Strategy and Tactics clinic with Tobias (Toby) Lee

Strategy and Tactics Clinic with Coach Toby Lee for competitive epee and foil fencers: finding solutions to challenging opponents. SCHEDULE February 19 (Sunday) at Metro Tacoma Fencing Club (tacomafencing.com): 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Strategy and Tactics Clinic. 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM optional round robin / open fencing session DETAILS Not going to Junior Olympics but still want to work on improving your fencing? We will work on analyzing your opponents to take advantage of their weaknesses, strategies to maximize your strengths, methods to help reduce the effectiveness of your opponent's best moves, the mental game, preparation, home drills, and strip coaching. This clinic will be geared towards the fencer who is rated C or below including unrated fencers of any age. It will focus on epee and foil. You do not need to be a fencer to join this clinic as we will focus on the mental aspect of fencing including strategy and tactics rather than technical skills. Family is welcome to join, but please pre-register on AskFRED so I have enough materials. COST Cost is $50 for the first fencer in a family and $20 for each additional fencers/support in the same family. The cost includes the optional round robin / open fencing session for those who want to try practicing some new strategies and tactics. Cash preferred. Checks accepted. I will not be able to take credit cards for this clinic (I don't have access to the credit card reader). OPTIONAL ROUND ROBIN / OPEN FENCING INCLUDED SESSION LINK https://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=52507 ABOUT COACH TOBY Coach Toby was on the Harvard varsity fencing team from 1991-1994. He earned his Prevot in foil fencing coach certificate in 2011. He currently holds a referee rating of R1 in foil and R2 in epee. In 2022 he represented the United States in the Veteran World Fencing Championships in Zadar, Croatia. He started the 2022-2023 season nationally ranked 2nd in epee and 8th in foil for men's 50-59 years old. He has been an invited coach at University of Puget Sound to their fencing club before COVID. His current weapons ratings include an A2022 in epee, B2022 in foil, and E2019 in saber. Toby's children are also successful fencers incorporating some of these strategies. Among the three kids, notable achievements include: earning an E in foil as a Y10 fencer (one of eight nationally), another earning a D in foil as a Y12 fencer (one of 15 nationally), Cadet World Cup competitions, Junior World Cup competition, Senior World Cup competition, qualifying for the NCAA championship, and earning A ratings including an A2023. Toby is the current president of Metro Tacoma Fencing Club, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. Preregistration opens on 01/09/2023. Preregistration closes on 02/18/2023.