In the second episode of season two of Chaos On The Strip I talk to Jerome Guth, the current national sabre coach of Japan. During his time in Japan he has coached Emura Misaki to two World Championships titles, coached the women's team to an Olympic Bronze medal, and has coached his athletes in both genders to many more world cup, grand prix, and Asian Championship medals. Jerome has had an interesting path getting to Japan: after growing up fencing in France and deciding to quit fencing to go to school in America he randomly started coaching on the Penn State team before opening up a club in America then moving to Japan to become the national sabre coach there. As such his has a very multi-national perspective which makes him very interesting to talk to! Enjoy!Follow Jerome on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/jrmgth/Support me on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/c/CyrusofChaos

We open season 2 of Chaos on the Strip with Alex Tofalides, the first ever Cypriot Olympic fencer who just published his book "Fighting For Your Dream". In this interview we discuss his career and the contents of his book. Enjoy!

Order Alex's book here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fighting-your-Dream-resilience-performing/dp/1068564423

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Episode 24 of Chaos on the Strip is an interview of me, the creator, by Olympic Foil, another popular combat creator! He had a poll to collect questions on his Instagram page

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https://www.instagram.com/olympicfoil/

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Episode 23 of Chaos on the Strip features Ryan Choi, recently crowned men's foil Asian Champion and World Champion and current world number 1. Find out how he has been so consistent recently, why he almost quit earlier this season, and how he worked through the disappointment of not qualifying for the Olympics.

Ryan Choi's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/ryanchoiiiii?igsh=YmxpOWg3eTB0YTUy

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In episode 22 of Chaos on the Strip we talk to Cheung Ka Long, winner of the last two individual Olympic titles and the 2024 overall world cup winner about how he got started in the sport, his mentality during comebacks, how he keeps up his motivation, and much more!

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https://www.instagram.com/cheungkalonggggg/

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In the last episode of Chaos on the Strip I interviewed Olga Kharlan. I said in that episode that I wanted to ask her a lot of questions about her career but that there was something more important that we needed to discuss: the war in Ukraine. In this episode she and I discuss all of the other aspects of her career from how it all began to her absolutely insane Olympic Qualification season this year!

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Today's episode of Chaos on the strip is a bit unusual: I interviewed Olga about her experiences with the war in Ukraine two years ago but due to complicated circumstances that led to major changes in my life immediately after we recorded, I completely forgot about the interview until she and I discussed the topic of Sofia Velikaya a few days ago. Recently Sofia Velikaya, a successful Russian fencer and captain in the Russian army, decided to run for a position on the FIE's Athlete Commission representing Russia despite not being eligible for multiple reasons. Olga and I decided this was a good time to remind everyone why the Russians are currently not allowed to represent their country.

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In episode 19 of Chaos on the Strip we have recent junior world champion and current top 16 senior fencer Biko Tolba on! Not only has Biko won junior World Championships, he has also been to the Olympics, has won two senior world cup bronze medals, and is currently the number one ranked junior in the world. We discuss his transition from juniors to seniors and how having a foot in America, Egypt, and Italy has affected his fencing.

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Lawyer Elijah Granet joins us to discuss the legal ramifications of the letters that USA Fencing was sent by Ted Cruz (threatening USFA's NGB status) and by Marjorie Taylor Greene (requesting an appearance by Chairman Damien Lefeldt) to discuss this issue.

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In episode 17 of Chaos on the Strip I interview Red Sullivan who talks about the protest that Stephanie Turner made against her in the Cherry Blossom open. We also discuss the issue of trans athletes in sports more broadly and if you listen to the end I will provide a little insider information about what is happening with this issue in the USOPC...

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