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Stress Buster: Fencing

Why It Works: Fencing requires mental discipline, says Douraghy, a two-time U.S. National Champion in the over-40 division. “When I’m fencing, I have to be present in the moment,” Douraghy says. “If not, then I’ll forget there’s a person coming after me with a metal object.” That’s a handy way to leave work behind. At the office, Douraghy is mindful that as a leader, he directs a company’s energy and culture. “I have a good attitude every day, even though times are difficult,” he says. “That’s the same determination you have to have in fencing.”

The full article in at Business Week online: Managing Stress Can Improve Company Performance. The article mainly lays out that you need to take a break during the day to relieve stress so that you can get back into a productive flow.

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Did the foil debounce settings cost Meinhardt on the last attack?

Read and watch the video:

Chinman defeats Meinhardt for NCAA Men’s Foil Title

Video of the 2nd Period.  The touch in question is at 14-all.

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Sometimes you just have to dig in and want it.

Watching the 6th overtime of the Syracuse vs. UConn game I marvelled at the first 3 pointer by Syracuse to put them up for the first time in any of the OT periods. Just a moment before I was shaking my head that a player would try for that shot when so many mid range to 3 point shots had not been falling, but then again Syracuse was having trouble hitting anything within 2 feet of the basket during overtime.

Once Syracuse got ahead of UConn, you could tell that the Syracuse players felt that the would win. Before they were in “we’re not losing this game” mode, but now they were in an even more aggressive “we’re going to put this away” mode.

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I was looking at what sites had picked up recent fencing.net stories and found the “Fencing for Dummies” blog had picked up the latest update of the Wuxi story and commented on it.

Clint is putting some good stuff up on his blog. Check out the fitness routines he’s posting about.

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