#8 : Fence in tournaments regularly, at least one per month. It's one thing to bout in practice it's another to pull it off in a tournament under pressure.
there is #9 from me - I personally recommend to keep a notepad, where you take down notes after training with coach (what have you worked on), what you need to work on, theories in fencing, things you need to improve, workout routines, analysis of your opponents on the strip - their weapon/grip, their body complexity (tall, short, fast, slow, skinny, chubby), their attitude, their footwork, their set of techniques, their combination and noticiable sequences, if they are into flicks or arm hits, mostly in defense or mostly aggressive. This is a perfect cheat sheet to keep track of your opponents before or after you encounter them.
Welcome to the fencing crowd folks! Yes, the age doesn't matter too much. I used to encounter several older folks who are actually very skilled. They are slow, yet precise in their hits and timing.
Thumbed up and subscribed. I've been fencing long enough (10+ years) to see after a couple of videos that you're putting out top notch, experienced and thoughtful content. Looking forward to seeing more.
I've did fencing in my old school for like 2 months, and now im learning fencing again with my new coach and just did a tournament with him to be able to use the foil, i used only plastic blades for 3 months straight and now i am moving onto foil, i got permission :) I'm really interested in fencing and i would like to continue in doing in playing the sport. At home, i would watch videos, and think to myself of how to improve, i also practice at home in my spare time if i don't have extra classes XD
I fenced for two year yk but when Covid first came I couldn’t I worked out a little and all but I didn’t play anymore but now I wanna start fencing again I was quite great at the time
Very good advice. I will let my son to watch it. He is almost 9 years old. He started to learn foil at 6.5 years old. He is very frustrated lately and wants to give up. Your advice will give him some new ideas. Thanks so much!
I'm 22 rn, and I'm gonna try this sport for the first time in 2 Weeks. I'm extremly hyped tbh. Fencing looks awsome. I hope I like it and (as a competetive person) that I still have the chance to become really good at it.
Thanks coach! Headed to a tournament next month, and I am 13 but my coach wants me to fence cadet, so I’ll be fencing ppl a lot older than me, so really need some luck here. I go to the gym every day and run, and I’ve fenced for a while now. Wish me luck when I go to saint Louis!
I want to video myself in open bouting, but my club is normally way too crowded to do it 😢 I started private lessons recently, and it's a game changer. Highly recommended.
These are amazing pieces of advice!!! I recently started Fencing and am looking to learn everything! I need to gain more confidence when it comes to bouts because I feel like I have a lot of good knowledge behind me, but when I bout I get so nervous and seem to forget everything. I know I have to practice so much more and am working on that! Thank you for your awesome videos!!
Fantastic video and wouldn't disagree with any of those tips nor the order they are in. Some other things that I have found to help over the years. Eat more healthily. Does not have to be crazy but more fruit, veg, water etc will help a lot. Referee matches. It helps you as a fencer if you know what the ref is looking for but also seeing different actions from a side on view. Lastly I cannot emphasise how important competition is. It really does show you what is and is not working and because the event is much more pressurised (everyone wants to win) it shows how well you deal with your fencing mentally too.
Funny, I just made a fencing step/control instructional video about training techniques at home - in a very narrow hall as well ... albeit without a dog :) I find this even quite nice to get oneself on focusing on not doing wide-out moves.
So many fencers I fence with I can call them my grandparents and they’re elite in the skills! Fencing is amazing as it’s more brain- based and tactics than just fitness. Keep it up and u will become an experienced fencer who is eventually a legend that everyone else in your country looks up to!
The great thing about fencing is that you have a lot of flexibility in how you play the game to your strengths. We had several older people who were able to comfortably keep up with all the teenagers there despite sometimes having a 40+ year difference between them. You don't have to be a rabbit bouncing all over the strip to be a good fencer.
Thanks for this video Tyler sir after seeing this video I am very much motivated towards fencing. You make awesome video on fencing I am watching your video for my improvement in fencing I learnt lot of things from your videos.. Thanks again 🙏🙏🙏
While I appreciate the good advice, I’d remind people that “telling” isn’t “teaching” - the distinction is important. The necessary feature of teaching, that telling doesn’t demand, is a diagnosis of what is already known. Too many coaches tell their students what they don’t know before finding out (and reinforcing) what the student already knows, and the skills they’ve already obtained. A person can only build upon what is already known, and the deeper what is already known is understood (by both student and teacher) - the more performance is adjusted and improved. Suggestion #5 speaks to this, but developing self-directed self-analysis protocols requires its own set of skills and techniques. To know what is to be learned next, what I appreciate seeing is a video that discusses how to obtain, record and analyze what is already known.
