, you can always enjoy a good rousing game of fencing!
May 20, 2008
very cool, & the instructor has a sweet ’stache. hope when i’m old and in a home they have fencing there!
they should be wearing vests, though.
May 21, 2008
Do you think, that thay may hurt each other? Those sabres have a small ball on the top of it and I doubt, that those old people are strong enough to hurt someone..
May 21, 2008
My favorite is certainly the single man with his walker. There’s something perfectly quixotic about that pose.
May 22, 2008
Me quito el sombrero ante voecencias!!
May 31, 2008
they could get a heart attack doing that!
June 17, 2008
Sensational, what great staff to have the foresight and conviction to do something out of the square (as the saying goes today) and changing the perception that once your a true senior its feet up and bingo. Save me a spot in 20-30 years.
October 8, 2008
I recently taught Serious Swashbuckling for Seniors and Grappling for GrandPirates at the Senior Theatre USA Performance Festival. In my 16
years teaching sport fencing and stage combat, I have never had so
much fun. People need to change their perception of what seniors can do.
Our program, The Silver Stage Players, even write and direct their own plays.
Visit our website to see awesome seniors doing stage combat!