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Fencing didn't come naturally to Hunter College High School senior Karen Chen. But once she got it, she was hooked.

"Once you really get into it, once the sword really starts feeling comfortable in your hand, then you really start enjoying the fact that it's both a tactical and physical sport," Chen says.