Building on the book "Learning Fencing", this book explains how to train for the techniques and tactics in the sport of fencing and shows why fencers must improve their endurance, strength, and speed. Young fencers learn to go beyond practice bouts and enrich their training with exercises that may seem to have nothing at all to do with fencing. They discover how important it is to warm up before training and competitions and learn why an athlete gets stiff muscles. The book also includes suggestions about what young athletes can do on their own to improve their skills and to monitor and evaluate their progress. With the help of this book, young fencers learn to manage their own development and to take responsibility for their own behavior

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Katrin Barth, born in 1966, has a degree in elementary education and ten years of professional experience in that field. She has personally completed the basic education as well as the fundamental and advanced training in fencing. Professor Dr. Berndt Barth, born in 1941, has taught training methodology at the university level for many years and is the author of numerous articles and books about fencing. He is the secretary general of the Deutscher Fechter-Bund and has chaired that association's Committee on Education and Training Methodology since 1990.