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