During the COVID-19 pandemic, fencers are faced with something that we have never been faced with before - with a feeling of solitude in an absence of an opponent in front of them. What is a fencer without an opponent? Are we really anything? Certainly we must be...
Quarantine can be quite a downer if you’re not careful. Staying positive is a critically important part of getting to the other side of this tremendous and extraordinary time, but how can you do it? The key is to have lots of strategies to keep you going. If you are...
The world has been turned upside down in the last couple of months. Completely and totally upside down. The world that we all knew just doesn’t exist anymore, and to be honest we all know that it will never be the same again, at least not in the closest future....
Sofya Velikaya: “If I took gold at my first Olympic Games, I would have ended my career” Fencing is a sport that crosses continents and languages. It is not always easy to connect with fencers who are titans in the sport when they don’t speak the same language that...
Coaches Dima Chumak (right) and Slava Zingerman at Summer Nationals 2019 By: Coach Dima Chumak Dear Parents of Fencers! On behalf of all fencing coaches, I would like to thank you for supporting your child in keeping on learning the...
Things are continuing to evolve in the realm of fencing thanks to COVID-19. New developments from FIE are coming to our attention consistently, particularly now that the Olympics have been officially postponed to July 2021. Recently there has been a letter...
Screen time has become fencing time in the bold new world of coronavirus with online fencing training. It’s a time that is unusual and challenging, but it’s one that we know we can get through if we work together and stay positive. Fencing is a sport that is...
This is a brave new world that we are living in. It’s one that none of us has any experience with, not even the experts that are our fencing coaches and fencing club owners. It can be daunting to try to translate the real and in person experience of teaching fencing...
AFM recently had the amazing opportunity to sit down (virtually) with Michael Aufrichtig, the head coach of the Columbia University fencing team. He lives and coaches in New York City, which is of course the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States....
Challenging times require new creative solutions. For fencers, one of the biggest challenges of a new lockdown reality is their inability to fence against real opponents. But don't worry, we have you covered. Introducing World's First Zoom Fencing Competition! While...
