German system

[drippingwet]

Is the German system of coaching the same as the Beck system of coaching?

What is the German coaching system?

What's the German competitive system?

I saw a picture on the Tauber website of people using lunging pads and however trivial that may sound, this sort of brings to mind what a lot of people might be missing out on. The extent of my fencing experience is 1:1 coaching, sparring and competition. There's no lunging pads, or running a few miles a day, or weight training, etc. Whereas places like Tauber give me the impression that there's much more to becoming a good fencer than 1:1, sparring and competing.

So what's happens on a daily basis in a world class salle/what's a typical world class training programme?

Thanks.

[CvilleFencer]

This link will get you to one of the better descriptions I have found on the German system as described by a great coach and epee fencer. For that matter he has tons of great info on his site: http://home.earthlink.net/~allenevans59/GERMANEPEE.HTML