Hard Work, Drive, & Talent
Three common principles that can influence your progress as a fencer are hard work, drive, and talent.
Woodland Watch
What It Means to Be an Officer
Many of us have or will have the opportunity to serve the group as an Officer. As you consider officership, I’d like to discuss what I think it means to be one.
Melee: A Different Kind of Fencing
Not many people realize that Melee and Dueling require very different skills, mindsets, and attitudes. The goal is be both a Duelist and a Melee-ist…Skirmisher…Soldier… I dunno.
The Benefits of Getting Beat
Sometimes, a loss can be more beneficial than a win. We just have to be willing to learn from it.
Anchoring Yourself to the Zone
Nearly every person has experienced being in “the zone,” that place we reach in our minds when our best fencing happens seamlessly.
Don’t Miss Out on a Valuable Opportunity
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?
Starting Your Own Study
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Woodland Watch: Setting Goals
The Woodland Watch is a weekly post that will come out every Thursday at 7 pm. This week’s topic: Setting Goals