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,
Goal Setting: Outcome verses Process Very few athletes, if any, set out not wanting to win during competition. Everyone wants to do their best, and everyone hopes to win. However,
Off the Piste: Food, Hydration, and all that stuff that keeps you going. While I’ve spent a lot of time writing about all the things you can do to enhance
Intensity of Awareness: How to Improve Your Control of the Moment What is intensity? What I mean by intensity isn’t so much related to how much speed and force your
Practice Bouting: Competitive vs. Skill Enhancement Over the course of your fencing career, you are going to spend a lot of time training with practice bouts; 5 touch, 15
When I first started fencing at the Sacramento Fencing Club, there was a gangly fencer named James who always came in early, warmed up on his own and started doing
In practice, we work hard to improve our physical abilities like footwork, bladework, bouting. As competitive athletes we spend hours during the week trying to perfect our skills. But there
