Olympic Fencing Prodigy: Race Imboden
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Meet 19-year-old Race Imboden, the world's youngest top-ranked fencer, as he prepares to compete at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Watch how Race learned to harness his emotions and climbed from virtual obscurity to become the #4-ranked foil fencer in the world and America's #1. Race now stands poised to achieve his dream of becoming "the Michael Phelps of fencing" by bringing home gold and putting US Fencing on the map.
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"I could be the fastest guy in the world, but if you have something that is tactically smarter than I do then you could beat me and that's hard." It's also the most interesting thing about the sport.
Anyone who says fencing is not physically demanding probably hasn't tried it before or is just very physically fit. Even when I was running 10 miles a day and doing 200 situps and pushups and staying active you could find me sweating profusely just by dumping me in the fencing room for 15 minutes.
his chip on the shoulder was having longer hair lol
been fencing for 7 years and boxing for 6, they definitely both are combat sports
it's just different classes of combat
mentality is still more or less the same
Love seeing these videos and wishing that you could restart life....
He goes to my club
For thou's saying fencing is not a real sport let alone a combat sport. Take a 15point bout with a competitive fencer and see how long (physically) you will last just to keep up with them.
The fact you havent tried it and think its easy, does not give you the right to judge
holy shit i went to fencing camp with this guy when we were 9-10 years old. if only i stuck with it like he did.
This guy is beyond talented but his confidence needs to be reigned in
Ya its 'a combat sport'. One difference to MMA and boxing, is that fencing allows for huge gains in full-combat experience throw decades of practice and tens of thousands of hits without losing a single brain cell or a single broken bone.
i fence and its amazing. Its so fun and athletic and not many people actually know what it is.
That guy he was fencing from Israel with OR on his back is my epic coach Tomer!
Unleash your anger Race. You will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine...
Finally a prodigy with some style man! :D
THANK YOU FOR THE TWEET ABOUT THIS!!!! FENCING IS LIFE TO ME!! :)
This was so compelling. I love his parents.
this guy is awesome. get it!
Oh I would kill to meet him, I'm just getting in to the competitive stuff
RACE IS AN AMAZING FENCER.
great musical touch in this video it compliments the cool style
looking forward to watching u in london and i wish u the best of luck :)
At 3:35 he is either on the F or G train between 4th ave and Smith 9th street all this from the passing sign on the window Brooklynite right here
It is officially considered a combat sport
Life is what you make of it, you can make something of yours that might start out as a seemingly insignificant thing. If you want to do something amazing, stop thinking about the things you haven't done, and start trying to figure out what you could do.
NICE!
If a guy and told me he was a "professional fencer", I'd turn around and walk away.
Gotta say, he did pretty well at London 2012. Even better when he and the rest of the USA team fought in Mens Team Foil. They fought for the bronze medal against Germany. They eliminated France too.
This is fascinating! Thanks for posting x
This guy actually goes to my school (St. John's University). I had him for public speaking :D
what the hell did I just watch
I want to recommend Stephen Stafford. He's a 15 yr old college junior @ Morehouse. He was triple majoring when I first heard about him a couple years.
Imboden is an old Swiss family name actually. We pronounce it imbodä with stress on the M though.
cannot take my eyes off himmmmm
It's still combat, it has roots leading back to actual sword-fighting, albeit it has been altered greatly so it could be an actual sport. Boxing and MMA is fine and all, but in the end it's two muscley guys goen' at each other (with some strategy involved, I know, but arguably fencing has more strategy and finesse involved.)
Yes it is
Good luck boy!!!
No problem! The British twins, Paula and Peter Imafidon, might also be of interest. Actually, I hear that whole family is quite spectacular.
I'm not going to knock what these guys do, it looks challenging and they like it. But if you search for: Zornhau (uploaded by Anton Kohutovič) on youtube you might find something more like what you are looking for. What you will be seeing is usually called HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) or sometimes historical fencing. But be mature and don't disrespect these sport fencer's hard work just because it "annoys you".
Try it, fencing is a challenging sport both mentally and physically. You say it's not a real swordfight, and sure, you won't die, but its not just poking your opponent and it's not about speed - you have to be smart and you have to know how to react without knowing you're reacting.
That was great. Looking forward to watching him in London.
Any chance we can get a listing of the music that you used? Great video! Particularly the last 30 seconds or so of the video.
"When we was Kool"
PPT
Enjoy buddy cool track!!
He won the gold medal in the individual men's.
Man fencing is real interesting. Looks cool.
thkrtv... maybe you can go to see Ruta Meliutyte is a 15 yeras old gold medal swimmer in olympics
I fence for my school and it is impossible for me to get better during the summer because the closest clubs are at least 40min away from me. And the best epee clubs are about an hour away. I wish fencing was a little more "mainstream."
