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We hope everyone is doing well now the North Carolina is under stay-at-home orders.  We’re still able to get to the fencing room and make videos for you. If you haven’t seen it yet, seen our brief update and thank you video, check it out, it’s only a minute long:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IN-toyUM1k Here is this week’s video.  […]

First, some crafting…I mentioned pool noodles and pipe insulation before, but if you don’t have a weapon, here’s some easy crafting that will cost you around $2 you can do for a simple practice weapon. I also include some fencing exercises you can do with a tennis ball and hopefully some other materials that may […]

We hope everyone is doing well!  I promised I’ll try to keep my e-mails short, so we’ll see how this goes. First, I mentioned before that you can always do some practice footwork before or after your homework.  The Beginner Class Homework is a good one to use.  It can be found here: https://youtu.be/xfAgfq4UmIs  Just skip […]

I’ve consolidated all our On Strip/At Home Series Online Training into one page for easy access. You can find the entire series here: https://ift.tt/2y43igv Many of the schools have recommended at least 3 hours a day of doing school work.  What about incorporating a half hour of footwork and bladework? Here are two good exercises that […]

In a previous e-mail on On Strip/At Home Series, we talked about Diaphragmatic Breathing. It’s a resilience skill that we can apply to fencing. It can be done in practice, at home, and during competition. This time, we’re going to introduce another resilience skills called “Put It In Perspective.” But instead of giving you something […]

UPDATES I hope everyone is doing well during these times of social isolation.  But above all, thank you for being members of the All-American Fencing Academy.  Your continued membership is what will allow us to stay open during these times.  As you can imagine, many small businesses like gyms, dance studios, yoga studios, crossfit gyms and […]