Wonderful video and great advice! Question: does skipping rope assist and give a fencer that "edge" Any tips on skipping rope , technics that I can take into consideration Thankyou! Kind regards Abdullah
Yes, skipping rope is great! It helps build endurance, timing, and small precise hand and wrist movements. I will add a skipping rope routine to my future video list.
NA U SEE … i dont even go to a fencing club and im just practising at home , my parents do let me but its may so either way school is gonna end , i will start next school year , if we will have time . the nearest club is 38 mins away and my parents usually dont have time, but im learning at home and i can feel making progress.
I came across this term in a Glossary: DOUBLE a compound attack which deceives the opponent’s circular parry Would you have a video on this technique? All videos on doubles are about scoring a point at the same time in epee
Hahahaha! Thank you. Creating these videos takes a lot of time between writing, filming, editing and uploading. Unfortunately, I don't currently have time to do more than one video a week. However, I will definitely be doing more videos on foil fencing! So stay tuned!
BEST TIP EVER dont be loyal to your coach try a other coaches (good coach has to push you to your limits, not be lazy, actually know something AND believe IN YOU), and buy good gloves (cheap gloves made me not preform well on the European championship , my hand hurt a lot because they usually lack padding ) F.E do you agree with me?
Yes, being relaxed with your upper body, shoulders and arm is very important. It will help you react faster and with more precision. If your muscles are tight you will have bigger slower actions. I have found that breathing, stretching, shaking out the arms and rolling the shoulders are all helpful ways to relax the muscles.
i started german longsword fencing just a month before the coronavirus, so i had a very brief period of actually having an instructor. ive got a bare basics of longsword fencing, and not a lot of practice. i learn about new techniques and tips on youtube everyday, but i cant practice with a partner, try them out, and flesh out my fundamentals. so this saturday im going to an olympic fencing club to try out fencing on the strip with no sense of self preservation, hyperfocusing on your sword and not realising that you have a second hand and legs, and being unable to target valid body parts to harm someone... jokes aside, its a fun game. but people who think they know how to use a military sabre because they know how to do sport fencing sabre are stupid. ive tried getting into victorian military sabre a bit, ive got the moulinets and the basic engagement guards covered, i can lunge, recover, retreat, advance, sidestep, do passing retreats and advances, i can fleche, i can do the tippy toe thingy, and i can do the kicking retreat. though my parries need practice, and i need to react faster to opportunities and advance more aggressively, i should also work on my single-time counters because goddamn that is fun. im looking forward to trying out sport fencing! but if they dont let me have a go on the strip, ill be disappointed. ill probably do a rising cut just to catch them off guard lmao. ill be fencing as if i had a real sword. (meaning ill refuse to go for tippy taps and ill refuse to overextend, lets see how that plays out for me. sport fencing is just fun for me, nothing else.) ill do actually fence seriously for a couple rounds though just to see how good i can actually do.
I just started fencing and I think I suck so far... I feel bad for my partner... so I wanna train better and learn better so I can be better in order to TAKE HIM DOWN!!! Then he won’t be laughing at my skills 😅
Thanks for the tips! I have a question. I fence foil and I am not very good at it. My coach told me when I first started that I should do epee. I tried both but I liked foil better. I have been fencing for 2 years now and I haven’t really improved in foil, but I think it’s too late to give epee another try. Should I stay with foil or try epee?
Late reply but here is my take on it. Fencing takes a good amount of time to get better at. This of course increases or decreases with regards to much you put in to it. Fence once a week, well it’ll take a very long time. Fence 5-6 times a week. It’ll take less. Obvious I know but puts things into perspective. So are you too late to start Epee? No, never. The most important question is which weapon do you prefer? If it’s foil then stick with that and work hard to improve. Ways to improve for any weapon is to practice. For foil and sabre learning the rules for row is very important. Once you’ve got the rules nailed down, fencing foil (or sabre) does become easier as even if the ref doesn’t see your action, you’ll have a better understanding of what’s going on.
How on earth is it "too late" ? What does that even mean? You just said you haven't improved in foil at all 🙄 meaning...give epee a try!! Why not! Good luck 😄
Am sabar player now first am fight eppi player so pls helped am practices November 16 senior match distic how practices me my home am not going ground .tricks and attack tell him
Sir am Indian girl my coucher avoid me no teach me only teach like students am poor family my senior match coming 16 dont teach me am crying every class so am now practices my home not boute other fencer so help me how practices my home pls
I fenced for two year yk but when Covid first came I couldn’t I worked out a little and all but I didn’t play anymore but now I wanna start fencing again I was quite great at the time
#8 : Fence in tournaments regularly, at least one per month.
