On Strip/At Home Series: April 2020, 4th Week, Fencing Class
Later this week, I’ll make a post about what we might need to prepare for as US Fencing and North Carolina begins to re-open. It seems like US Fencing will allow us to re-open soon, but North Carolina’s phased re-opening may set us back. Parents and brothers and sisters, there are portions of the class […]
On Strip/At Home Series: April 2020, 3rd Week, Fencing Class
Sorry I’m a little late with this post. I usually finish typing this on Tuesday night and send it out Tuesday night ready for you Wednesday morning. Some quick notes for parents…there are sections in the videos that show you how you can do partner help with your student. They aren’t difficult to follow and […]
On Strip/At Home Mini Training: Improve Speed and Reaction Time
Welcome to another mini training session for our On Strip/At Home Training Series. All you need this time is a smart phone. Either an Android or an iphone. Youll need to download a free app. On Android, we used IPSC Shot Timer, you can find it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stimer There are free similar apps on iphone. […]
On Strip/At Home Training Series: Second Week April Fencing Class
It’s the second week of April, I hope everyone is weathering the stay-at-home policies. Please think about our friends and families that are dealing with the coronavirus. We hope everyone also had a good easter! Here’s this week’s class! Remember you can do it all in on go, or you can always break it up, […]
On Strip/At Home Mini Training: Improve Your Lunges
We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. The CDC does recommend wearing masks now when you’re out, so make sure you’re wearing masks if you do have to go out. Also, the fencing mask is not a reasonable mask to use. 🙂 Here’s this week’s On Strip/At Home mini training. Not like a craft […]
Special Audio Edition: Loose Barrel Podcast has Coach Gerhard as a Guest
Patrick Lausi, Head Coach for Edge of America Fencing in Charleston, SC, also hosts a podcast called Loose Barrel. He invited me on his podcast to talk about current events, All-American Fencing history, some of our bouts together and other random topics. You can listen/watch the podcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OijHbfH1wA You can listen in the player […]
April, Week 1, Fencing Class
Welcome back! And welcome to April! We hope you had an opportunity to try some of the crafts we posted earlier. We particularly liked the reaction ball. Highly encourage you to make one, it will help increase your hand eye coordination and your reaction time! Also, if you listened to the interview I did with […]
On Strip/At Home Training Series: Hand-Eye Coordination Exercises and Some Crafting
Hand eye coordination is good for many different sports, especially fencing. Here are some exercises that can improve your hand eye coordination! There also some crafting in the middle of the video. Don’t forget to stick around for the end credits scene. 🙂 Hand Eye Coordination Exercises with a Tennis Ball:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKxRaqUAl0M You will need: A […]
On Strip/At Home, Audio Series: Dr. Ron Miller on Negative Thinking and The Mentally Healthy Athlete
In our last On Strip/At Home Audio Series, we spoke with Valerie Alston about “Putting it in Perspective”, catastrophic thinking, and getting out of catastrophic thinking. This time, we will be speaking with 52 year retired UNC Chapel Hill NCAA Division I head fencing coach, Dr. Ron Miller. He is still the head coach for […]
March Week 5 Lessons, Resources, and Recommended Videos
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. […]