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Fencing Jere Bothelio - 1 of 4

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That's my back, and my opponent -- Jere Bothelio -- beyond me. Jere is 10 years older than I am, and very quick. Mostly a self taught epee fencer, he's come up the ranks over the years. I met him at my first fencing club here in CA, while taking lessons from John DeCesare. Since then he's earned his A rating and gone on to fence in the 50+ (Veterans) world championships in 2004. He's a great guy, and a very good fencer, so I figured I was doomed when I got him in my second DE, but I didn't mind. If I was going to lose, Jere's a good one to lose to.

What we're doing here is testing our weapons to be sure they don't register a touch when we hit each other's bell guards.

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