Disclaimer: This grip was purchased by the author and not provided by Lancet Fencing. All thoughts and opinions expressed herein are my own and not influenced by Lancet Fencing and/or its affiliates in any way. Giving an ambidextrous lesson can be a clunky affair when you’re carrying one weapon in each hand. One weapon’s pointed … Continue reading Product Review: Lancet Fencing Ambidextrous Peregrine Grip
Note: I'm all about feedback. Got some great input on this from the good folks of the r/Fencing subreddit and wanted to update the post to reflect their comments. A couple of years ago, a northeast region fencing coach was giving a lesson to a maskless student. One thing led to another, and the student … Continue reading Simple Rules of Fencing Safety (Version 2)
Another NAC done and some more reflections to write down. Here's what you need to know about the new P-Card conventions and other little nuggets I thought I'd share. Enforcing Unwillingness to Fight: the New Interpretation For the last season, most international competitions have changed the conventions around enforcement of P-Card rules to include resetting … Continue reading Explaining the new “Unwillingness to Fight” (P-Card) Conventions (and other refereeing notes from the NAC)
According to my 4000+ touches of thesis research, a fleche is occurring on 16% of actions at the highest levels of international fencing. In modern fencing, it remains one of the most important pieces of one’s repertoire, but there’s an opportunity to revisit how we define it. Nearly every piece of fencing literature references the … Continue reading A Flèche is not a Running Attack
On July 19, 2022, USA Fencing announced the National Schedule for the upcoming 2022-2023 season. Allow me to begin this post with two acknowledgments: The contracts for these venues were likely locked in long before the Supreme Court issued the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health DecisionNAC locations are determined based on which metropolitan hubs are … Continue reading All That’s Wrong with the 2022-2023 NAC Schedule: in Four Maps
Oh $@&# Moments Defined At the highest levels of fencing, the window to attack is often small. Perhaps it comes on a small flinch of the opponent, or they step in close for just one moment too long. Perhaps they change direction with just a little bit too deep a step, or they overcommit in … Continue reading Defining the Oh $@&# Moment: Knowing When it’s Time to Strike Your Opponent
The Modern Epee Fencer © Damien Lehfeldt The Modern Epee Fencer is a Daredevil They fence at lunge distance, daring the other to encroach even one inch too close, applying pressure with varying preparation while the pulling fencer disrupts their opponent with provoking half advances and beats. The Modern Epee Fencer, as Clement Schrepfer describes … Continue reading The Modern Epee Fencer (a Qualitative Summary of my Thesis)
Fencing Parents 101 Seminar Hey everyone, for our parents at Nova Fencing Club, I've put together this guide on Fencing, and included a recording of the Webinar as well. Please feel free to download and share. I hope this is a valuable resources for parents of fencers at all levels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCpGSJvAfRE&t=243s&ab_channel=PresidentOfChina Webinar NOVA_Fencing-for-Parents-101_v01.0_2022-04-15Download
Image shared from the Harvard Gazette. Photograph by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer It’s around 2005 or so. I get off the plane for a NAC in Miami and head down to baggage claim. There’s a boy waiting with his fencing bag in the terminal who looks lost. So I get my bag, approach this kid, … Continue reading A Farewell to Baba: In Loving Memory of Gamal Mahmoud
Refereeing Questions What’s the best way to control your strip as a referee? Credibility is the most important thing to establish first and foremost, and that means knowledge of the rules and the proper current application of the rules. If you show up to ref and you improperly enforce, say, the application of P-Cards or you still … Continue reading No Punches Pulled: Answering Your Questions (April 2022)
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