Deciding how much a young fencer should compete can be a challenge for parents and kids to figure out. There are lots of variables that factor into how often young fencers step onto the strip for competition – desire of the kids, desire of the parents, fencer level,...
Watching live sports is a thrill, and of course no sporting event is quite as thrilling as the Olympic Games. This year the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang are 17 hours ahead of us here in California. That’s almost a whole day! That’s the same time difference that...
At a recent big national tournament, a parent and I watched as a much higher ranked epee fencer lost 5:2 in the pools to a much weaker opponent. It happened so fast! I mentioned to the parent that in a 15-point match, the stronger opponent would likely have won. She...
It’s Valentine’s Day! To celebrate, we’ve got a short poem that extols our love of fencing. We hope you enjoy. How do I love fencing? Let me count the ways. I love fencing to the height of the podium and the breadth of the strip. My passion reaches higher, my...
When we think of the amount of time that students put into their college applications, we think not only about the time that is sunk into writing the essay and filling out the forms, but also the years of test preparation, extra-curricular activities, and time in the...
Today is the fourth anniversary of the Academy of Fencing Masters blog! It seems like only yesterday that our first post was published. Back in 2014, many parents asked us questions which were difficult to find answers to online. Here and there there were pieces of...
