Training Tips
Training tips and drills for fencing.

What is a Simple Attack?
- By Craig Harkins
- . January 9, 2013
Here’s a video from the 1992 Coaches College where coach Ron Miller leads a lecture on the simple attack.

Using Non-Combativity as a Tactic
- By Damien Lehfeldt
- . December 19, 2012
In the 2012 Milwaukee Division I Men’s Epee NAC, Benjamin Wieder was facing Jimmy Moody in the round of 32. Moody secured a 4-5 touch

From the Archives: Kogler Epee Traning Documents
- By Craig Harkins
- . October 5, 2012
Someone looking through some of our older forum threads for epee training information brought up a set of documents from a training camp in the

Yale Researchers affirm the Hot Hand in Sports
- By Craig Harkins
- . January 16, 2012
Having a “hot hand”, going on a run, being “on fire”. Across all sports there are examples where an athlete seems to suddenly be unstoppable – hitting every action, or nailing every shot from the field. The idea of the “hot hand” in sports is something widely believed, but there has not been any scientific or statistical proof to back it up.
Fencing Footwork Training Part 1 (Video)
- By Craig Harkins
- . November 18, 2011
This video comes from the coaching archives of the USFA Coaches College, led by Alex Beguinet. Covered in this video are the following topics: “Previewing”