It’s obvious that parents want to do what’s best for their child. That’s the point of parenting isn’t it? But the answer to helping your child definitely isn’t in doing everything for them. And it definitely isn’t in leaving them to do everything themselves. Now what...
Academy of Fencing Masters Blog
Art of Fencing, Art of Life
Month: May 2019
The Rise of American Fencing [Book Announcement]
American fencing is on a winning streak. You can feel it when you watch our top fencers vie for the top medals at worldwide competitions and win. That’s happening more and more every year, enough to call it more than a fluke, more than a lucky athlete here and there...
Everyday Eating for Fencers [with detailed plan]
You get out of your fencing practice what you put into it. We all know that. We also all know that you get out of your body what you put into it. Put in good hard work into your fencing and you’ll get good results on the strip. Put good food into your body and you’ll...
Celebrating Fencing Teachers
Who are your best teachers? We tend to put teachers in a box in a schoolhouse, with a blackboard and rows of desks. That’s a bit of a narrow definition if you think about it, because teachers are much more than that. Teachers come in all shapes and sizes, from our...
Infographic – Qualification Path for Fencing at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Tokyo 2020 Olympic fencing qualification had started in April 2019. The major qualification path is team qualification for 24 positions, followed by individual qualification for the remaining 10 positions in each weapon and gender. This infographic explains how...
Your Kids Are Becoming the Messages You Give Them
Whether you realize you’re doing it or not, you’re sending your children messages, constantly. They’re internalizing the information that you surround them with, the things that they hear most from you and from others people they interact with. Whether it’s at home,...