This edition concerns itself with the tactical progression of a bout. Most fencers learn these concepts through the progression of drills and lessons with a coach, but often the actual theory of tactical progression is not taught until well into one's fencing career.
The object of the game is to use footwork and distance control to be able to hit your opponent in the chest with the glove with an advance-lunge attack. While it uses the chest as the main target, this game is good for all 3 weapons as it teaches distance as well as tempo and direction changes.
There have been several discussions on the rec.sport.fencing newsgroup and in the fencing.net forums on the different types of exercises one should do in order to be in the best shape for fencing.
I thought I would take a different tack and suggest some footwork exercises that I have used in the past. These come from drills that the team at UNC-Chapel Hill did on a regular basis and are taken from the Olympic Footwork Exercises our national teams have used.
