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Periodization of your conditioning plan

September 8, 2010 · View Comments 

A proper strength and conditioning training regimen will change during the year as you shift from pre-season work to peaking for your most important tournaments. Read through this article to help plan your training cycle.

Fencing 101

Go Fencing and Get Smarter

September 7, 2010 · View Comments 

The science is in:  physical activity boosts your brainpower. Intuitively, it seems natural that physical fitness would be linked to sharper intelligence, and according to a recent presentation at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), exercise makes you smarter.  This is good news for everyone, but particularly so for [...]

Armory

Two kinda obscure foil point problems

May 10, 2004 · View Comments 

Okay—you’re at wit’s end. The problem showed up when you were fencing, but not when you tried to reproduce it on strip during a halt, and you can’t seem to find anything when you checking out the foil later on. You’re tempted to say ‘screw it’ and do a rewire with new point parts, but [...]

Gear Guides

Adidas High Top Shoes on Sale

July 16, 2010 · View Comments 

Clearance sale of the 2004 Adidas Adistar high top fencing shoe. A decent shoe that sold for as much as $260 when it first came out, now available for only $99 for a limited time.

Video

Video: Gerek Meinhardt vs. Peter Joppich at the Paris Grand Prix

August 6, 2010 · View Comments 

This bout is from earlier in the year at the “CIP” Grand Prix event in Paris, France.  At the CIP in January 2010 US Olympian Gerek Meinhardt faced off against 3 time world champion Peter Joppich (GER).

Joppich usually forces his opponents into fencing a close distance bout using lots of remises and counter attacks.  Meinhardt [...]

Training Tips

Periodization of your conditioning plan

September 8, 2010 · View Comments 

A proper strength and conditioning training regimen will change during the year as you shift from pre-season work to peaking for your most important tournaments. Read through this article to help plan your training cycle.