Class and Lesson Updates
As you may have heard by now, North Carolina has extended Phase 2 for another 3 weeks starting July 17, 2020. At this rate, the return of the Neowise Comet is when we’d be able to start again. LOL…lo…yeah, it’s not actually that funny. All joking aside, we’re again adjusting fire for a return to […]
OS/AH Series: July 2020, 2nd Week, Fencing Class and Updates
We’re inching closer to August and hopefully the opportunity to reopen. We must remain cautiously optimistic, because the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase. Even when we return, we must equally treat our environment as infectious and wear our masks (not just the fencing ones), wash and sanitize our hands, sanitize our surroundings, and […]
OS/AH Series: July 2020, First Week Classes, and Updates
We hope everyone had a good July 4th weekend! This week’s YouTube video class:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkPO59vdYzQ By Section0:00 Updates2:33 Warm Ups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkPO59vdYzQ&t=153s9:09 Footwork https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkPO59vdYzQ&t=549s18:55 Blade Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkPO59vdYzQ&t=1135s27:15 Skill Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkPO59vdYzQ&t=1635s32:49 Cool Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkPO59vdYzQ&t=1969s34:34 Update 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkPO59vdYzQ&t=2074s Update 1:As we continue to prepare to return for classes, Coach Gerhard is trying to block out time to provide some […]
OS/AH Series: June 2020, 5th Week Class, and UPDATES
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 […]
2 Fencers Need Our Support
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 […]
AAFA Will Not Re-Open in July
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 […]
OS/AH: This Week’s YouTube Class and Lots Of Updates
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 […]
Another Ref Clinic and Soft Re-Open Week
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 […]
Sign Up For The Soft Re-Open Week
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 […]
OS/AH: Fencing Class, Live Teleclass, Return to Fencing
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 […]