
Tips and Tricks for your Fencing Toolbox
En Garde is taking the opening position for action.
En Garde is taking the opening position for action.
This article will go over how to stay in the balance and how to keep the advantage during imbalances of a fight.
When I first started fencing, I thought it was vastly different from dancing. While there still are plenty of differences, I’ve noticed during my fencing journey that my dance training carries over to my fencing.
A Tournament Experience is a unique experience because it really depends on each and every one of us. If we can come together and work towards having a tournament experience, we can all walk away with the memories of a wonderful and exciting event!
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.
Every three weeks you have an opportunity to dedicate time towards your own goals, along side your fellow fighters. Do you take full advantage of it?
In art, a Study is a drawing, sketch or painting done in preparation for a more elaborate piece. Studies are often used to understand the problems involved and to understand a particular skill or subject in more detail. In this Woodland Watch, we can apply that skill to fencing.
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!
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.
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.
Distillation is the process of separating a liquid from chemicals, minerals, and other solids.
For some reason, when asked what their least favorite side is, most people will say “Cloak”. I hope to change their opinion.
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.
The Master/Apprentice Program allows Swordsmen to continue their journey and to learn from their fellow fencers.
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Very well said, @isolde! There is a lot of potential an...
By Kane Driscol, 6 months ago
At today's practice, an interesting topic was brought u...
By Isolde Drogan, 6 months ago