No, fencing is not a gay sport. It is damned hard work/training. I was a highly ranked MAC epee fencer, belonging on two championship teams and placing in the top 6 teams in the 1966 NCAA championship (which would have placed us in the second ranking of All American Championship teams when that designation came about).
Our college team, within three years, produced three All Americans in epee, foil (a two-timer), and sabre (another two timer).
Our All American epee fencer (1965), Lt. Geoff Hamm, Temple Un., was killed in action in Vietnam in 1967. He was an Officer and a Gentleman, a friend and mentor, not a snide prick like you.
We busted our balls, 5 days a week, for months, to become among the best in the country. We were and will always remain “A Band of Brothers”.
PS. I got the fencing MVP trophy in 1966, from Jesse Owens.
He too was a Gentleman!
Perhaps you should learn why we were among the best. It is called hard work, devotion, team-work and love of the sport.
Quite an accomplishment; something to be proud of for one's life.
My ex took fencing in college to fulfill her PE requirement, in the early 70s. Like most who are ignorant of the sport, I thought it an odd choice at first, especially since I grew up in Japan and prized kendo over European fencing. As I saw the hard work and effort she as a novice put into her fencing practice, I changed my thinking and admitted there was a lot to be gained by it. (Unfortunately she gave it up after college, and then she gave me up, but that's a separate issue.)
“Perhaps you should learn why we were among the best. It is called hard work, devotion, team-work and love of the sport.”
Or you could learn to take a joke.
If you read the background on this, I would like your take on whatever started this meltdown and whether he has the slightest claim to a “great injustice.” Not that such would excuse behavior such as this but knowledge of what caused him to go “full McEnroe” would be useful.