We have looked at beats (one of the Attacks on the Blade or attaque au fer), and we have looked at feints (in compound attacks), as preparations of the attack. What about takings of the blade (prise de fer)? Surely they are just attacks? After all, properly done, they are…
What is the logical next step? Or, for that matter, what is the illogical, but still possible, next step? If you are attempting to defeat an opponent’s defense or to frustrate the opponent’s attack, it is important to be able to figure out what the opponent is going to do…
Maitre d’Armes Walter Green completed training presented by an International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) team at the 2018 Coach Developer Academy hosted by the United States Center for Coaching Excellence (USCCE) in Orlando on 16-18 June. The course covered coach developer facilitation skills and is the first step toward…
Salle Green will be running a Classical Academy of Arms Classical Fencing Apprentice Instructor course, starting 29 April. If you are interested in exploring whether training fencers is a possible path for you, contact Maitre Green for details on this combined self-study and practical teaching course.
To hit an opponent a large number of things have to come together at the same time. You have to have the right technique for the tactical situation and the opponent’s actions and the referee’s interpretation. The timing of your action in terms of cadence and tempo has to be…
A statement of Salle Green’s policy on respect to fencers from other nations: Recent comments attributed to the current President of the United States about other countries in terms of human waste excretion do not represent the beliefs and values of Salle Green and its Maitre d’Armes, Prevot, and other…
As children, today’s adults from my generation played with a variety of toys that stimulated the interest in building things of various parts – one of these, two of those and three of the other thing and you had a castle or a fort or a machine of some sort. …
In our last blog posting we discussed using opposition to control an opponent’s blade, and gave you the impression that this is an important, even vital, tool in the path to victory. Okay, but as a smart fencer you ask the obvious question: “If it is so good, then how…
In a previous blog post we discussed the importance of getting the opponent’s blade out of the way so that it cannot hit you and so that you can hit your opponent. One of the simplest tools to achieve this goal is also one of the oldest – opposition. Although…
We have rearranged Sunday fencing on a new schedule: 12 noon to 1:00 pm – Team Training 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm – Open Fencing 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm – Musketeer Epee The change has two objectives. Shifting Team Training forward allows the people attending to apply what is…