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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
REVIEWFirst thing. Did you read the last e-mail/post? Did you try some visualization? Make sure you do! I encourage to try to do some visualization every day. Do a whole bout in your mind, from salute, through 5 touches, to the handshake. Make sure you have bouts that you win AND lose! Visualize the decisions […]
As we try to this new normal, hopefully temporarily, we are faced with many new changes. Especially in the world of sports where there is almost a gathering of more than one person. Some sports, of course, you can continue to do on your own, like going out for a run, home yoga practice, and […]