Sabre Clinic with former Team USA Member Peter Souders
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This three-hour clinic will be focused on the middle-game of sabre fencing - the battle for control just after the referee says “fence!” and the athletes begin their actions.
Clinic Curriculum:
This three-hour clinic will be focused on the middle-game of sabre fencing - the battle for control just after the referee says “fence!” and the athletes begin their actions. Participants will engage in discussions of the theory of “in the box” fencing, exercises to learn the different ways to control the rhythm and timing of the first moment of a sabre touch, and bouting practice to take the subjects taught and perform them in a fencing scenario. By the end of the clinic, all participants will go home with new ideas and understanding of how to approach the crucial first tempo in sabre fencing.
Coach Biography:
Peter Souders began fencing in the summer of 1998 at a DC Fencers Club summer camp. He started taking classes regularly that fall and never looked back. In his career as an athlete, he was a Junior Olympics medalist, went to four NCAA National Championships as a Boston College Eagle, and won more than a dozen Division One medals throughout his career. At his peak he was a Division One NAC Champion and a member of the U.S. Senior World Championship Team in 2015 and 2016, and won four World Cup Team medals as part of Team USA. As a coach, his best students have achieved Top-8 results domestically and abroad in the Junior and Cadet age categories.