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....
We are right now experiencing one of the most extraordinary moments in modern history. The coronavirus pandemic has totally changed the way that we live our lives, and that change has fundamentally threatened fencing as we know it. I am not being dramatic here, I am...
You can continue to train even when the entire world seems to come to halt. Our first online fencing training today was a real blast - we had more than 160 kids who participated in all classes and their energy, smiles, and joy were really contagious! Don't wait - join...
Right now, we’re seeing a major global outbreak of a virus that’s pushing everything to its limits. From large events to universities, the entire globe is being affected by the coronavirus pandemic, and the fencing training wasn't skipped in this neither. This isn’t...
Recently, we wrote that fencers need to fight till the end. That’s important, but the flip side is that you cannot let your lead make you quit fighting either. Fighting till the end when you are behind is important, but so is fighting till the end when you’re in a...
The goal of every fencing competition is to win, right? Wrong. Not all fencing competitions are the same, and fencers should not have the same goal of winning for every fencing competition. Not in every competition you are competing to win. There are two types...
The nature of competitive sports is to widdle the field down from a large group of competitors to just one, that one being the final victor, the champion of the competition. We tend to put a lot of focus on that victor, the end person who takes the top medal...
A vintage alarm clock displaying time with Soviet Union markings in black and white, representing a nostalgic era and serving as a symbol of past moments lost in time. Speed and accuracy are notoriously tough things to mix. It’s something that we experience with our...
There have been many times here at the AFM blog that we’ve written about the importance of tactical thinking in fencing. This sport of ours is not one where the strictly physical qualities of an athlete can determine the outcome of the bout. It is the mental and...
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