Olympic Fencing Prodigy: Race Imboden
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 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.
Love seeing these videos and wishing that you could restart life....
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
This guy is beyond talented but his confidence needs to be reigned in
THANK YOU FOR THE TWEET ABOUT THIS!!!! FENCING IS LIFE TO ME!! :)
This was so compelling. I love his parents.
i fence and its amazing. Its so fun and athletic and not many people actually know what it is.
looking forward to watching u in london and i wish u the best of luck :)
RACE IS AN AMAZING FENCER.
Thanks for the recommendation Grapejam339! We'll look into him.
He goes to my club
This is fascinating! Thanks for posting x
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.
great musical touch in this video it compliments the cool style
Unleash your anger Race. You will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine...
Finally a prodigy with some style man! :D
That was great. Looking forward to watching him in London.
That guy he was fencing from Israel with OR on his back is my epic coach Tomer!
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.
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.
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
this guy is awesome. get it!
cannot take my eyes off himmmmm
Oh I would kill to meet him, I'm just getting in to the competitive stuff
Any chance we can get a listing of the music that you used? Great video!
Cool. Now what channel?
Wow! these guys are amezing on this chanel!!!!
He belongs to Empire United Fencing.
He won the gold medal in the individual men's.
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.
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.
It is officially considered a combat sport
Good luck boy!!!
Man fencing is real interesting. Looks cool.
what's the title of all the songs in this video? love the first song a lot.
NICE!
Awesome!!!
Awesome!!!!!
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.
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
awesome! also his name is so unusual--i'm curious as to the story behind it...
My body is ready
No problem! The British twins, Paula and Peter Imafidon, might also be of interest. Actually, I hear that whole family is quite spectacular.
Yea Brooklyn!
Can you list the tracks used in the video, please?
thkrtv... maybe you can go to see Ruta Meliutyte is a 15 yeras old gold medal swimmer in olympics
Imboden is an old Swiss family name actually. We pronounce it imbodä with stress on the M though.
"When we was Kool"
PPT
Enjoy buddy cool track!!
the coach looks like Brad pitt !
Wow... GOOD LUCK MAN in O2012!
did he get his gold?
Can anyone please tell me the name and artist of the first song please?
Yes it is
This guy actually goes to my school (St. John's University). I had him for public speaking :D
Recommendation: Stephen Stafford, teenage prodigy @ Morehouse College
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".
Did he do well In the olympics, he looks quite good. I got into fencing after watching James Bond Die Another Day.
He won gold in individual foil
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.
what place did he end up getting at the Olympics?
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.
does anyone happen to know the name of the first song? trying hard to find it
What's the song playing at the end of the video?
seconded!
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.
WOAH! WOAH! What about Massialas!?!?!
I scrolled down only to find that my comment has already been posted. You stole my thumbs up.
How did he do in the Olympics?
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.
Recommendation: Harrison Gill, Squash player number 1 in the U.S and top 10 in World (Not sure which one) 14 years old.
What club does Race belong too?
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?
what is the name of the rap song? i can make out the lyrics "i used to play ball right down the street" but thats it
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.
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.
Since when did Brad Pitt coach fencing?
If a guy and told me he was a "professional fencer", I'd turn around and walk away.
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.)
The Coach did say its different from other combat sports
why not.
This ginger is about to go to the Olympics and i'm just here trying to pass my math class :/
Venezuela!
did he win at olympics
I bet he would like jiu jitsu.. that's some physical/mental chess! these prodigies are blowing my mind.
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
Daley's name is Race Imboden? Didn't knew he practice fences..
I FOUND ONE OF THE SONGS! the song at 4:26 is "Shake, Shake, Shake" by Bronze Radio Return!
This guy is the modern day Ezio.
out in the 16s
Where is Massialas?
Where is Alexander ?
what is the first song played in the video
What song is playing? in the beggining
how old is?
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.
what is the tittle of the song?
recommendation : Hayden Hopkins a Dancer