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May 18, 2020

On Strip/At Home Audio Series: Paul Hovey and Learn To Play Virtual Fencing

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In this audio cast, we talk with Paul Hovey, one of Coach Gerhard’s first students. We also talk about the virtual fencing game we created and have been playing. We’ve conducted 3 tournaments so far! Small Update:We will send reopening announcements hopefully tomorrow. Paul Hovey Interview: The interview on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIRLwpjQtYg Direct download: https://allamericanfencing.com/podcasts/paulhoveyinterview.mp3 Learn […]

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May 8, 2020

On Strip/At Home Audio Series: The Branding of AAFA With Matthew Woods

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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 […]

May 1, 2020

On Strip/At Home Audio Resilience Series: Nick Itkin Interview

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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 […]

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April 10, 2020

Special Audio Edition: Loose Barrel Podcast has Coach Gerhard as a Guest

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Patrick Lausi, Head Coach for Edge of America Fencing in Charleston, SC, also hosts a podcast called Loose Barrel. He invited me on his podcast to talk about current events, All-American Fencing history, some of our bouts together and other random topics. You can listen/watch the podcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OijHbfH1wA You can listen in the player […]

April 3, 2020

On Strip/At Home, Audio Series: Dr. Ron Miller on Negative Thinking and The Mentally Healthy Athlete

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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 23, 2020

On Strip/At Home Series: Resilience and Put It In Perspective (Audio!)

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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 […]