World Fencing League Debut | Los Angeles 2026 | Best Moments

This weapon we have is the foil. The foil? And the target area is this entire vest, which is called a lame. You have to have enough pressure to get one point. Okay. But there is a right of way, which means if I'm starting to initiate the action, I'm going to hit at the same time I get the point. Ah, got it. Okay. Sounds great. Got it? I got it. Let's do it. En garde. Maybe we should put a mask on. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. Okay, so vest is the target, front and back. Right of way gets the point. Yep. That's the foil. Touché. Basically, at the end of that two minutes, we're going to know who wins just by who has more touches. So it definitely encourages people to fence faster. That aggression from where you go, she's very, very strong when she puts pressure on. You see the indicators, Lee is probably with advantage now. And the counterattack. Really, really nice jump in from Lee. Doesn't actually put it on, but I like the attempt. Oh. I mean, like, it has more to do with your skill as a fencer than it does whether you're the aggressor or not. Counterattack comes through so she can hit afterwards. Nobody hit. Wow. Finally. See, I mean, like, this shows you, like, how fast those blades are moving all over the place. And you'll see that last touch where she actually whips that blade. Two seconds left. Her first lead. And two. Okay. And Dorigo wins. This weapon we have is the epic. The epic. All right. Very simple. The whole body is the target area. The entire body. The whole body. Here. Yep. Here. One point. Here. One point. All the way down here. Wow. Even here. Amazing. Okay. But there is a double touch, which means we can both hit each other and both get a point. And we both get a point. Okay. All right. And that's the epic. The epic. That's great. Okay. So I'll be Hamlet, and you're going to be Leartes. That works. All right. I know it sounds like I'm the hero, but it's okay. We both die. Forty-five seconds. And the fact that we only have one three-minute clock, right, this is going to highly incentivize a lot more, you know, action in the bout. That could be a hard thing to overcome. And a nice riposte. And a nice attack from Sokrosi. And a nice Ramiz there from Cano after they've already failed in action. So if I make an attack, it failed, I missed, and then I go again. Kind of a high-risk, high-reward target area. And you see Sokrosi went for the same target there. Really, really nice touch. I mean, you can see how fast his legs are when he goes in for those touches. I like the energy that he's bringing to the crowd. There we go. WFL rule change. Passing does not automatically stop the action by the one out there in front of him. And he gets another one. What Sokrosi's done really well the last couple touches is he's going really fast, but taking the blade on the way in, but making sure his point is right to target. So it's actually quite hard. 2-0 in the overall tally if they hold on here. And there we see that clock. I mean, we're within one more. Can he do it? A double. And then he wins. But here it's just like, I just have to maintain, you know. We started with three minutes on the clock. Another double. Puts another point on the board for Team Shield. The fans, the crowd, you were awesome, especially the Team Blade side. You were awesome. Thank you for the support. It almost looks like they win this one. A nice toe touch. Such small fractions of a second, right? And a single light from Ahari. Ndolo putting on a little bit more pressure now. She had a moment there. I think she actually made those comebacks, right? Especially when you've only got, you know, about a minute and a half left. Nobody wanting to take much risk. Nice toe touch again. You have to be very cognizant of it. And the way you defend against that is you actually just pull your leg. Here's a toe attempt from Ndolo. And there she gets one. What a cool angle there. The point of view, first person point of view. Yeah. Very, very cool. Four seconds that we have left. We'll see. And there's one. And Ahari extends her lead. Very close on that one. And she gets one. And a double to finish it off. These fencers, these people are just the best in the world, both as a Team Blade and Team Shield. So I'm so happy and so blessed to be here. And Esther, we owe you a big congratulations because not only did you pick up your first win in the World Fencing League, but you're taking home $10,000. You guys are racking up the money over there. Esther, congratulations. Thank you so much. This weapon we have is the Sabre. And as you can see, the guard is bigger because the target area is different. Oh, okay. What is the target area? The torso to the mask and the hand. Okay. Yeah, that's why the guard looks like this. Because the hand is target, so you have to protect it. Understood. And this is the D'Artagnan one, which is the slashing weapon. Okay, I'm ready. All right. On guard, you ready? On guard, right? And you said head is the target. Yes, head is the target. Head to torso. Exactly. I am so sorry. Do we get masks for this? Because it feels like we should get masks. I think so, yeah. For a body above the waist, including the head, that is the target area of the blade. And again. Attack falls short for Sang-Wook. And you see those legs that are really, really good for... Oh, I mean, like, we actually was able... So we made his opponent miss and then hit the repose from there. And you see, it's something so scary. And the arrow will go, oscillate back and forth. You can see how close... Oh, he's able to keep his distance. And it gets you right away. But you want