It's one thing to bout in practice it's another to pull it off in a tournament under pressure.
Yeah thats why in my first two months in fencing i joined a tourenment
there is #9 from me - I personally recommend to keep a notepad, where you take down notes after training with coach (what have you worked on), what you need to work on, theories in fencing, things you need to improve, workout routines, analysis of your opponents on the strip - their weapon/grip, their body complexity (tall, short, fast, slow, skinny, chubby), their attitude, their footwork, their set of techniques, their combination and noticiable sequences, if they are into flicks or arm hits, mostly in defense or mostly aggressive. This is a perfect cheat sheet to keep track of your opponents before or after you encounter them.
Totally agree, tournaments are true measurements of your progress
Thank you for advise I appreciate it. I'll keep on practicing in fencing class I'll never stop fencing in my life.
Ok
Just took my first lesson today at 55! Thx for the advise!
Me too. 57! Never too late I guess. I’m loving it.
Welcome to the fencing crowd folks!
Yes, the age doesn't matter too much. I used to encounter several older folks who are actually very skilled. They are slow, yet precise in their hits and timing.
I am 52 and just beginning. This content is gold!
I'd recommend situational fencing, eg. Max 3 steps and a lunge, no counter attack, 1 parry reposte etc. Helped me alot
Great suggestion! This is going to be one of my future videos!
Thanks for posting this. Really good comment.
Thumbed up and subscribed. I've been fencing long enough (10+ years) to see after a couple of videos that you're putting out top notch, experienced and thoughtful content. Looking forward to seeing more.
I've did fencing in my old school for like 2 months, and now im learning fencing again with my new coach and just did a tournament with him to be able to use the foil, i used only plastic blades for 3 months straight and now i am moving onto foil, i got permission :)
I'm really interested in fencing and i would like to continue in doing in playing the sport. At home, i would watch videos, and think to myself of how to improve, i also practice at home in my spare time if i don't have extra classes XD
I fenced for two year yk but when Covid first came I couldn’t I worked out a little and all but I didn’t play anymore but now I wanna start fencing again I was quite great at the time
This is one of the most important and useful videos out on the web. A key awakener for it simplicity and clarity. Thank you
Thanks! I'm glad you found it helpful!
Very good advice. I will let my son to watch it. He is almost 9 years old. He started to learn foil at 6.5 years old. He is very frustrated lately and wants to give up. Your advice will give him some new ideas. Thanks so much!
My pleasure! Hope it helps motivate your son to stay with it!
how is your son doing now?
I'm 22 rn, and I'm gonna try this sport for the first time in 2 Weeks. I'm extremly hyped tbh. Fencing looks awsome. I hope I like it and (as a competetive person) that I still have the chance to become really good at it.
Thanks coach! Headed to a tournament next month, and I am 13 but my coach wants me to fence cadet, so I’ll be fencing ppl a lot older than me, so really need some luck here. I go to the gym every day and run, and I’ve fenced for a while now. Wish me luck when I go to saint Louis!
Oh iam going to be in cadets nect month i heard its pretty tough on the first year
I want to video myself in open bouting, but my club is normally way too crowded to do it 😢 I started private lessons recently, and it's a game changer. Highly recommended.
I think practicing slowly is really important. Slow = Smooth = Fast
Thanks for the advice iam currently 3 years in fencing and looked for tips to move forward thanks
Thank you. Both of my daughters are epée fencers. Your chanel Is excelente.
Thanks for Your Presentations
You are an amazing coach.Thanks a lot for tips and keep doing so useful videos.Best regards from Bulgaria.
These are amazing pieces of advice!!! I recently started Fencing and am looking to learn everything! I need to gain more confidence when it comes to bouts because I feel like I have a lot of good knowledge behind me, but when I bout I get so nervous and seem to forget everything. I know I have to practice so much more and am working on that! Thank you for your awesome videos!!
8:05 Ah I see that all I'm missing is a fencing dog that I pet each time I lunge xD
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Fantastic video and wouldn't disagree with any of those tips nor the order they are in.
Some other things that I have found to help over the years.
Eat more healthily. Does not have to be crazy but more fruit, veg, water etc will help a lot.
Referee matches. It helps you as a fencer if you know what the ref is looking for but also seeing different actions from a side on view.
Lastly I cannot emphasise how important competition is. It really does show you what is and is not working and because the event is much more pressurised (everyone wants to win) it shows how well you deal with your fencing mentally too.
Love it! Great advice? Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for doing this video! There's really nice content in this channel
Used this to help fight in a tourney with count dooku’s fight style (form 2) Thanks!
