Keenan begged me to let him come to practice, even though he has a badly turned ankle. I told him he could if he would promise not to move. I watched him fence Henri doing just that. He used line and parry-riposte, and when I showed him how he could use invitation he used that too. He's a very smart kid and I think he could be an excellent fencer. Max V. came to fencing because I saw and nagged him to come, even though he has a cast on his left hand. He acted as scorekeeper and ...
Coaching vs. teaching. If you are involved in with the instruction of fencing at any level you have to understand that these are two different areas and require two different set of skills. We had a discussion with some of our newer instructors that there was a difference and how to develop these at the same time. Basically, the way that we look at it, teaching someone to fence is easy. It is basically the transmitting of information on how to make attacks, parries, counter attacks ...
Training at Mannheim, only AL present. We did the Nellya warm-up and drills, then fenced five touch bouts. I was trying to be relaxed, upright, etc., and lost the first six bouts BADLY (5-2 or worse). Took a break, I came back with a bit more intensity, and we basically split the rest of the bouts. Seb., one of the foil fencers, came to play with us for awhile--he's tall, with good footwork, so it is amusing to fence with him, although not all too difficult as long as you are patient ...
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