SINGAPORE - Six-year-old Max Cheong used to play with foam swords as a toddler. Now, he has taken up fencing instead.
When he was younger, he would watch his sister, who is 12 years old, at fencing classes, mimicking her moves as he peered at the action from behind a glass wall.
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