by Peter Gustafsson | Jun 29, 2019 | Refereeing
Some time ago, I finished a weekend of refereeing together with a group of beginners who just passed their theoretical tests. They were paired up with more experienced referees (I was one of those) so that one referee pair would work a poule, and the referee...
by Peter Gustafsson | Jun 26, 2019 | Miscellaneous, Strategy, tactics
The title of this blog post is a pun – but you will only understand it if you are knowledgeable about the sport of baseball. If that is not the case, have a look at this. Now that you have availed yourself of that knowledge, let me list the similarities between...
by Peter Gustafsson | Jun 26, 2019 | OODA Loop, Strategy
I recently saw an epee match in which the lower-ranked fencer (from now on abbreviated to LRF) got off to a 2-0 lead, before losing 2-5. That got me thinking: what went right in the beginning, and what should the fencer who got off to a lead have done in order to...
by Peter Gustafsson | Jun 19, 2019 | OODA Loop, Strategy
Some time ago, I saw a training bout in which the fencer on the right was clearly superior. During this training session, the fencer on the right in this bout became my strategy student, so I will refer to him as the student from here on in this blog post. He is the...
by Peter Gustafsson | Jun 15, 2019 | Strategy
Recently, I saw an epee match between two quite different fencers, who nonetheless were reasonably equally matched. The fencer on the left was quite short for being an epee fencer. To make up for that, he was very explosive, and he was quite good at scoring toe hits....
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