erspective is everything. How a fencer thinks about fencing has a massive effect on how they perform. Two fencers who have the same amount of talent and skill can do dramatically differently in competition depending on how they think about it. It’s not only how many...
Always connected - Gadget addiction “Money can buy material things, but real happiness must be earned.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1750 “Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today.” - Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, 1973 “Mo money, no problems.” -...
Mallard duck with chicks In fencing, there are these two extremes that we often see in parenting. There are coddling parents and hard driving parents, and each is on the opposite end of the spectrum. Most of the parents that we see fall somewhere in-between, which is...
The distance from 0 to 1 is not the same as the distance from 1 to 2. At least, not in fencing. It’s something that we’ve noticed when new fencers come in and start learning fencing, then competing. Initially, there’s this explosive growth. A fencer comes in to...
Long wooden bridge crossing Ria Formosa at Quinta do Lago beach in Algarve, Portugal - the longest wooden bridge in Europe 65% of the school aged kids will work in a profession that doesn’t exist yet. That’s according to numbers from the United States Department of...
Don't Quit Showing Keep Trying And Quitter Fencing isn’t for everyone. We don’t assume that it is, and we don’t expect anyone to stay with it should they figure out that it’s not their thing. But how can you know that it’s not your thing? When is the right time to...
Cozy and adorable black and white bulldog puppy dozing off in a soft, fluffy grey blanket Getting lost in the role of parenting is easy to do - we want to give the absolute best to our children naturally. That’s especially true if you’re a parent who is heavily...
In the highest levels of fencing there is a saying: Half of your fencing career you work for your reputation. The other half your reputation works for you. This is true of every level of fencing, even at the local fencing competitions that seem so far from the...
At what point is it ok to just get by? You know, do the least amount of effort to get the biggest reward. It’s a strategy that we offer our fencers quite often on the strip. Conserve your energy, get that point with the least expenditure of movement as possible....
We’ve all had the experience of being nervous before an event that we needed to perform well in, whether in school or in sports. That feeling of butterflies in the stomach, a soup of jitters and self doubt, it can feel overwhelming and stressful, especially for young...
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