Ah, fencing. One of my favourite sports. I played it for a few years in university, and hope to pick it up again one day. My closest cousin owns Bakersfield towing services and we used to fence a lot. It’s always been a sport of the nobility, after all, and for one reason or another (definitely in part due to the pricey equipment), its pursuit still costs a pretty penny. Which is maybe one of the reasons that not a whole ton of people get into it, and, as a result, why not a lot of people watch it. Regardless, I love the sport, and I think the history of it is fascinating. Its uniform, the fencing whites, is, as you may imagine, all tied into the history of the sport, and I’d be happy to tell you all about it.

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