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1.
Sportsmanship and
Strip Etiquette . Your conduct on strip is
governed by the Referee (Director).
Anyone receiving a black card during a fencing tournament will
automatically receive a failing grade.
2.
Competition and Sport
Participation . Emotional and psychological
development as it pertains to self-control, poise, intensity, self-discipline,
integrity, etc..
Your ability to maintain your composure during moments of
extreme stress will be continuously challenged during tournaments. Again, anyone receiving a
black card during a tournament will automatically receive a failing grade.
3.
Fencing
Skills.
Your instructor will measure your progress for footwork, blade
work, parries, attacks, and other skills.
You are required to grasp a set of fundamental skills and
continuously improve these movements while learning new skills. You are required to
participate in group and private lessons with constant observation, correction,
instruction and evaluation.
You are required to apply the skills learned in group and
private lessons during fencing sessions.
4.
Tactics and
Strategy.
Fencing is as much, or more, of a mental sport as it is
physical.
You are required to analyze your opponent’s tactics and
strategy and in a split second adjust your own tactics. You are placed in different
“test environments” during practice to develop critical thinking
skills necessary.
5.
Physical
Fitness.
You are expected to learn the importance of hydration,
nutrition, and sleep to the development of the overall athlete. Athletes are expected to
bring appropriate drinks and snacks to competitions that will sustain and renew
their energy.
6.
Goal
Setting.
You are asked to set realistic and attainable training and
tournament goals for yourself for USFA rating improvement and National Points
List standings.
You are required to compete in the North Texas Division
Qualifiers for Junior Olympics and Summer National Championships.
7.
Rules of
Fencing.
You are expected to learn the rules of fencing and how to
referee (direct) bouts in the weapon you fence. Older, more experienced
students are expected to learn the rules unique to each of the three
weapons.
8.
Esprit de
Corps .
You are expected to share with younger, less experienced fencers
the skills and knowledge you possess.
You are expected to fence every person attending that practice
session, no matter what their skill level. You are expected to provide
strip coaching to teammates and support during their bouts. You are expected to provide
and maintain a positive environment for your teammates.
9.
Attendance . You are expected to attend
the requisite number of practices and tournaments.
10.
Semester
Final.
Each semester requires fulfillment of the final examination
criteria which is 25% of the total grade. The semester final
requirement is due at least one week prior to the end of the grading
period.
Students must complete one
of the following:
- Increase their USFA rating or referee
(director) rating by at least one level (or renew a top level);
- Finish in the top 64 at a National
tournament; or
- Finish in the top 16 in a Regional
tournament open event; or
- Submit a typewritten 2-3 page term
paper, double-spaced, on a subject dealing with one of the above
criteria.
Term papers should be submitted to the office; your name should
be at the top of each page and the paper stapled together or bound. Term papers are required to
be supported with research and this research properly documented. Students are encouraged to
use the FIT Library and include charts, graphs, photos, and drawings in their
papers; however, these will not be counted for the overall length requirement
of 2-3 pages.
Students should be prepared to answer questions from a FIT panel
of educators concerning their term paper subject. Term papers become the
property of Fencing Institute of Texas and will be edited and reprinted in
the FIT Newsletter.
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