On Strip/At Home: Fencing Class, May 2020, Second Week
Welcome to the second week of May fencing class. We’ve been in stay-at-home policy so long, we’re starting to lose it! Now we’re teaching you magic! But it’s with purpose, you’ll see why! This weeks class video:https://youtu.be/i3KsP5aFTDY By section: Updates: https://youtu.be/i3KsP5aFTDY?t=45 Warm Ups: https://youtu.be/i3KsP5aFTDY?t=109 Footwork: https://youtu.be/i3KsP5aFTDY?t=789 Bladework: https://youtu.be/i3KsP5aFTDY?t=1319 Skill Development, Magic!: https://youtu.be/i3KsP5aFTDY?t=2060 Skill Development, Lying!: […]
Re-Open Planning and Upcoming Virtual Tournament!
I’m drafting plans and policies for our re-open, if anyone has recommendations that you would like me to consider, please feel free to let me know. Here’s the short versionAccording to North Carolina Government:Phase 1: May 8-May 22Phase 2: Maybe as soon as May 22 IF North Carolina moves to Phase 2 on May 22nd:All-American Fencing […]
On Strip/At Home Tournament Series: Congrats to Marlon!
We held our second online RPF (Role Play Fencing) Tournament, and the first with a fencer from another fencing club! Seasoned online gamer and fencer, Marlon Borges, went undefeated in the RPF Ready Player One Open. Results can be viewed at: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=46566 Learn more about our online Role Play Fencing game that anyone can play. […]
On Strip/At Home Audio Series: The Branding of AAFA With Matthew Woods
We take a step away a little from training to give you a little bit of entertainment. In this audio series, we’ll be talking with Matthew Woods, long time friend of Coach Gerhard, and his instrumental role in the creation of some of the branding of the All-American Fencing Academy, including the slogan and the […]
FREE Online Tutorial For Parents: “How To Teach Beginner Fencing”
YOU Can Teach Beginner Fencing Are you home schooling, or just stuck at home? Looking to teach your child something new, or even learn for yourself? Beginner fencing skills is not difficult! If you’ve ever taught your kids anything like a any sport, riding a bike, cooking something, you can do this. If you’ve taken […]
On Strip/At Home Series: May 2020, 1st Week, Fencing Class
Updates: North Carolina is looking to start phase 1 of re-opening this Friday. The fencing academy will be allowed to re-open in phase 2. How that will look like for us, we’re still trying to determine. But we’ll devote an e-mail for that later on as I continue to plan for our return. Here’s the […]
Paper Based Fencing Game
Unable to fence? No fencing club near you? Or maybe there’s another global pandemic that’s preventing you from fencing? The All-American Fencing Academy has created a paper based fencing game. The play is similar to games like Dungeons & Dragons or Magic the Gathering. Paul Hovey and Gerhard Guevarra created this game in the midst […]
On Strip/At Home Mini Training Series: Tennis Ball Exercises Part 2
Training video: https://youtu.be/5BmvV9eWq18 In our next class, you will need to do footwork and catch a tennis ball, so here are some practice exercises to prepare you and help build hand eye coordination. The first part are some warm up exercises. If a particular exercise is easy for you, skip to the next one. The […]
On Strip/At Home Audio Resilience Series: Nick Itkin Interview
US #3 rank men’s foil fencer, Nick Itkin, joins the All-American Fencing Academy’s discussion about resilience as an athlete and as a fencer. Specifically the ability to stay in the game and turning around your own negative thinking while we watch his 2019 Shanghai Grand Prix round of 8 bout with Tommaso Marini. In the […]
May 2020 Update
You really don’t have to read all of this, this is supporting information for everything I say here!: https://youtu.be/lqPGTXnr8n0 USA Fencing Now Sanctioning Classes, Events, and ProgramsSo good news, USA Fencing is now sanctioning classes, event, and programs. But the bad news is we are also mandated by North Carolina pandemic closure policies. It won’t […]