Big dreams take serious goal making and a great deal of patience in order to get there. Putting things on a calendar or jotting down what you want to make happen aren’t enough to create the success that many young people and their families are looking for when they...
I’ll get to exercising tomorrow. Well, maybe next week, I’m not feeling so great this week. I’ve been so busy this month, I just haven’t gotten around to it. I’ll start exercising this summer after competition season when things settle down. It’s something that I know...
How can you fence if you can’t wear a fencing mask? A real world story of fencing mask claustrophobia We once had a little boy, an eleven year old in our beginner fencing class. For a couple of years he’d asked parents to find him a fencing club because he absolutely...
We all know that the qualification process in competitive fencing can be a bit of a challenge to understand. Clarity is SO important! There is never a question that you could ask that’s a silly one, nor is there ever a time in this process when we should stop asking...
Where does greatness come from? Does it come from natural talent? Or the right teacher? Or a hearty work ethic? The truth is that greatness doesn’t come from any one thing. As parents, we want to give our children the best and most opportunities that we can. And...
Once while skiing at Lake Tahoe, I stood there on the top of the mountain and was frightened to death of going down. Suddenly, a couple of skiers raced past me. I wondered how they were able to ski almost simultaneously with one another, as they were almost perfectly...
If you fence foil or sabre long enough you learned that fencing lames fail, and that this can happen in just 1 day. But before you buy a new lame, let’s step back for a moment to realize that you still can resurrect your broken one. If you are doing this for your...
Ah . . . the fencing bag. Is there anything more ubiquitous in the fencing gym than this little gem? For fencing mom’s the fencing bag is loved and feared. We love it because it helps our kids to become more independent, taking control of their gear and showing their...
If you have been in fencing for more than 10 minutes, then you’ve probably noticed that it is dominated by Russian speaking coaches who came from the big old Soviet Union and who share many similar traits and habits. Generally speaking, all Russian fencing coaches...
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