Carry On Camping

Last week, I went away to the infamous Millfield fencing camp, and I returned yesterday, full with new ideas and activities. The week was arduous, but incredibly useful. I learnt many new warm up exercises, and games that actually use fencing technique and theory in them. Such things included stepping in time to the rhythm of a song, speeding up and slowing down accordingly, throwing a glove from behind someone, so that they have to lunge and catch it as soon as they see it, and also a dexterity exercise for the times when you feel your arm is going to fall off (which it frequently does, in a lesson). So, I may be able to use some of this newly acquired knowledge in future fencing sessions, as they really helped me to improve my fitness and fencing performance.