Funny, I just made a fencing step/control instructional video about training techniques at home - in a very narrow hall as well ... albeit without a dog :)
I find this even quite nice to get oneself on focusing on not doing wide-out moves.
I need to be better fencer that's my dream I always had I need your advice.🤺
Thankyou coach Tyler kvols-Riedler for these tips that improve my game thankyou sir , I am from india
You're very welcome! Glad to hear you are seeing improvements in you fencing. Keep up the good work!
I quit cross country for this.. thank you.
Great work! Thank you for sharing this.
im 19 (almost 20) and in my country the federation that i belong makes me feel like im too old for fence. It feels like i am a "no future" athlet
Don't listen to them! Work hard and prove them wrong! I look forward to seeing you in the Olympics!
That makes absolutely ZERO sense! What on planet earth?! You're a literal CHILD 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️😭😭😂 How ignorant!
My teacher became a champion and he started at the age of 40. He is amazing and an inspiration...don't worry about your age, ignore those people! 💜
So many fencers I fence with I can call them my grandparents and they’re elite in the skills! Fencing is amazing as it’s more brain- based and tactics than just fitness. Keep it up and u will become an experienced fencer who is eventually a legend that everyone else in your country looks up to!
The great thing about fencing is that you have a lot of flexibility in how you play the game to your strengths.
We had several older people who were able to comfortably keep up with all the teenagers there despite sometimes having a 40+ year difference between them.
You don't have to be a rabbit bouncing all over the strip to be a good fencer.
great motivational video, just what I needed
I'm glad it helped motivate you! GO GET IT!!!
Thank you for videos couch Tayler🙏🏻
Thanks for this video Tyler sir after seeing this video I am very much motivated towards fencing. You make awesome video on fencing I am watching your video for my improvement in fencing I learnt lot of things from your videos..
Thanks again 🙏🙏🙏
Sir we need more video , like what should we have to do before competition how to
While I appreciate the good advice, I’d remind people that “telling” isn’t “teaching” - the distinction is important. The necessary feature of teaching, that telling doesn’t demand, is a diagnosis of what is already known. Too many coaches tell their students what they don’t know before finding out (and reinforcing) what the student already knows, and the skills they’ve already obtained. A person can only build upon what is already known, and the deeper what is already known is understood (by both student and teacher) - the more performance is adjusted and improved.
Suggestion #5 speaks to this, but developing self-directed self-analysis protocols requires its own set of skills and techniques. To know what is to be learned next, what I appreciate seeing is a video that discusses how to obtain, record and analyze what is already known.
Important point. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful video and great advice!
Question: does skipping rope assist and give a fencer that "edge"
Any tips on skipping rope , technics that I can take into consideration
Thankyou!
Kind regards
Abdullah
It can help build concentration, coordination and endurance, not really any other benefits for fencing
Yes, skipping rope is great! It helps build endurance, timing, and small precise hand and wrist movements. I will add a skipping rope routine to my future video list.
NA U SEE … i dont even go to a fencing club and im just practising at home , my parents do let me but its may so either way school is gonna end , i will start next school year , if we will have time . the nearest club is 38 mins away and my parents usually dont have time, but im learning at home and i can feel making progress.
As great as always
Thanks!
My grandma kissed my feet as an infant saying, ”he’ll be a fencer.” i’m 27 and it has been killing me I have not been trying but NOW I WILL
I came across this term in a Glossary:
DOUBLE
a compound attack which deceives the opponent’s circular parry
Would you have a video on this technique? All videos on doubles are about scoring a point at the same time in epee
Sir can you tell us that how to start quick attack in sabre. And how to play with opponent's mind?
bro i love u ty so much
Great video thanks
Hello sir
Plz try to post videos daily and i need tips and guidelines foe foil fencing and keep doing the great work
Hahahaha! Thank you. Creating these videos takes a lot of time between writing, filming, editing and uploading. Unfortunately, I don't currently have time to do more than one video a week. However, I will definitely be doing more videos on foil fencing! So stay tuned!
I really needed this video... how did you know?
Thanks
It’s magic
BEST TIP EVER dont be loyal to your coach try a other coaches (good coach has to push you to your limits, not be lazy, actually know something AND believe IN YOU), and buy good gloves (cheap gloves made me not preform well on the European championship , my hand hurt a lot because they usually lack padding ) F.E do you agree with me?
Thank you for the video
I’ve been having some difficulty with winning bouts, I’ve missed too many due to poor blade control. Any tips? Epee, French grip.
not an expert, I’m a competitive foilist, but I’ve found it hard to control a blade well with french grip, maybe try pistol?
