THE ACTION. INSIDE CHESAPEAKE FENCING CLUB IN BALTIMORE. HERE, WEAPONS. BUZZERS AND JACOB GORDON, WHEN YOU TAKE THE BLADE. OH, IT LOOKS SO COOL. YOU KNOW, YOU’RE BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. THE BLADES ARE CLASHING TOGETHER. HE COMES BY THAT ENTHUSIASM. HONESTLY, I WAS COMING HOME FROM PRESCHOOL. MY DAD JUST RANDOMLY TOOK ME UP TO THE FENCING CLUB AND PUT A BLADE IN MY HEAD AND SAID, TODAY YOU’RE GOING TO LEARN HOW TO FENCE. AND DID HE EVER NOW AN INSTRUCTOR ALONG A NARROW STRIP WHERE THE CENTURIES OLD SPORT TAKES OFF? IT’S NOT ONLY JUST BRUTE FORCE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO RUN IN AT FULL SPEED ALL THE TIME TO TRY TO HIT THEM AS HARD AS YOU CAN. YOU CAN ALSO LIKE TAKE YOUR TIME AND USE YOUR COGNITIVE ABILITY. THAT’S ANDREW WEBBER LUKE TO GORDON’S OBI-WAN. JUST TRUST ME. ALL OF THE THE MAGIC THAT THAT STAR WARS HAS, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU SEE THESE BIG THINGS THAT START GLOWING AND THEY SMACK INTO EACH OTHER. LUKE, I AM YOUR FATHER AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. IT BRINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN, BUT THEN THEY GET HERE AND THEY REALIZE, WOW, IT’S WAY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I EXPECTED. FOR SURE. IT’S FAST, IT’S CALCULATED, AND MAN IS IT COMPLEX. THERE’S SO MANY DIFFERENT LITTLE OH, YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR HAND HERE AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. IF SOMETHING CHANGES, YOU GOT TO CHANGE WHERE THAT HAND IS. YOU GOT TO CHANGE WHERE THE WEIGHT AND BALANCE IS ON YOUR FEET. YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT YOUR OPPONENT LIKES TO DO. AND JUST ABOUT ANYONE CAN SUCCEED BEHIND THE MASK AND LAMÉ JACKET, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU’RE ABLE TO USE WHAT YOU HAVE, YOU’RE ABLE TO DO, YOU’RE ABLE TO DO WELL WITH BEING SHORT OR BEING TALL. BEING FAST, EVEN BEING SLOW CAN BE AN ADVANTAGE. SLOW EVEN FOR JACOB, WHOSE PACE MIRROR