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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Articles By This Author
Stretching and Flexibility – Physiology of Stretching
- By Craig Harkins
- . November 26, 2003
The purpose of this chapter is to introduce you to some of the basic physiological concepts that come into play when a muscle is stretched.
How fencing is fenced
- By Craig Harkins
- . November 26, 2003
Fencing bouts take place on a long, narrow strip about fourteen meters long and two meters wide. Fencers take position at the “on guard” lines,
Malaysian Fencing Needs at Least a Silver
- By Craig Harkins
- . November 26, 2003
LOGANATH VELLOO – TheStar.com: AFTER being initially left out altogether from the Malaysian contingent for the Vietnam SEA Games, only a good showing in Hanoi

US Medals Around the World
- By Craig Harkins
- . November 26, 2003
U.S. fencers were globe-trotters last weekend, competing at Senior, Junior and Cadet World Cups all over Europe. The result: Two golds and three top-three World
South Africa: Fencing is nothing to poke fun at
- By Craig Harkins
- . November 25, 2003
When Mpho Nkoane, coach of Soweto Fencing Club, approached some kids to join his club, they looked at him as if he was mad. “Do