Craig Harkins
Craig has been fencing since he saw Peter Westbrook win a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics. Craig has covered the sport of fencing since 1995 via articles and newsletters on Fencing.Net. He has most recently re-entered competitive fencing in the Vet40 age category.
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Do you need to have your name on your fencing uniform?
- By Craig Harkins
- . September 22, 2010
The requirements for having your name on the back of your fencing jacket or lame (or on the rear leg of your fencing pants) have
2008 Paris – Ota vs. Glonek
- By Craig Harkins
- . September 22, 2010
This is the final bout of the 2008 Men’s Team Foil competition in Paris. Japan’s Yuki Ota matches up with Glonek from Poland in an

Heart Rate Monitors – A Basic Guide
- By Craig Harkins
- . September 17, 2010
Heart rate can be used to monitor how hard you are working during an activity (i.e. exercise intensity), and to track changes in fitness level. The heart rate monitor (HRM) provides a convenient method for measuring and recording heart rate during exercise.

Twas the NAC Before Christmas
- By Craig Harkins
- . September 15, 2010
Atlanta awarded the December 2010 NAC Event by USA Fencing USA Fencing reversed its decision to cancel one of the three Division I North American

Go Fencing and Get Smarter
- By Craig Harkins
- . September 7, 2010
The science is in: physical activity boosts your brainpower. Intuitively, it seems natural that physical fitness would be linked to sharper intelligence, and according to