How you train and how much you’re motivated are the keys to your success as a fencer. It’s as simple as that. The better your training and the higher your level of motivation, the better your results. The worse your training and the lower your level of motivation, the...
Academy of Fencing Masters Blog
Art of Fencing, Art of Life
Month: July 2017
Shadow Fencing – A Great Way for Fencers to Hone Their Skill
Great fencers spend the most time practicing in smartest ways. Smart practice starts with finding the best practice methods, then honing your skills using those methods. Shadow fencing is a practice technique that allows fencers to step up to their fencing no matter...
The Eleven Commandments of Fencing Parenting
Being the parent of youth athlete can be extremely tricky business. That’s even more the case for parents who weren’t in highly competitive sports in their own youth but who are now faced with supporting a child who is pursuing the stressful and tangibly electric...
Understanding Weapon Checks During the Bout
Being in Salt Lake City at the US Fencing Summer Nationals gives a fencer and their parents a lot of experience. It’s the kind of experience that’s very difficult to acquire in any other venue. This experience is invaluable and cannot be substituted, either by private...
5 Ways to Save Memories and Savor Fencing Summer Nationals
It’s here! After a whole year of preparation, a long hard season that’s pushed everyone to their limit, and an incredible amount of personal growth and diligent planning, Fencing Summer Nationals are finally here. We sincerely hope that you’re reading this blog on...