A weekend of refereeing in Denmark

by | Oct 30, 2017 | Mechanical, Refereeing

I spent the weekend refereeing the Open Zealand Championships, as the only non-Danish referee. The event was organized by the Trekanten Fencing club, the leading fencing club in Denmark. As a measure of the level at which this club operates, it can be noted that its...

The mental aspects of fencing, illustrated

by | Oct 25, 2017 | Refereeing

I had worked long and hard on a big blog post, but developments bypassed it. I hope that I will have the opportunity to return to it. I spend significant time looking at sabre matches on Youtube, in order to become better at refereeing that weapon. The combination of...

One fencing session, two lessons

by | Oct 19, 2017 | Strategy, tactics

Back from the fencing session this evening. The lessons that follow are not groundbreaking by any means, but they bear repeating. We were running 10-point bouts today, and in the particular bout referenced here the fencer on the left had done several mistakes so far....

The invito, or faking it on the piste

by | Oct 17, 2017 | Strategy

A fencer´s chances of winning are higher if his opponent does not have a clear picture of his abilities and weaknesses. The fencer can deal with this fact in two ways: either let his opponent get that clear picture without any active hindrance, or attempt to disturb...

Refereeing team events in the RoW weapons

by | Oct 12, 2017 | Refereeing

A short note: I hone my sabre refereeing skills by looking at high-level bouts on youtube and calling the point before the real referee calls it. The thought behind that is that I will train myself to become reasonably fast at calling priority situations, and...