A static target is an easy target

by | Jan 11, 2019 | Coaching, Strategy

At the start of the latest training session, the first match was two quite unevenly matched fencers. As is my usual habit, I spent most of the coaching effort on the less proficient fencer. The reason for that is that I want the comparatively less proficient fencers...

Dicta Boelcke applied to fencing – rule #1

by | Jan 10, 2019 | tactics

In a series of blog posts, I will be going though the 8 rules in the Dicta Boelcke, and outline what can be applied to epee fencing. At first I thought that I should do all of this in one blog post, but on second thought that would be enormously unwieldy. Therefore, I...