On Strip/At Home Training Series: Hand-Eye Coordination Exercises and Some Crafting
Hand eye coordination is good for many different sports, especially fencing. Here are some exercises that can improve your hand eye coordination! There also some crafting in the middle of the video. Don’t forget to stick around for the end credits scene. 🙂 Hand Eye Coordination Exercises with a Tennis Ball:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKxRaqUAl0M You will need: A […]
On Strip/At Home, Audio Series: Dr. Ron Miller on Negative Thinking and The Mentally Healthy Athlete
In our last On Strip/At Home Audio Series, we spoke with Valerie Alston about “Putting it in Perspective”, catastrophic thinking, and getting out of catastrophic thinking. This time, we will be speaking with 52 year retired UNC Chapel Hill NCAA Division I head fencing coach, Dr. Ron Miller. He is still the head coach for […]
March Week 5 Lessons, Resources, and Recommended Videos
We hope everyone is doing well now the North Carolina is under stay-at-home orders. We’re still able to get to the fencing room and make videos for you. If you haven’t seen it yet, seen our brief update and thank you video, check it out, it’s only a minute long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IN-toyUM1k Here is this week’s video. […]
DIY Practice Weapon, Tennis Ball Exercises, Good Workout Videos, + Movie Time Killer
First, some crafting…I mentioned pool noodles and pipe insulation before, but if you don’t have a weapon, here’s some easy crafting that will cost you around $2 you can do for a simple practice weapon. I also include some fencing exercises you can do with a tennis ball and hopefully some other materials that may […]
On Strip/At Home Series: An Act In 3 Parts
We hope everyone is doing well! I promised I’ll try to keep my e-mails short, so we’ll see how this goes. First, I mentioned before that you can always do some practice footwork before or after your homework. The Beginner Class Homework is a good one to use. It can be found here: https://youtu.be/xfAgfq4UmIs Just skip […]
One Stop for On Strip/At Home Series
I’ve consolidated all our On Strip/At Home Series Online Training into one page for easy access. You can find the entire series here: https://allamericanfencing.com/category/news/on-strip-at-home-series Many of the schools have recommended at least 3 hours a day of doing school work. What about incorporating a half hour of footwork and bladework? Here are two good exercises that […]
On Strip/At Home Series: Resilience and Put It In Perspective (Audio!)
In a previous e-mail on On Strip/At Home Series, we talked about Diaphragmatic Breathing. It’s a resilience skill that we can apply to fencing. It can be done in practice, at home, and during competition. This time, we’re going to introduce another resilience skills called “Put It In Perspective.” But instead of giving you something […]
On Strip/At Home Series: Bladework Exercises (Video!) + Updates
UPDATES I hope everyone is doing well during these times of social isolation. But above all, thank you for being members of the All-American Fencing Academy. Your continued membership is what will allow us to stay open during these times. As you can imagine, many small businesses like gyms, dance studios, yoga studios, crossfit gyms and […]
On Strip/At Home Series: Beginner and Advanced Footwork (Video!)
Here’s our first video training. It’s meant for our beginners, but I want our experienced and advanced to do it too. Video link: https://youtu.be/xfAgfq4UmIs BEGINNER FENCERSWe talked at the end of last class to do these exercises. Make sure you keep doing them! I went in depth in class, this will reinforce what we talked […]
Are You Connected With The AAFA?
Are you receiving our group e-mails? It’s good for both parents and if the fencer is a teen, to subscribe to our e-mail mailing list. If not, visit our website, under the “Current Members” menu, select “Subscribe to Mailing List”. Or you visit this link directly to subscribe to our mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/?nomobile=true#!forum/allamericanfencing/join You can […]