12/07/2025
Did you know that fencing is both an Olympic AND Paralympic event?
Wheelchair fencing is competed nationally and internationally in all 3 weapons. Typically, the fencers sit in a specially designed wheelchair that is clipped into a steel track for safety. Since there cannot be any footwork, the fencers rely on blade work and target displacement only.
Since all that specialized equipment is expensive, takes up a lot of space, and isn't needed the majority of time, I was asked to produce a set of wheelchair fencing training seats. These were designed by the folks across the pond at British Fencing, and the plans are available on their website. (They were in metric...it was glorious.)
