by jwischniafap | Jan 31, 2019 | Experienced Fencers, Our Fencing Events
Preparing for the tableau starts as soon as you finish your last bout, check your scores, sign your scoresheet and shake your referee’s hand after the pool round. Between the rounds you have to eat, drink, use the restroom, check your weapons, refill your water...
by jwischniafap | Jan 24, 2019 | Experienced Fencers
Managing your DE Bouts ELIMINATION ROUNDS ARE DIFFERENT! These are longer than pool bouts, so require more mental preparation and determination and there are a host of mistakes waiting to ambush you. Below are some examples of some of the most common DE...
by jwischniafap | Jan 12, 2019 | Experienced Fencers, Fencing Facts
Managing your pool round Let’s assume that you have been training regularly, have all the equipment you need to compete and have made sure that you are otherwise ready for your competition (you are rested, you are at the event an hour before check in closes to get a...
by jwischniafap | Jan 12, 2019 | Experienced Fencers, Fencing Member Guest Posts
Back to the strip. In the summer of 2017 I shepherded a small group of FAP athletes to the Solti training camp in Hungary. Earlier that summer I had suddenly realized how overweight and out of condition I had become over the last ten years and I started on the road...
by jwischniafap | Nov 12, 2018 | Fencing Beginners
Why learn to do anything? Because it’s an adventure! Whether you thought of fencing because you watched too many sword-fighting movies as a child (Zorro, The Three Musketeers, The Princess Bride, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc.) or because you are just looking for...
