COLUMBIA — Patrick Market and John Konzal stand facing each other, each sporting protective black masks and padded white vests. They are equipped with slender European swords called rapiers, and soon they are moving back and forth with calculated footwork, lunging at each other with their swords.
Fencing club aims to preserve traditional side of sport
Sunday, August 1, 2010 | 12:01 a.m. CDT
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