MTFC Strategy, Tactics, and Tournament

May 21, 2017
Registration Closes May 21, 2017

Metro Tacoma Fencing Club
1106 South 15th Street, Tacoma, WA 98405 USA Map
Online Payments Not Accepted
Unsanctioned in-house strategy and tactics clinic followed by tournament. Maximum 15 foil fencers and 10 epee fencers.
Note This is a Old AskFRED event. Registrations and results are all correct, but some other data could be missing.
Join us for our MTFC Strategy and Tactics Clinic with Tournament. You must be an active member of Metro Tacoma Fencing Club (MTFC) or an active member of one of our affiliated clubs -- Washington Fencing Academy or Kitsap Fencing Center -- to participate. A current 2016-2017 membership to the US Fencing Association is also required for this event due to insurance and liability requirements. This session is geared towards the competitive fencer. ---------- Strategy and Tactics Clinic Goals ----------- Do you find that you have an awesome lunge? And your parry 4 is amazing? But yet you can't seem to do as well and bring home as many medals as you deserve? Even worse, do you lose to old, slow, guys with hemorrhoids who are rated higher than you despite being not all that smart (like Toby and Aaron)? The thing is, they are tricky. And they want to share some of their tricks with you. The goal of this clinic is to share some tactics and strategies that you can use when facing your opponent. Are you struggling against worse fencers? Do you fall for your opponents' attacks or defense? Are they left handed and hug the left side of the strip driving you nuts? Do you lunge just because you can't think of anything else to do? Did you just lose a bout in 10 seconds? Did you not watch your opponents the entire pool and get surprised when they do things to you that they have been doing all tournament long? Do your parent's need some help with their strip coaching? Maybe some video review would improve your game. And we bet you want one of those cool Coach Toby pool sheets that tell you when you are up next but more importantly take secret notes on your opponents. You will get all this to help increase your fencing awesomeness! ------------------ Time and Location ------------------- Tournament: MTFC Strategy and Tactics Clinic with Tournament Date: May 21, 2017 Close of Registration: 1 PM Tournament Size Restriction: 15 foil and 10 epee fencers Location: Metro Tacoma Fencing Club, Tacoma, WA We are physically located at 1106 South 15th Street, Tacoma, WA 98405 in the Sons of Norway building called "Normanna Hall" at the corner of 15th and Martin Luther King. Entrance is on the 15th Street side of the building. Look for the neon crossed swords sign in the window. REGISTRATION CLOSES promptly at 1 PM. The clinic will start promptly at 1 PM and last for approximately 60 minutes. Fencing will begin at 2 PM. Coaching will occur throughout the tournament. Parent/family are encouraged to participate in the clinic session with your registered fencer. Family is also encouraged to record video which can be reviewed. Fencers can practice strip coaching each other. -------------------- Entry Fee -------------------- ENTRY FEE: $40 for the Strategy and Tactics Clinic followed by Tournament. We encourage you to bring in a video recording device and if possible a VGA adapter so we can review on a monitor time permitting. ---------------------- Coaches ----------------------- Tobias Lee, Prevot in Foil, Epee B2016, Foil C2015 Aaron Page, Assistant Moniteur, Epee B2017, Foil C2014 Andrew Lee, Assistant Moniteur, Epee A2016, Foil C2016 Benjamin Lee, Assistant Moniteur, Foil A2016, Epee D2015 Zoe Tolbert, Moniteur in Foil, Foil B2017 For more information about the coaches see https://metrotacoma.wordpress.com/home/staff/ ------------------ Tournament Format ------------------- At least a non-competitive US Fencing Association (USFA) membership is necessary to participate due to liability requirements. These events are not rated, and you cannot get a classification change from this event. This will be a round of pools with 100% promotion to direct eliminations. The pools will not be determined the standard fashion but instead be filled with the top rated fencers in pool 1, the next strongest fencers in pool 2, and for foil the remaining fencers in pool 3. This will provide better practice with more evenly matched fencers during the important pool round for participants. It will make the direct elimination rounds uneven and unpredictable, but this quirk may be more representative of what often happens at national events. The tournament is more to help practice what is learned during the clinic. Seeding will be determined by official USFA classification and PointControl.info score approximately 1-2 weeks before the event to separate fencers of similar ratings. It is expected that pools will take approximately 60 minutes. Direct eliminations will take approximately 60 minutes. We will reserve another 30 minutes after the event for final questions and video review. ------------------ Coach Toby Rules ------------------- This tournament is restricted due to club space availability to the first 25 fencers who preregister on AskFRED. If you register and take a spot but do not show up for the event, Coach Toby will be very disappointed, and you may find that all your future in-house registrations may unexpectedly get cancelled...like for all of eternity. When you register for the event on AskFRED you will receive an e-mail with a link to unregister yourself in case you find that you cannot attend. Please be respectful of other club members. Thank you. Unsanctioned strategy and tactics clinic with tournament. Foil and epee. Events Scheduled: Mixed EpeeMixed Foil Preregistration opens on 02/26/2017. Preregistration closes on 05/21/2017.