Jimu News reporter Zou Hao, intern Liu Dan and Ren Xiaolin, more than 20 students held long swords and conducted fencing training meticulously under the guidance of the coach... On the morning of July 12, Jimu News reporter walked into the fencing of Wujiashan No. 3 Middle School

Jimu News reporter Zou Hao

Intern Liu Dan and Ren Xiaolin

More than 20 students held long swords and conducted fencing training meticulously under the guidance of coaches... On the morning of July 12, Jimu News reporters walked into Wuhan Wujiashan No. 3 In the middle school fencing hall, more than 20 students are sweating like rain, preparing for the upcoming Hubei Provincial Fencing League.

Practicing six hours a day is not tiring

"This is the eighth year that we have carried out summer training activities. It is from 9:00 to 11:30 in the morning and from 3:00 to 6:30 in the afternoon. This is the case every day. When the children are free, They can come for training, and I hope it will allow them to have a meaningful summer vacation,” said Wang Shengqiang, the head coach of the fencing team.

The fencing team members are training.

The fencing hall has four kendos arranged in sequence. The students' training equipment is neatly placed aside. The large mirror on the side wall can facilitate the students to observe and adjust their movements. The training mainly consists of three links, including physical training, basic skills training, and "one-on-one" practical training. Attack or defense, splitting, stabbing and other actions took turns. After half an hour of actual combat, the students took off their heavy fencing helmets. Even in an air-conditioned room, they were all sweating profusely.

coach Mu Linlin patiently popularized some common knowledge about fencing: "Fencing is a two-player game. One party stabs the opponent with the sword, allowing the sword to hit the effective part. In the end, the party with the most effective hits wins. The types of fencing can be divided into foil. , saber and epee, different sword types have different effective thrust points. "At present, the school's fencing club mainly trains foil and saber.

Fencing training focuses on basic skills. One movement often needs to be repeated hundreds or thousands of times, and the team members will have a period of fatigue. At this time, the coach will adjust the training methods in time, do other auxiliary exercises or play physical games or hit balls to enrich the training methods and make the training more interesting.

During group training, when the coach sees students whose movements are irregular, he will conduct individual training for them to help them master the details of each movement.

Jiang Yuhan and his teammates practice training

The students are old and young, covering different age groups from elementary school to high school. Jiang Yuhan, who is in fourth grade, has been training for a year. Her grandfather Jiang Jie was one of the first members of the Hubei Provincial Fencing Team in the 1970s and 1980s. Jiang Yuhan has been exposed to fencing since she was a child and has developed a strong interest in fencing. She also participated in the Municipal Games. Won the third place in the women's U10 team group. During this summer training camp, she got up at seven o'clock every day, started training at nine o'clock, and did not end the day's training until 6:30 p.m. In this regard, Jiang Yuhan said with a smile: "I can learn a sports skill that I love, and I don't feel tired at all."

The fencing team has won multiple national championships

Fencers often need to react quickly within a few tenths of a second, which is very difficult. A test of courage and judgment. Learning fencing not only cultivates students' sports skills, but also cultivates their psychological quality, self-management ability and other aspects. Here, every student is required to pack up his or her own fencing equipment. At the same time, the coach also arranged for them to take turns on duty, maintain the hygiene of the fencing hall, and encourage them to actively participate in labor. Coach Wang said with emotion: "I feel very happy to see the children practicing fencing and improving their overall quality, achieving results in competitions, sending batch after batch of students to college, and some children becoming professional fencers." Glad."

Coach Wang Shengqiang provides one-on-one guidance to the students.

Song Yang is one of the representative students from the Wujiashan No. 3 Middle School fencing team. As a 2015 student of the school, he was among the second batch of students of the school’s fencing team and has now grown into an intern coach of the fencing team. Since junior high school, he has participated in competitions across the country with the fencing team and won awards in the National Middle School Championships. "Fencing has honed my willpower and broadened my horizons." Song Yang told reporters that when he was free in high school and college, he would still come back to practice fencing. Song Yang has grown up with this sport, and he hopes to continue working as a fencing coach after graduating from college.

Wujiashan No. 3 Middle School Fencing Team Honor Wall

It is understood that although it is amateur in nature, the Wujiashan No. 3 Middle School fencing team has won multiple national championships since its establishment in 2013. Among them, from 2017 to 2019, the school achieved the "three consecutive championships" of the men's junior high school team in the National Middle School Fencing Championships, and also sent two outstanding players to the Hubei Provincial Fencing Team.

In early July this year, the school’s fencing team just concluded the 2022 Hubei Provincial Fencing Youth Championship, and achieved good rankings in both the team and individual competitions. Now they are intensively preparing for the competition to be held from the 15th to the 17th of this month. 2022 "Genius Cup" Hubei Fencing League.

(Pictures taken by interns)

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