En Garde: Fencing Competitors from Around the Country Descend on Portland

En Garde: Fencing Competitors from Around the Country Descend on Portland

If you were strolling near the Oregon Convention Center around the first week of July, you may have seen people clad in athletic gear walking around with a very tall, narrow bags. Their hoodies were emblazoned with a sword, and maybe the name of some obscure North American city. Inside the bags were full cover face masks, swords, white outfits, grey vests, and weird little shoes.  Inside Hall B of the Convention Center, people in all white stood…