Feb 27 Jake's 6pm

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

I was including college because that was a landmark period in both our lives. 

What distinguishes a private club exactly? I never really interacted with that level of fencing. 

Makes me wonder about Kung Fu private clubs. Those are mostly Tongs. Curious cultural topic.

Private club for me means it is being run for profit with it’s own dedicated facility, aka: Run as a business. In our day many were run out of colleges or rec programs, the coaches had day jobs, and the quality of the fencing was provincial. Back in our day, the US was a third-rate fencing country. We’re now first rate (in foil and sabre at least).