Men's Sabre starts their season in Cairo, missing some big names. 

How will Hungary cope without Aron Szilagy, and Russia without Kamil Ibragimov? Kim Junghwan is back for the individual event and is on the Korean team - with some 'lucky' shoes. Will the absence of the Vietnam team hurt them in the race for the second Asian zonal place? 

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Bash and Dave look at the developments in Men's Foil after the Bonn World Cup

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Bash and Dave recap the results from the individual and team world cup in Tallinn, Estonia. 

Poland beat Russia in the team final to become World Number 1. Egypt can't make the top 16 again. Where does this leave the traditional fencing powerhouses of France and Germany, threatened by Ukraine and Estonia?

The individual class of Ana-Maria Popescu continued again, but where do the fencers outside the team qualification rankings stand after the team reshuffle?

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Just when you thought it was safe to relax after the summer break, the Satellite competitions all come at once in September and October!

Bash and Dave look at all the competitions, in all 6 weapons, and where that leaves us before the restart of the Olympic qualification season in November.

Also find out why there are 19 epee satellites and only 9 sabre satellites?

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A new podcast with former international fencer, turned FIE commentator Karim Bashir with FIE referee and FIE Promotion Commission member David Baker.

The guys look at the Sabre rankings after the World Championships in Budapest.

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A new podcast with former international fencer, turned FIE commentator Karim Bashir with FIE referee and FIE Promotion Commission member David Baker.

In this episode the guys look at the Foil rankings after the World Championships in Budapest.

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A new podcast with former international fencer, turned FIE commentator Karim Bashir with FIE referee and FIE Promotion Commission member David Baker.

In this episode the guys look at the Epee rankings after the World Championships in Budapest.

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Former international fencer, turned FIE commentator Karim Bashir introduces a new fencing podcast with FIE referee and FIE Promotion Commission member David Baker. In the first episode we'll look at how fencers will qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020.

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