NOVICES 2011

Thank you to everyone who came down to support us at the Novices this year!! All the fencers fought hard at the competition despite falling sick, having competing OGL duties and recovering from fevers/flus/etc. The blood, sweat and tears was worth it - Team A's sabre girls won the bronze in the women's sabre team event!!

Requisite team photo!

From here onwards, make sure you guys keep in top form for the Nationals in April (I know most of the fencers don't read this blog. This should change when our juniors come in).

Because people have been asking, this is what I do at home to increase the length of my lunges:

1. Stretch at home. Follow all the simple stretching exercises that Bleong gets us to do.

2. Lunge in the living room - ensure that your arm is fully outstretched just before the lunge is complete. Make sure you practise this at the actual speed at which you'll be fencing during matches, or you're just going to be training yourself to lunge very slowly.

3. Practise with a run-up (ie. step forward lunges).

Your lunges should get longer. After this you can work on making use of the lunges during a match. FREE FENCE MORE!!

-Lesley