Let me first get my excuses out of the way with the Cherry Blossom Open. I didn't get any sleep the night before, even though I took a benedryl The rubber on my shoe heel de-laminated. There were some WEIRD fencing styles i had to adjust to. There was some kid named avendano who took me out. I felt personally responsible for not beating him, because he then went on to wreck everyone else and win the tournament. I knew what i had to do in order ...
I sucked it up and called Wellspan Orthopedics this morning. Managed to get in to see the PA. She confirmed my "self diagnosis" and said, "Yea, you dislocated your knee." (Um...yea...I felt 2 pops each of the 6 times it came out and went back in yesterday!) I told her what the other doc said in February - she understood that I can't just live with the issue. She talked to their Sports Med guy and got a plan: Getting fitted for yet another brace. Was told, "No fencing ...
I am a big fan of teaching fencers to make blocking parries, rather than beat parries in foil. I like teaching blocking parries because: 1. The fencer learns to parry without putting a lot of momentum into the parry. If the fencer misses the parry, it is much easier to make a second parry after this. It's also easier to teach false parry, real parry later. 2. A blocking parry helps facilitate a more accurate and controled riposte, including a riposte that may be compound ...
Orginally this entry was a post on Virginia Division forum... It is my odd sense of humor that finds it funny to watch parents and coaches yelling at 10-year-old fencers to RELAX! at the top of their lungs at fencing tournaments, as if this is likely to produce the desired result. Most fencers get tense because they have reached a state of "over arousal" which is a simple way of saying that the fencer has too much information and sensory input, and can't cope. ...
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