I'm Jason Rogers, and I created this site as a resource to help you get the next level in your fencing. I was fortunate enough win an Olympic Silver Medal in men's sabre with my 3 teammates at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
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This week at Better Fencer, Chuck Rowland discusses the importance of stretching stronger - the act of improving strength throughout a muscle's range of motion. This is achieved through resistance stretching, and is scientifically much more important for injury prevention than joint range of motion, which is achieved through static stretching.
In this article, Better Fencer covers how to manage distractions in fencing. Guest author and sports psychiatrist Justin Tausig shares his techniques for how to train your focus for fencing.
Better Fencer tackles your first national competition: what to expect and how to get there. We give you a breakdown of different US points lists and qualification paths for how to get to your first tournament.
In this article, we will go over how a fencing season works at the US national level as well as how fencers are ranked nationally, how tournaments contribute to national rankings, and how long the fencing seasons go. At the end of this article, you should know everything you need to know to follow fencing standings and the qualification paths for the various National Teams.
Learn how to manage your frustration in fencing. Dr. Justin Tausig discusses techniques to mange frustration on and off the strip so you can continue to fence your best.
This article lays out what the modern sport of fencing is as it appears in the Olympics. We'll talk about some of the pros and cons of the sport, and what make it unique from other sports.
Fencing isn't the most intuitive sport for a spectator. Scoring points isn't as clear cut as putting a ball in a specific place or being in a certain area of play. In part 2 of our multi-part guide to following fencing, Better Fencer covers how to watch a fencing bout. We discuss how fencers score points and the most common penalties you'll see in fencing. When you're done reading this guide, you should know everything you need to get out there and spectate some fencing, whether at a local tournament, or watching the next Olympics!
In this guide, Better Fencer covers the basics of how a typical fencing tournament is run. We go over how to read pool sheets, how seeding from pools is determined, as well as how DEs are run fencers are put into their final placements. This guide is designed to tell you everything you need to know to understand how the format of a tournament works.
BetterFencer asked Olympic fencers Eli Dershwitz and Jason Pryor about their favorite drills and share them with you in this article. These drills are much more mental than physical, and should give you ideas of your own on how to diversify your practice and train like the best.
Better fencer, with the help of the fencing community, tackles how to make fencing (more) affordable with this guide to managing your fencing budget!