Any chance we can get a listing of the music that you used? Great video!
This ginger is about to go to the Olympics and i'm just here trying to pass my math class :/
Just because these guys don't beat each other stupid doesn't mean it's not a combat sport. As someone who does both SCA fencing and brazilian jiu jitsu I can tell you that the combat mindset aspect is there for both activities.
Thanks for the recommendation Grapejam339! We'll look into him.
Since when did Brad Pitt coach fencing?
I'd say wrestling was most like chess, a great description was 'a game of kinetic chess in which a choke hole or joint lock was checkmate'
This guy needs to get into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, if he can think, control his partner, and constantly change his strategy that fast. He would dominate Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. i hope he sees this.
what's the title of all the songs in this video? love the first song a lot.
Yea Brooklyn!
Wow! these guys are amezing on this chanel!!!!
He won gold in individual foil
Cool. Now what channel?
He belongs to Empire United Fencing.
Wow... GOOD LUCK MAN in O2012!
I FOUND ONE OF THE SONGS! the song at 4:26 is "Shake, Shake, Shake" by Bronze Radio Return!
Try fencing before you think of it as easy. I have fenced for 7 years and I can tell you that there is nothing easy about winning a fencing bout whether it be foil, sabre, or épée.
No, he didn't. In the Olympics, Team USA got rolled by the Germans for the bronze medal in the men's team foil event.
The score was: Germany: 45 - USA: 27.
Awesome!!!
Daley's name is Race Imboden? Didn't knew he practice fences..
Fencing is so fuckin gangst, i hate that i dont have a club around here
(Middle Georgia isnt know for Fencing anyways...)
Odd be the day when someone say's that hitting someone with a sword is not a 'combat sport'. If I were to be bold, does hitting someone with a sword not seem like the closest you can get to actual 'combat' without stabbing someone?
Awesome!!!!!
awesome! also his name is so unusual--i'm curious as to the story behind it...
WOAH! WOAH! What about Massialas!?!?!
The Coach did say its different from other combat sports
I scrolled down only to find that my comment has already been posted. You stole my thumbs up.
out in the 16s
No it's not. The goal of fencing is to score points. It is an elegant game of timing, strategy and point control. Yes, a sword could kill someone, and people have died before, but the aim of the sport is to make your box light up when you have the priority. In real life 'priority' wouldn't matter one bit - you'd be dead either way.
I am a foil fencer who's done it for over 10 years, so I do know what I'm talking about.
Fencing is not a sport? If it isn't, it's doing a great impersonation of a sport. It's quite sporting and, athletic.
wait around 4:00 is that kid next to him Brian Kaneshige? dude went to my highschool and was are A strip during the season.
Can you list the tracks used in the video, please?
Katheleen Ledecky, swimming, USA
Tom Daley, diving, GB
Sharon Van Rouwendaal, swimming, NED
Recommendation: Stephen Stafford, teenage prodigy @ Morehouse College
This guy is the modern day Ezio.
the coach looks like Brad pitt !
My body is ready
Did he do well In the olympics, he looks quite good. I got into fencing after watching James Bond Die Another Day.
Can anyone please tell me the name and artist of the first song please?
I bet he would like jiu jitsu.. that's some physical/mental chess! these prodigies are blowing my mind.
I wonder if he was named after Race Bannon
Venezuela!
does anyone happen to know the name of the first song? trying hard to find it
Just because it has finesse doesn't mean it isn't combat.
It has rules... but so does boxing. Or are you saying someone has to end up knocked out or bleeding for it to be classified as a "combat sport"?
Fencing is a sport that comes from a time when the nobility would fight duels over matters of honour, sometimes to the death. If that doesn't count as "combat" then I don't know what does.
It is every bit as serious, physical and confrontational as Boxing.
Recommendation: Harrison Gill, Squash player number 1 in the U.S and top 10 in World (Not sure which one) 14 years old.
Team USA got thrashed by the Germans for the bronze medal in the men's team foil event.
The score was: Germany: 45 - USA: 27.
Question for whoever might know: Does anyone here recognize the song playing midway through the introduction for Race when "Brooklyn, New York" pops out? It's a nice beat. nun
they named him race. what canu expect?
what is the first song played in the video
How did he do in the Olympics?
The opening scene, how did he win...? looks like the guy slapped his chest up with the thing
PPT - When We Was Kool is the song at 0:33
What's the song playing at the end of the video?
what is the tittle of the song?
fencing and Olympic boxing is the most confusing shit