Well, I’m here. An hour drive, eight hours of flying broken up into not one but two layovers, another half hour on a bus, and I’m at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. I have a room in the athlete’s dorm, which I share with two other fencers (one of whom has [...]
Today began with terror. Well, not right off the bat with the terror; it actually started out with a great early morning run in the park and iced coffee. Shortly after I showered and started packing, the terror began. See, there was a mountain of paperwork, over the last couple of months, that need [...]
It’s been a while since my last fencing post (link provided so you know I’m not talking about barbed wire or something). A lot has been going on, especially with foil, but I’ve had difficulty putting it into words, hence the lack of any real updates. Towards the end of last month I realized [...]
Today, my thighs and knees are still killing me. Yesterday, I still had a hard time getting up after prolonged periods of sitting. Saturday night, as no doubt Corrie Ann, Ann Marie, and Cory will testify, I could barely walk. Why, you ask? Well, it’s all Maestro Alex Beguinet’s fault.
I truly do not think my [...]
As some of you know and many others might not know (I say many … there’s like, what, three of you that read this junk), I spent this last weekend in Myrtle Beach, SC. It is certainly not unusual for someone to go to the beach in the middle of summer, but I didn’t [...]
Wow, so even longer than I thought. Last night was my first time back to the foil class in eight weeks. I was expecting to, of course, do horribly. I did not do well but, all things considered, I think I gave a good accounting of myself.
There were, of course, things I couldn’t believe [...]
There have been improvements. These improvements have largely been in the area of my parries three and four. I’ve had a few bouts against opponents who have, in the past, typically gotten past those parries (usually with whip-overs) and hit my forearm. Since making some adjustments to both my grip and how I do [...]
Yeah, yeah, I know. I’ve been fencing foil way longer than just one week, but this is the first week I have helped coach foil; so, first week as a foil coach. I’ll be using this section to log my thoughts and experience on coaching and probably to cover Coaches College as well. With [...]
This week was, I think, a vast improvement over last week. I felt more comfortable on the strip and I think I corrected many of my problems with how I was holding the epee. My point control was more in the range of accuracy that I am accustomed to. I think the drilling in [...]
Last night was a good night. I took some of the lessons learned from last week and applied them this week, along with a correction to my grip by Sally, and I saw definite improvement. I am still moving my arm up before I go forward in lunges though. This, it seems, is a [...]