to, you know, stay moving fast without necessarily moving closer. So that jump in the air... Oh, has the attack there. So I can't get my light on. So it's quite a, you know, a delicate line that you have to walk. Most comfortable. Because, you know, when you try to backpedal against... Oh, he's just so fast that he's so confident. It's like, I've got you. Little calls, you know, take a very, very trained eye to see. And that's part of the thing that we're trying... You know, that the league is trying to, you know, make less of. And you can see the cheering for Oh. And there we finish it. You can see that long attack finishes right under the arm. Back for Patrice. And he gets it. So that's why you see him being very intelligently waiting for all the way at the end. There's some gray area to that decision. That one, yeah, I mean, there is, but that one was, you know, again, we're being more linear on the simultaneous, but that one is clear enough where... Wow, that one is a really, I mean, a really long pace. Amazing defense from Oh. But the Blade just need to win something here. And this is what I love about this experience. Sabre moves quick. And a nice counterattack. Winning over Oh-Sung-Wook. 10 to 7. And the Shield have won the first four bouts. Officially are going to come out here with a little bit extra cash money. It's an honor to be here standing in a battle in a bout as a Korean and he's grateful for your cheers and support. He's such an amazing athlete. He has won everything and I have so much respect for him on the strip and off the track. Oh, nice finish there from Batistan. And a nice attempt from Maya Chamberlain. Just able to sneak in under in time. So, that lockout time to get her repose. And a nice attack there for Chamberlain. And a nice, there we go. There's the repose. And there you go. Yep. And opens up the opportunity for Chamberlain to get the remise which we saw there. Right, so that strength that she has in the parries opens up other opportunities. Wow. So, we actually see Maya fall through your first failed attack. We can see an over 20 touch bout here. Remise again. Beautiful touch. Lifts her arm up so she doesn't get hit on the way. You see it here. And she catches her opponent's arm on the way in. For what these athletes go through to get touches. And the attack there from Maya. Had the right away. The right away goes to Batistan. See the right away going to Chamberlain now. But she finishes at that time quite right here. Again, just a little bit too complicated. Means we're trying to avoid being parried, right? I love the fiery emotion from Chamberlain. First four bouts. Oh, very nice repose. I feel like a lot of people know who that guy is on the right. Lewis Hamilton is in the house. Friend of our founder. Miles Chandler-Watson. There, nice finish from Maya Chamberlain. Nice stuff there. A showman's touch for one of the last ones. You were behind early in this one. How did you battle back to pick up this win? Goldfish brain. I don't remember being behind. Yes. One point at a time. Always. One point at a time. And you guys have picked up a win for Team Blade. But you're also going home with $10,000. So Maya, there you go. Congratulations. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. The first American man to be world champion. Watching in awe in the spotlight. Torso only, chest, back, groin area. And it's just the tip of the blade. That defense there. Nice feet attack there from Troy. His teammates are looking on. Keeper in the middle. I think she noticed that the camera was on her for just a second. And there we see Myles get that repost on. An attack from Myles. Myles is on fire right now. Dynamic movement and hand speed. It's very tough. And there we see There we see some in-fighting. No one tucking yet. There it goes to Ryan. Looks like it's going to go to Ryan Troy. Play up in front of the crowd. Crazy fast reaction time for him to get that. Just barely. Myles using those legs to his advantage. I mean, yeah. And there we see the action that Myles that was named after him. My arms aren't long enough to reach around my head like that. So it takes a combination of someone uniquely creative, skilled and tall like Myles to be able to execute something like that. I think a lot of people would still like to see that he's a crowd favorite. I mean, Ryan Troy has a lot of fans too. So I think everyone's on the edge of their seat to see how this bout's going to finish. What do you think about this strategy here? This one is his drama. Oh, wow. That was, I mean a really, I mean like Each finisher only gets one challenge per bout. He uses the last touch. Nice touch. I mean, just perfect distance there. Repost. Myles had it. 14-12 for Troy. Falling back towards his end. And the simple attack from Ryan Troy. And a nice finish from Myles with a buzzer beater. Giving us an absolute I mean, what a I mean, that was the entertaining bout that we all wanted. And today it's a breakthrough for fencing. And everyone is coming to win for the money but most importantly a revolution. New rules new faces and hopefully a game changer. It is now time to crown the very first World Fencing League champions here at the Shrine in Los Angeles. Represented by Ariana Koki Kano Esther Muhari Team Shield Congratulations. How do you put this to words? It's pretty surreal but I couldn't you know ask for a better team a better opponent a better audience. You guys made it amazing for us to fence here. It was really really incredible. We felt like it was back at the Olympic Games or maybe even better. But we'll see you all very very very soon. This is just the beginning. So thank you all so so much for this.