For one Air Guard member, competitive sword fighting is ‘strategy in the blink of an eye’
Channel: NationalGuard
Date: 05/10/2021

A joint anti-terrorism force protection officer with the National Guard Bureau, Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Childs has a love of sword fighting – rapier and dagger, specifically – and for more than 30 years he’s competed in competitions and taught others about the sport.

For Childs, it’s “strategy in the blink of an eye. Or as my first instructor put it, ‘playing chess at 90 miles an hour.’” (Video by Master Sgt. Erich Smith)