All-American Fencing Academy

July 1, 2020

OS/AH Series: June 2020, 5th Week Class, and UPDATES

clinics, fencing training, On Strip/At Home Series, private lessons, updates, video training

First, here is this week’s class. These YouTube Classes will continue throughout July. Unfortunately, I’ll be stretching myself thin this month so I won’t be able to do Live Google Meet Classes this month. June 2020, 5th Week, Fencing Class:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB2TB_uGwns By Section:0:00 Updates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB2TB_uGwns2:53 Warm Ups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB2TB_uGwns&t=173s16:13 Footwork https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB2TB_uGwns&t=973s23:22 Bladework https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB2TB_uGwns&t=1402s29:46 Skill Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB2TB_uGwns&t=1786s40:31 Cool […]

June 28, 2020

2 Fencers Need Our Support

AAFA Family

I know for many, times are tough right now. If you are able to support two of the All-American Fencing Academy Family right now, please do. Zion and Nova are two of our fencers (the two boys in front in the picture), and their dad, Selwyn was just in a bad accident in Arizona. For […]

June 25, 2020

AAFA Will Not Re-Open in July

COVID-19, private lessons, schedule changes

Per Governor Cooper’s order, we will NOT re-open for classes the second week of July. Our soft re-open will still be on schedule next week. I will try to figure out some schedules for private lessons for July. Please stay tuned. Also, previous announcements had said that fencers must wear face masks. Again, per Governor […]

June 24, 2020

OS/AH: This Week’s YouTube Class and Lots Of Updates

fencing training, On Strip/At Home Series, updates, video training

I’m going to try to keep this post/e-mail a little short, because a lot of the information is mentioned before, so I’ll just post the link to a previous post. But up first is our YouTube class this week! This week’s class:https://youtu.be/SLxi-f3zBWw 0:00 Updates1:36 Warm Ups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLxi-f3zBWw&t=96s10:40 Footwork https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLxi-f3zBWw&t=640s20:37 Bladework https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLxi-f3zBWw&t=1237s29:03 Skill Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLxi-f3zBWw&t=1743s39:35 Cool […]

June 19, 2020

Another Ref Clinic and Soft Re-Open Week

clinics, refereeing

Two things that are in this post:-Soft-Open Week, sign up for private lessons and open fencing-Open registration for another Online Referee Clinic SOFT RE-OPEN WEEK:I sent an e-mail a few days ago and it was moderately lengthy about our Soft Re-Open Week. It’s also posted online and on social networks. Make sure you sign up […]

June 17, 2020

Sign Up For The Soft Re-Open Week

special events

We will have a soft re-open for classes during the week of June 29-July 3. We will be doing private lessons to get back into the swing of things and some open fencing time for teens/adults/vets. Please sign up online for you to schedule your time. The online sign up is a spreadsheet. You can […]

June 15, 2020

OS/AH: Fencing Class, Live Teleclass, Return to Fencing

fencing training, On Strip/At Home Series, schedule changes, video training

There’s going to be a lot covered in this e-mail/post. We’ll be covering some usuals and some announcements, including:-This week’s YouTube video class-This week’s live video Google Meet Class-The return for to physical class-Other announcements This weeks class on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eR-hQE7Ud8 By Section0:00 Intro0:42 Updates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eR-hQE7Ud8&t=42s2:11 Warm Ups, Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eR-hQE7Ud8&t=131s6:31 Warm Ups, Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eR-hQE7Ud8&t=391s12:25 […]

June 11, 2020

New AAFA Brand Face Masks! Buy local or online!

team wear

A local company who’s done many of our Coach Gerhard’s embroidery now has face masks! Coach Gerhard previously bought an AAFA brand face mask from them before, but now they have new styles and new colors! There are a few ways you can get one. You can go to the CCE Headgear Plus store, which […]

June 9, 2020

On Strip/At Home: June 2020, Week 2, Fencing Class and Reminders

fencing training, live online class, On Strip/At Home Series, video training

Quick reminder, this week we are also doing live online classes. I’ll have the reminders below after the weekly updates…but first! Here is this week’s fencing class:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9MQU4XWl-Y Here is the section break up: 0:00 Updates 2:52 Warm Ups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9MQU4XWl-Y&t=172s 8:29 Footwork https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9MQU4XWl-Y&t=509s 16:15 Bladework https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9MQU4XWl-Y&t=975s 30:41 Skill Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9MQU4XWl-Y&t=1841s 39:14 Cool Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9MQU4XWl-Y&t=2354s 47:16 Outtakes […]

June 8, 2020

Reminder: Live Online Google Meet Classes Start This Week!

fencing training, Google Meet, live online class, On Strip/At Home Series, video training

Live Online Class Don’t forget! There will be LIVE online classes for the last 3 weeks before we return to class, STARTING THIS WEEK. I will also be continuing to do YouTube video classes you can do on your own for the remainder of June and July. Schedule: If your child is in my Tuesday […]