#TuksFencing: Jason Visser hopes to qualify for World Junior Champs via the continental tournament in Ghana

Posted on February 13, 2023

En-garde, pret, allez" are three words guaranteed to get Jason Visser's adrenaline pumping. And with good reason. The first-year BSc Sport Science student at Tuks is an avid fencer. When a referee utters these words to start a fencing duel, it is as if he goes into the "zone". During an...

#TuksFencing: Janali van den Berg is excited about the opportunity to contest at the 2022 World Fencing Champs in Egypt

Posted on June 24, 2022

Next month in Cairo, Egypt, the Tuks fencer will represent South Africa at the 68th World Fencing Championships. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it will only be the second time in four years, that she gets to test her skills against international opponents. This past weekend, van den Berg...

#TuksSport: The Tuks athletes aim to make their mark in history during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Posted on July 24, 2021

A total of 25 athletes from the University of Pretoria (UP) and six alumni are participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics from Saturday. In addition to the competing athletes, eight TuksSport coaches will be in Tokyo to provide advice to the athletes, along with a Tuks referee to ensure the...

#TuksFencing: Andrei Kovrijnykh has established himself as one of the best fencing referees in the world

Posted on January 14, 2021

The world's best fencers tend to get focussed the moment. Andrei Kovrijnykh, TuksFencing head coach, says "en-garde" as no one wants to make a mistake when one of the most respected referees watches your every move. He is undoubtedly one of the best. At the end of last year, he was rated one...

#TuksFencing: Tuks student relishes a fencing duel for more than one reason

Posted on July 20, 2020

"En-garde, pret, allez" are three words that are guaranteed to get Janali van den Berg's adrenaline pumping.

#TuksFencing: After 70 years Tuks fencers still strive to be the best

Posted on May 21, 2020

When a few Tuks fencers decided in 1950, it was high time to start their own club they would not have known the impact their initiative was going to have on the sport.

#TuksFencing: Jason Visser, Tuks fencer loves the challenge of thinking on his feet

Posted on February 05, 2020

Many might believe you can't do much in a mere millisecond, but in fencing, it is all it takes to win or lose a contest.

#TuksFencing: Bester fought for Tuks’s honour during USSA Fencing Tournament

Posted on July 08, 2019

Natania Bester's hunger to get people to take note of fencing as a sport at Tuks helped her to win no less than three medals during the USSA Tournament in Cape Town.