My Talk on Anti-Bullying and Knightly Virtues

Last week Academie Duello and I participated in an event for Anti-Bullying day. This day happens on February 26th and focuses on bringing awareness to the challenges of bullying.  The event at Academie Duello surrounded a book launch of a young adult novel called Verity which has anti-bullying themes and featured several speakers as well as readings from the authour. Read More …

The Lesson You Choose

The other day one of my students had a rather scary moment after class, we’ll call him Bill. While performing a demonstration Bill nearly injured another student by going faster and harder than he was planning to. The other called out and left the room nursing a sore arm. Bill turned white. He stammered an apology and looked at me Read More …

Dealing with Boredom

One of the primary challenges that I see my students face and that I have personally faced over years of practice is boredom. Most techniques take hours of focused time to improve and hone. Yet the mental discipline it takes to put in these hours does not come naturally, certainly not to our rapid fire lives in the modern world. Read More …