This volume is designed as a textbook for training and credentialing classical fencing trainers and is used by the Classical Academy of Arms in its credentialing programs. The text covers the ethical, technical, and professional knowledge needed to teach, train, and coach classical fencers. It is evidence based, using the actual texts written in the period 1880-1939 by active Fencing Masters to inform the design and content of training in today's context. Contents include:
The context of training.
Core knowledge required to run a fencing program.
Safety.
Role of the trainer.
Lesson planning.
Design and use of group and individual drills.
Teaching group lessons.
Teaching individual command, cued, complex response, silent, blind, other handed, and tactical lessons.
Engagement of fencers with disabilities in classical fencing.
Role of Presidents and Juries.
Teaching tactics for the touch, the bout, and the tournament.
Teaching strategy.
Assessment and documentation.