How can you defeat an opponent? How can an opponent defeat you? There are a number of possibilities: (1) be faster, (2) be stronger, (3) be better known (yes, your reputation is worth touches in tight situations), (4) be taller, (5) have longer arms, (6) be more flexible, (7) know…
… our latest First Team member in the 2019-2020 USA Fencing / Absolute Fencing Gear All-Academic Team. First Team honors required a 3.85 GPA, and Second Team a 3.4 GPA. This year 764 fencers from 250 clubs qualified for the All-Academic Team. Since the first year of the All-Academic Awards,…
The other day on video I saw a fencer execute a Spike of the Cactus against a same handed opponent and then a Miyake against an opposite handed opponent. Both of them were prepared with Vezzali Steps. If we are to be successful as competitors, it is vital that each…
Recently a colleague (Chuck Alexander, a Prevot and very accomplished epee fencer) sent me a slide deck to review and comment on. As I read through the slides, I realized that it was perhaps important to review in this blog some thoughts on tempo and distance. First let me postulate…