One minute. One single touch. You gear up. You adjust your mask. You tighten your grip on the handle. Around you, people are warming up, watching each other, half-joking.But deep down, everyone is thinking the same thing: here, there is no room for error. At the Porthos Tournament, you don’t ease into the match. You are thrown straight into it. Before the first salute, a random draw already designates who would be declared the winner if time runs out without a touch. A detai

Giving Back, Passing On, Inspiring Junior World Vice-Champion, member of the French national training center at INSEP, and one of the rising figures of French épée fencing, Nolan Wingerter  will be the patron of the Challenge Aramis 2026 . A role he accepted with deep conviction: the desire to pass on what he himself has received and to support the next generation as they take their first steps toward high-level competition. Originally from Grenoble, Nolan began fencing at th

Our partners: far more than sponsors In the « Challenge Aramis », we do not only talk about sponsoring, but about alliances with our partners. MPDATA, Beaubleu, Escrime Diffusion, PIDDDS and Crédit Mutuel are bound to the project through personal stories, shared values and a trust that has been built over time. They didn’t « buy visibility » – they chose to join a human and sporting adventure focused on youth, gender diversity, and international openness. They are fully and a

The president of the Lyon Metropolitan Fencing Committee reflects on the impact of the Challenge Aramis and the deeper reasons that led him to support its continued development. A Benchmark Event In the Lyon region, the Challenge Aramis has become an unmissable event. For Guillaume Gillet, its president, the competition embodies everything that makes fencing so inspiring: “It is a nationally recognized competition that attracts teams from all over France. As preparation for t

For nearly twenty years, the Challenge Aramis has established itself as far more than a fencing competition. It has become a true laboratory of ideas dedicated to young people — a gathering where performance, openness, and responsibility progress together. Designed for the U15/M15 category, the project is built on a federal agreement with the French Fencing Federation and on a network of teams coming from all over France and abroad.Its goal is clear: to offer young athletes a

Believing in one’s dreams is daring to stay in the arena. He has the look of someone who knows what it means to fight — not against  someone, but for  something. For Jacky Fallut , founder of the Challenge Aramis , competition has never been a mere obligation: it is a field of truth, a driving force, an art of living. “I grew up with the idea that you get to know yourself in the heat of action.Competition isn’t a constraint — it’s a demanding game, a mirror of what you’re cap

Sandy Lovisa, the precision of a rising champion At just 14 years old, Sandy Lovisa  made a strong impression at the 2025 Porthos Tournament .A finalist in this demanding one-touch competition — a true test of composure and precision — he was narrowly defeated by Switzerland’s Lionel Bosshard , but stood out as the best French representative  of the event. Soon, he will benefit from the mentorship of Camille Nabeth , member of the French national team, within the program laun

THEO COLLIN: FROM WINNER OF THE PORTHOS TOURNAMENT TO SCIENTIST IN AEROSPACE PHYSIOLOGY A talent revealed at the Porthos Tournament In 2014, a young fencer from Mâcon Escrime climbed to the top step of the Porthos Tournament, an event where every touch counts, in an individual competition where pressure and self-control are essential. The young winner then declared, while still in the heat of the moment: "I couldn't say how much luck played a part in winning this tournament,