How to make our self mind set and alll ,about dite rest sleep and other things
Have you got any advice for relaxing your wrist and shoulder while fencing? I‘m fencing epee.
Yes, being relaxed with your upper body, shoulders and arm is very important. It will help you react faster and with more precision. If your muscles are tight you will have bigger slower actions. I have found that breathing, stretching, shaking out the arms and rolling the shoulders are all helpful ways to relax the muscles.
Thank you very much for the helpful answer. Keep up the good work👍
Don't fence epee lmao
Is it okay to start fencing as I tore my ACL in 2014.
watched these videos because i’m going into high school and i want to start fencing but i’m scared i won’t get in with little to no experience
sir can we get some tricks and techniques to correct epee game in every aspect?
Learning mindset was great point to be mentioned. 👍👍
i already fenced 10 tournaments
I dont have any fencing gear. And it’s really expensive. What should i do
Thanks
i started german longsword fencing just a month before the coronavirus, so i had a very brief period of actually having an instructor. ive got a bare basics of longsword fencing, and not a lot of practice. i learn about new techniques and tips on youtube everyday, but i cant practice with a partner, try them out, and flesh out my fundamentals.
so this saturday im going to an olympic fencing club to try out fencing on the strip with no sense of self preservation, hyperfocusing on your sword and not realising that you have a second hand and legs, and being unable to target valid body parts to harm someone...
jokes aside, its a fun game. but people who think they know how to use a military sabre because they know how to do sport fencing sabre are stupid.
ive tried getting into victorian military sabre a bit, ive got the moulinets and the basic engagement guards covered, i can lunge, recover, retreat, advance, sidestep, do passing retreats and advances, i can fleche, i can do the tippy toe thingy, and i can do the kicking retreat. though my parries need practice, and i need to react faster to opportunities and advance more aggressively, i should also work on my single-time counters because goddamn that is fun.
im looking forward to trying out sport fencing! but if they dont let me have a go on the strip, ill be disappointed.
ill probably do a rising cut just to catch them off guard lmao. ill be fencing as if i had a real sword. (meaning ill refuse to go for tippy taps and ill refuse to overextend, lets see how that plays out for me. sport fencing is just fun for me, nothing else.) ill do actually fence seriously for a couple rounds though just to see how good i can actually do.
I just started fencing and I think I suck so far... I feel bad for my partner... so I wanna train better and learn better so I can be better in order to TAKE HIM DOWN!!! Then he won’t be laughing at my skills 😅
bruh I have a friend who is practicing his flick All the time literally anytime I see him he is flicking his wrist.
hi Coach , im a total beginner , what video do I start with?
Thanks for the tips! I have a question. I fence foil and I am not very good at it. My coach told me when I first started that I should do epee. I tried both but I liked foil better. I have been fencing for 2 years now and I haven’t really improved in foil, but I think it’s too late to give epee another try. Should I stay with foil or try epee?
I would say it wouldn’t hurt to give epee another try
Late reply but here is my take on it. Fencing takes a good amount of time to get better at. This of course increases or decreases with regards to much you put in to it.
Fence once a week, well it’ll take a very long time. Fence 5-6 times a week. It’ll take less. Obvious I know but puts things into perspective.
So are you too late to start Epee? No, never. The most important question is which weapon do you prefer? If it’s foil then stick with that and work hard to improve.
Ways to improve for any weapon is to practice. For foil and sabre learning the rules for row is very important.
Once you’ve got the rules nailed down, fencing foil (or sabre) does become easier as even if the ref doesn’t see your action, you’ll have a better understanding of what’s going on.
How on earth is it "too late" ? What does that even mean? You just said you haven't improved in foil at all 🙄 meaning...give epee a try!! Why not! Good luck 😄
How to learn when coaches are not correcting nor guiding? They let me fence but say nothing. I don't develop and loosing to the very beginners.
Are these tips useful for sabre fencing as well?
Your coach Brian's son I think! You probably don't remember me but I am sebastian
If Jeff Cavalier was a fencer:
U r osm tylor
not me watching this an hour before my competition (half-joke)
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Am sabar player now first am fight eppi player so pls helped am practices November 16 senior match distic how practices me my home am not going ground .tricks and attack tell him
I am from india 🇮🇳 i want the gold medle in olumpic in epee
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Sir am Indian girl my coucher avoid me no teach me only teach like students am poor family my senior match coming 16 dont teach me am crying every class so am now practices my home not boute other fencer so help me how practices my home pls
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I fenced for two year yk but when Covid first came I couldn’t I worked out a little and all but I didn’t play anymore but now I wanna start fencing again I was quite great at the time