I’m realizing a hurdle to writing up these post-mortis is the high standards to which I hold myself. At WoW I DFB’d commanders, ran lines, and held off five fighters at a time, but so what? I’m a white scarf, that’s my job (this is why white scarves don’t tend to get shark’s teeth). If […]
Archive for October 2013
War of the Wings 2013 14 comments
Other People’s Stuff: Body mechanics in the knee and foot Leave a comment
Encased in Steel has an excellent post on bad foot position in guard and how to really fix it.
Hacking the Brain: The Neuroscience of Motor Learning I 8 comments
One of the greatest tools at our disposal when we are learning to fence is our brains and nervous systems. It may surprise you to learn that up until a certain point, the majority of gains when learning new physical skills are neurological in nature, and are not due to increased muscle strength. The reason […]