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Written by Jake Barber - Argonaut   
Friday, 11 April 2008

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The advanced fencing class practices their advances, retreats, and lunges.
There is only one place on campus where two people can duel each other with three feet of steel, and not only will professors allow it, they encourage it. Welcome to the University of Idaho fencing program. Students of any skill level can join one of the fencing classes offered for credit, and for those more serious about it there is the Fencing Club.
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Vice president of the Fencing Club John Porter leads the advanced fencing class in footwork drills.


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The advanced fencing class faces off and practices drills in the PEB building.
The exact age of the fencing program at the University of Idaho is unknown, but Norm Pendegraft, one of the fencing coaches and a professor of information systems, said that the program has been around since he came here 25 years ago. Video reels and receipts for equipment can be found in the equipment closet that date back more than 40 years.
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Fencing coach and assistant professor of information systems Norm Pendegraft helps students with their footwork in the advanced fencing class.


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Grace Young (right) and Kevin Van De Bogart (left) practice fencing drills in the advanced fencing class.
Pendegraft, along with post doctorate of MMBB Bob Behal and instructor of economics Steven Peterson, teach the beginning and advanced fencing classes and Pendegraft and Behal coach the club, which has about 12 members and is growing according to Behal.There is only one place on campus where two people can duel each other with three feet of steel, and not only will professors allow it, they encourage it. Welcome to the University of Idaho fencing program. Students of any skill level can join one of the fencing classes offered for credit, and for those more serious about it there is the Fencing Club.


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Members of the advanced fencing class fight a practice bout, with judges standing by.
The exact age of the fencing program at the University of Idaho is unknown, but Norm Pendegraft, one of the fencing coaches and a professor of information systems, said that the program has been around since he came here 25 years ago. Video reels and receipts for equipment can be found in the equipment closet that date back more than 40 years.


Pendegraft, along with post doctorate of MMBB Bob Behal and instructor of economics Steven Peterson, teach the beginning and advanced fencing classes and Pendegraft and Behal coach the club, which has about 12 members and is growing according to Behal.


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