Becca Ward now coaching at Arlington Fencing Club
Becca Ward stepped down from the international fencing scene after winning two bronze medals at the 2008 Olympic Games to concentrate on her studies at Duke University. While at Duke, Ward went on to win 3 NCAA championships in Women’s Sabre. Now, she spends some of her free time when not working for a DC [...]
The Fencing Coach Code of Honor
The other day, I was fencing at a tournament at the Maryland Fencing Club, and noticed that the salle’s head coach, Greg Paye had placed the Desiderata displayed on his wall. As I waited to be called for my direct elimination matches, I read through the Desiderata a few times, soaking in the words and [...]
NEPS In Stock Again
We’ve just received our latest batch of the NEPS (New Epee Point Screws). Updated 3/22: We now have another batch of the screws in-stock. All of our backorders have already shipped out. This batch has improved even more! There were some reported problems of fitting the screws into some epee barrels due to thin screw [...]
Parent Tips for a Fencing Tournament
Damien has written up a post related to parent behavior at fencing tournaments. It follows along with his previous open letter to fencing parents and it is worth a read: The people-watching associated with fencing is often as entertaining as the sport itself—and this couldn’t be truer when it comes to watching parents during a [...]
2020 Olympics: Why Fencing is Okay
The sports world got a major shock this week when the IOC announced that it was cutting wrestling from the “core 25″ sports of the 2020 Olympic Games. Wrestling looks to be out of the Games as the sport must re-apply for one open slot, but the IOC is looking to add a new sport [...]
Fencing Newsbytes
Wheelchair Fencing: Wheelchair fencing leads off the news roundup with a piece on Penn freshman David Xu who had a podium finish at the last wheelchair national event. He’s considering training towards the 2016 Rio Games: Penn fencing freshman Xu reaching for Paralympics The Daily Pennsylvanian Freshman David Xu had his left foot amputated shortly [...]
You Know You’re Going to Lose
This weekend I faced a teaching moment that came from an unlikely place. My sons were all taking turns at a video game. My oldest was playing his turn and was behind by two scores with the clock winding down. His younger brother commented (a couple of times) “you’re going to lose”. It wasn’t said [...]
Athletes that Inspire
Lance Armstrong is coming out this week to finally come clean about his use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) during his cycling career. He has already been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles because of the doping charges and delivered an apology to the staff at the Livestrong foundation. This month also saw [...]
Tim Morehouse at NYC Barnes & Noble for Fencing Demo and Book Signing
2-time Olympian Tim Morehouse continues to promote fencing with another media event in New York City. On January 12th, Tim will be at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square to promote his book “American Fencer: Modern Lessons from an Ancient Sport” and host a fencing demonstration. Joining Tim will be Olympians Daryl Homer and Dagmara Wozniak [...]
Injured Athletes: Nutrition Tips to Hasten Healing
Being injured is one of the hardest parts of being an athlete. If you are unable to exercise due to broken bones, knee surgery, stress fracture, or concussion, you may wonder: What can I eat to heal quickly? How can I avoid getting fat while I’m unable to exercise? Should I be taking supplements? This [...]
