by Peter Gustafsson | May 2, 2019 | Coaching, Goal setting, technique
Back from a training session. Two of my least experienced fencers were fencing against each other, and a fencer their age that is significantly more experienced. First time around, both of the less experienced fencers fenced at a low tempo against the more experienced...
by Peter Gustafsson | Mar 25, 2019 | technique
In my opinion, the optimal fencing phrase consists of three parts: Preparation Set-up Scoring Why is this the best type of fencing phrase? It is so because it, well executed, achieves several objectives: It scores a single light It does not put the fencer executing it...
by Peter Gustafsson | Jan 1, 2018 | Coaching, technique
From a coaching perspective, there is a big and unsolved problem: How do I, as a coach, get both fencers to use their time efficiently during pair drills for technique training? Pair drills are necessary in order to get students to first learn, and the polish,...
by Peter Gustafsson | Aug 15, 2017 | technique
For those readers who are non-fencers or fencers at beginner level, and therefore do not know all the terminology that I used in the recent definitional blog post or its followup, let me illustrate with some Youtube clips. Simple movement: In this tutorial, several...
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