by Peter Gustafsson | Dec 24, 2018 | tactics
This blog post is of an historical nature – making a short description of the short life of Oswald Boelcke, and the long legacy of what he did during it. Since he was the father of tactics in a adversarial combat, as is fencing, I consider his life worth...
by Peter Gustafsson | Dec 19, 2018 | Miscellaneous, tactics
Some time before I started writing this blog, I asked myself: “Has there been anyone who has started, or transformed, the field of tactics in his type of adversarial combat? If so, what can be learned from him that can be applied to fencing?” I then set...
by Peter Gustafsson | Dec 15, 2018 | Coaching, tactics
A week ago, I was coaching two students with a large differential in experience. Not only that, the less experienced one does not have any other aspects in which he has the upper hand. At first, I made them fence epee with handicapping rule changes, in order to level...
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