Concord Fencing Club

02/28/2024

https://usfca.org/index.php/clinicdetails?clinicid=130

United States Fencing Coaches Association

03/02/2023

USA Fencing was formed in 1891 to promote and grow the Olympic and Paralympic sport of fencing.

11/29/2022

https://www.facebook.com/100046859450688/posts/663718255200150/?mibextid=Nif5oz

The Mad Lads in the FIE Congress have done it again, and the P-Card rules are changing on January 1, 2023. What you need to know you can find it here.

10/28/2022

Jonathan Brawn has asked us to share the following message:

"Hello all! Are you or someone you know interested in coaching epee at Brooke High School in Boston this year? We are starting a varsity program and looking for someone with enough knowledge to get us up and running in those weapons. Don't need to be a pro-level coach, just need to be experienced and enthusiastic.

If you're interested or know someone who might be, please message Jonathan Brawn on facebook and we can discuss salary and commitments for the season. Thanks!"

04/19/2022

Althea teaching a new student in Costa Rica.

04/06/2022

Image shared from the Harvard Gazette. Photograph by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer It’s around 2005 or so. I get off the plane for a NAC in Miami and head down to baggage claim. There’s a …

04/06/2022

A final salute to a kind and generous man, who worked tirelessly to support the sport of fencing.

There’s no way to quantify Gamal Mahmoud, but there’s something to be said about a $10,000 GoFundMe for him that hits the goal in one hour and gets doubled within four hours. Just goes to show you how universally loved he was in this community. Farewell, baba.

12/01/2021

Here's another short video, promoting the idea of setting goals for competitive improvement in terms of indicators.

If you could score an average of one more touch per bout, how would this affect your overall results?

Measuring fencing performance is a key to improvement. In this video, we describe the way that indicators can be used to measure performance, and set effect...

11/22/2021

11/17/2021

It's been a while since we've posted any new material for CFC's Remote Training Program. We've prepared a short (12-minute) video to share a very useful fencing “mantra,” or mnemonic, which was coined by Maitre Michel Sebastiani:

DPTS: “Distance – Patience – Timing – Simplicity”

Of course, these four words are just words unless some further explanation is offered, and that's the purpose of this video.

Please note: Though I believe that the principles outlined in the video above are generally sound, the specific application of these principles may vary somewhat from weapon to weapon. Ask your coach to expand on how these principles are properly applied in the context of their particular weapons.

Maître Michel Sebastiani summarizes the key principles of conduct during the bout with the mnemonic – or mantra - "DPTS": Distance-Patience-Timing-Simplicit...

11/10/2021

First class at my new club, Athos Escrima in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica. Representing with the CFC t-shirt. 😁