Take the Blade

I refereed an unrated foil tournament today. Sometimes refereeing offers opportunities to think about fencing, things to bring up with stude...

For a lot of people, when you start a new job, or move to the DMV, you have to acquaint yourself with the local flavor of alphabet soup - or...

  If you are a TriWeapon Fencer, one of the obvious reasons for becoming a referee is because our program requires that you get a certificat...

  O ne of the most common things I hear said by both beginner parents and parents who've been around for awhile is "I'm not rea...

I was working on a blog post on why a fencer might consider going to a NAC or a Regional Circuit event even if they aren’t quite ready. I ha...

A student asked me how do you make effective blade takes in epee. I'm also currently working on this with one of my stronger C rated epe...

  One of my youth fencers has repeated, a few times, to me “didn't Einstein say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over...