New dates for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics – 23 July to 8 August 2021. New dates for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics – 24 August to 5 September 2021. USA Fencing has extended its insurance blackout for clubs through 20 April 2020. Based on this date Salle Green will remain closed…
In modern fencing we typically classify fencing actions as offense, defense, and counteroffense. The objective of offense is to hit – it includes the simple and compound attacks, the attacks on the blade and takings of the blade, the riposte, and the renewals of the attack. Defense attempts to prevent…
QUESTION – what are the five distances? ANSWER – Out of Distance, Long Distance (Advance Lunge Distance), Medium Distance (Lunge Distance), Short Distance (Extension Distance), In-Fighting Distance We now have a catechism page with all of the previous catechism questions at the Salle Green Catechism.
If you have been around fencing for any length of time, you have heard a specific action, let’s say a disengage, described as either a strategy, tactic, or technique. Two of the three choices here for a disengage are wrong. Do you know which ones? If you have been around…
While we are closed, we will be running distance training for our members on the following weekly schedule: Monday – Catechism question of the week e-mailed to all members. Wednesday – home training assignment with a specific skill to work on and detailed instructions on how to execute the skill…
Following the advice of our professional association, the United States Fencing Coaches Association, and the directions of our sport’s national governing body, USA Fencing, Salle Green is closed until at least April 6. We expect that, given the current progression of the coronavirus, that date may be extended. If you…
Parries form the preparation for a successful riposte. As a result the selection of the parry makes a significant difference to the progress of a bout, the final score, and to your indicators, just like the preparation of any successful attack does. The same basic rules apply to the parry…
Envelopes come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and are used to convey a wide variety of things. In this post we are talking about envelopes in fencing, specifically your tactical envelope, what it is made of, and how it is used. The concept of a tactical envelope is…
What do you do? The first, and possibly least often considered step, is to determine if you can attack. The key element here is whether or not you have the initiative and whether the rules and referees recognize that initiative. Initiative belongs to the individual who moves first. For example,…
The weekly blog supporting our lessons is back. We have completed a transition to a new internet service provider and after a long illness my mind is again clear and creative. Let’s review three basic definitions. First, one tempo is the time it takes to perform one simple fencing action.…