Parent’s Corner Sept 2015: Sportsmanship

Rochester Fencing Club is hosting a Super Youth Circuit (SYC) October 23-25, 2015, and this is an opportunity for all the fencers (and parents) of RFC to be positive role-models

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Parent’s Corner November 2015 – Understanding a Direct Elimination Tableau

Last month, Parent’s Corner discussed how to read pool results and how this leads to a seeding for a direct elimination (DE) round of a fencing tournament. This month we’ll

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Parent’s Corner October 2015 – Understanding Pool Results in a Tournament

This post is to help de-mystify the pool results you’ll see online or in event “live result” websites and to understand how they influence the seeding of fencers for the

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Parents’ Corner November 2014:  Who’s FRED?  Finding fencing tournaments outside of Rochester

Parents’ Corner November 2014:  Who’s FRED?  Finding fencing tournaments outside of Rochester If your youth fencer has reached a point where he/she would like to try fencing tournaments outside of Rochester with

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Summer Nationals Qualification for Y10, Y12, and Y14

January 2015: Summer Nationals Qualification for Y10, Y12, and Y14 We’ve just rolled into January, so it’s time to think of… Summer Nationals?!  Now is a good time, because there

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Fencing and Social Media

February 2015: Fencing and Social Media A fun short topic for a cold and short month – Fencing and Social Media! Almost everyone reading this probably has Facebook, Instagram and/or

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Stenciling of Fencing Gear

  April 2015 Parent’s Corner: Stenciling of Fencing Gear If your child is relatively new to fencing, you’ve probably noticed some of the older kids have their last name in

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Rest and Recovery

Rest and Recovery As the Summer National Fencing Championships draw near, it can be tempting for many athletes preparing for competition to train as much as possible in order to

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The Referee

The Referee.  As a competitive fencer, you will at some point disagree with the calls the referee makes. As a young competitor, I often found myself infuriated with referees who

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Fencing Lessons for Life

Fencing Lessons for Life: What else are you walking away with other than getting really good at hitting people with swords?  Competitive fencers spend hours upon hours perfecting hits, timing,

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