Fencing shoes are among the least glamorous and least talked about pieces of fencing equipment. Once a fencer gets into the groove of finding the right shoe, they tend to just throw them in the bag and forget about them. And rightly so. (for more on choosing the right...
I recently ran across this fantastic motivational tool, something that I found to be just mind blowing! A simple formula The concept is a simple one: If "1" is 100% of your effort yesterday, then if today you do only by 1% more, you will do 1.01. If every day you do...
What is the thing that we love most about fencing? It’s FUN!When a child first signs up for fencing, they see before them the cool factor - an adult is about to hand them a sword. There’s really very little that’s cooler that could happen to a child beyond that! After...
Last weekend was a long and fantastic weekend at Salt Lake City, UT, where the best of the USA youth fencers competed in the March NAC. A New Experience For most of our fencers this was their first ever NAC, and they were able to experience a lot of things for the...
There’s a whole set of skills that student athletes learn that help them to be successful in the workplace . But fencing offers even more amazing skill development than the already wonderful set that athletics in general provides. The world of business is a challenge...
What’s the recipe for success in life? Parents work hard to prepare their children for life on the other side of the school environment, for the hard work that is making a living. Often sport is seen as being a piece of the puzzle that prepares kids by padding their...
How do you raise a girl who has high self esteem? Empowering girls is important work for parents, not only because it helps them to feel good about themselves but also because positive self esteem leads girls to better decision making and success in life. Fencing’s...
Parents of fencers often worry that they haven’t done enough to get ready for out of state competition, and even that lack of good prep is going to somehow lower the performance of their children. Rest assured that your child is going to be fine! We travel with...
Tournament season is upon us! There’s a lot going on, and hunting down the information for competitions can be a bit of a challenge. One of the last national youth competitions of the 2016 season will be held at Bellevue, WA at Rain City Fencing Center, the tournament...
