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CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT OLYMPIC FENCING SKILL LESSONS IN THE TAMPA BAY FL AREA.
About Coach Gerardo (GerryD) Duran Jr. "Working with
people that strive for personal excellence in the practice of Recreational Olympic Sport Fencing". Coaching recreational
sport fencing has been part of Coach Gerardo's life since 1987. In that year he attended a fencing coach's
Foil and Sabre seminar in Orlando FL. From that day on, he knew that “he was a Fencing Coach". All that was
needed now : the skills of "the Fencing Coach".To start his new career, he attended in 1991 and 1992 the
United States Fencing Association's (USFA) Coaches College at the Olympic Training Center (OTC), Colorado Springs, founded
“Tampa's Fencing Academy” Tampa Florida, and became a lifetime member of the U.S. Fencing Coaches Association.
Ten years later at age 62 it was time to retire from his day job to dedicate 25 hours a week in teaching and
coaching sport fencing at the Academy and local private schooled. CoachGerryD revisited the Coaches College in 2005
for 3 weeks of coaches training (EPEE, FOIL,SABRE) and was privileged to attended a seven day seminar “Sport Fencing-
The Unity of Theory and Practice”, with renowned Polish Fencing Master and Coach Professor Zhigniew Czajkowski.
"There is always something more to learn in this sport: better techniques, tactics, pedagogy. Now that the
USA has earned there first gold fencing metals at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics, more people are attracted
to fencing as a recreational sport. Everyone can succeed in the sport of
fencing. All that's needed is love for the game". by WMD.... On October 2007 CoachGerryD transferred his job of Head Coach and Director of Tampa's Fencing Academy to Coach Boyco Krastavich, a Bulgarian educated fencing coach and Sports Educator with international competitive experience. CoachGerryD continues teaching
at the Academy, spends more time developing Sport Fencing Programs in Epee, Foil and Sabre for private schools and Internet Video
sport fencing tutorials, for this web sites.
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Coach GerryD, Fencing lessons: individual and groups, "Up Close‘n
Personal," Summer Camps," HAVE SWORDs ‘n
ARMORY, WILL TRAVAL", Recreational, Competitive, Training, Epee, Foil, Sabre, Video Tutorials, ndividual
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GerryD, Fencing lessons: individual and groups, "Up Close‘n Personal," Summer Camps," HAVE SWORDs ‘n ARMORY, WILL TRAVAL", Recreational,
Competitive, Training, Epee, Foil, Sabre, Video Tutorials, ndividual OLYMPIC Fencing Lessons Program with CoachGerryD individual
OLYMPIC Fencing Lessons Program with CoachGerryD.
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What do you learn with CoachGerryD's lessons? > Introductions to the Olympic Sport Fencing, > explanation
of the various weapons Foil, Epee and Sabre, > risk
management and safety equipment for the sport of fencing, > Technical and Tactical fencing
terminology and definitions, > competitive equipment, > Overview,
of organized fencing as a sport, >
Overview, of the use of internet for weekend home assignments. > Introduction to Motor Skill Training and
the
"Form Practice Drill", > Foot
Work skill training, > Blade Work skill training, >
critical and cognitive thinking in skills training, > dynamic balance and "Exchange Drills", > rules of "Right-of-way or Priority" in skill training and mini games, > offensive, defensive and counter-offensive actions, > scoring and refereeing the fencing bout, > the use of video for the analyses of fencing movements and timing.
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