Fencing Mentality

Think Before You Leap

Sometimes, it’s beneficial to take a step back and think before you leap into the fray.

Kane Driscol June 2, 2019 No Comments

How to Analyze a Fight

Learning to analyze a fight is a crucial skill for every fencer. We can all benefit from breaking a fight down into smaller, more manageable pieces.

Kane Driscol July 19, 2018 5 Comments

What Works

Fencing can frustrate us, it can infuriate us, it can confound us and inspire us. There is always more to learn, and I love it!

Shayen Locke June 30, 2018 No Comments

Activities That Can Help Get You Out of a Slump

We’ve all been there. We fall into a slump in our fencing and we don’t know how to get out of it or how to push our fencing skill forward. Luckily, slumps are just temporary challenges we can work through.

Kane Driscol June 26, 2018 2 Comments

Walk Through 100 Spider Webs

If I asked you to walk through one hundred spider webs, would you do it? What if I asked you to shoot one hundred arrows or draw one hundred sketches of Damian? How would you feel the first time compared to the last?

This week’s Woodland Watch is all about confidence and the mental, physical, and emotional conditioning needed to obtain it.

Miren Folley June 21, 2018 1 Comment

The Power of 20 Minutes

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take

Shayen Locke June 14, 2018 No Comments

Creating a Mind Map

In this weeks Woodland Watch, I want to share a helpful technique to organize your thoughts and is a great exercise for your fencing journal. It’s called Mind Mapping.

Kane Driscol June 7, 2018 1 Comment

Let’s Talk About Fencing

A very simple method of training and learning more about fencing is often overlooked: talking. When we talk about fencing we share and learn together. We should be doing it more.

Kane Driscol May 31, 2018 2 Comments

My Study into the Four Levels of Importance

The Four Levels of Importance have deep meanings, they are part of the core of our beliefs. They govern over us in a very real way.

Shayen Locke May 30, 2018 No Comments

A Rose of Valor

Each fighter carries with him or herself a Rose all unique with their own set of virtues and traits. When you look at a rose, what does it mean to you? The symbolism of your rose should always guide your actions, both on and off the field.

Kane Driscol May 8, 2018 2 Comments

Chess and Failure

“If you wish to succeed you must brave the risk of failure.” Garry Kasparov, Chess Grandmaster

Shayen Locke May 5, 2018 1 Comment

Mentality within a Duel

Mentality in fencing is a key skill to learn and it’s a skill that comes with time and practice.

Kane Driscol May 1, 2018 No Comments

The Power of the “Sleeping Mind”

In each of us there is a mind we use for all our waking deeds. But there is another mind as well, a sleeping mind. It is so powerful that the sleeping mind can accomplish in one second what the waking mind can’t comprehend until afterwards.

Kane Driscol April 18, 2018 No Comments

Everyone Has Their Strengths

Do you know what you are good at and where your strengths lie? We should all focus on our strengths instead of our weaknesses and seek to help others find their strengths.

Kane Driscol April 12, 2018 No Comments

My Thoughts on Melee

In this week’s Woodland Watch, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on Melee and becoming a better soldier in melee because that will be our focus this year.

Kane Driscol March 1, 2018 No Comments

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