Another year of coaches college has gone by, and another certificate has been added to my wall; I even managed to find the same frame I used last year.
Last year at this time I remember feeling slightly overwhelmed and uncertain about what I wanted to do with the newly gained knowledge. This year I am [...]
It seems that I am one of the last ones to leave the center today. I’m catching the 1:30PM shuttle to the airport for my 3:35PM flight. I’ve already had my last ‘Olympic‘ breakfast for a while, and I’m planning to have my last ‘Olympic‘ lunch shortly (seriously, the food here alone is almost worth [...]
Some of you I have told and others I have received messages from which I have not had the chance to reply to. Here is the whole story.
The day began with finding out that the jury members on my panel were Maestro Alex Beguinet and Jerry Dunaway. I was fairly certain that this would spell [...]
I passed, I passed, I passed … again. I scored one point less (87) than last year, but, honestly, this test was harder I think. It took careful reading of all the questions and answers. I knew I’d passed, though, when Zoila called me up to get my score by calling out ‘Pedro.’
This year, that [...]
Just a quick moment to post on progress.
We’re halfway done with day two of the actual coaching instruction. So far the similarities with the foil sessions are numerous. Apart from remembering that distance depends on target, and thus middle distance to chest and middle distance to wrist are different despite both being ‘middle‘ distance, my [...]
In case you hadn’t caught on earlier, I’m doing the United States Fencing Association’s Coaches College again this year. Last year I completed Level 1 Foil; this year I’m doing Level 1 Epee.
The flight was pretty uneventful, apart from the massive turbulence between Hotlanta and Colorado Springs. Everything was on time though, and pretty comfortable; [...]
I saw this over on Kelly’s website a few weeks ago, and asked her where she’d done it. Then, because I’m me, I forgot I’d asked her until I was reminded by a post over on ChrisDiClerico.Com. I finally went and did one, and there is the result. Scarily accurate, eh?
This was actually a [...]
The packet arrived on Monday. I am officially accepted to this year’s United States Fencing Association Coaches College for coaching instruction in Epee I. This will be the second year I’ve attended Coaches College, and I am really looking forward to it.
This year will be somewhat different from last year. Last year Foil I was [...]
No, I have not died or fallen off the Earth, nor has WoW eaten me (for those of you who I know were thinking that). It has just been a crazy few weeks and it’s not looking like it’s going to settle down for at least another week or so.
To kick things off as only [...]
This weekend was the Mid Atlantic Regional Youth Circuit for 2007, hosted by The Downtown Fencing Club (where I teach foil). This is the second year I’ve been involved in helping run it and I have to say I was highly impressed with the level of effort put out by our leadership committee and [...]