About the Trainer

Tobias has been fencing since 2023 and, as of 2025, serves as the athletic coach of the German men’s and women’s national team. He is a licensed trainer and studies Fitness Science at a University of Applied Sciences in Munich. With over five years of practical experience as a fitness and personal trainer, he brings extensive expertise to help fencers and coaches gain fresh impulses for their training.

As a competitive fencer, Tobias has been active across Germany since 2023. Thanks to his solid athletic foundation, he has already made it to the podium twice at ranking tournaments and has been invited as a substitute to take part in national squad training sessions.

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Equipment

Day 1:
Minimum requirements for the athletic training sessions are appropriate sportswear, a towel, and indoor shoes with non-marking white soles.

Day 2:
Minimum requirements for the sparring transfer sessions are mask, gorget, jacket, gloves (no Red Dragons), and a flexible fencing feder (15 kg flex). Ideally, you should have a complete and safe HEMA kit that meets DDHF standards, along with a moderate fitness level.

Catering

During the seminar you are responsible for your own food and drinks. Each day will be divided into two training blocks: 9:00–12:00 and 14:00–17:00, leaving plenty of time for a proper lunch break.

Day 1

Introduction

1. Definition of the key components of athletic training
2. speed, endurance, strength, mobility
3. Challenges and requirements of our sport
4. No scientific consensus — adaptation for historical fencing?
5. Needs analysis through self-assessment
6. Key questions: athletic goals, injuries, personal wishes, etc.
7. Training models: enhancing strengths, reducing weaknesses, holistic approach
8. Special focus groups: children and women’s training
9. Children: motivation, stages of development
10. Women’s training: cycle phases and training focus

Warm-up and its functions

1. RAMP model: Raise, Activate, Mobilize, Potentiate

Training Plan Design & Implementation

1. Strength training – short program design, execution, evaluation
2. Endurance training – short program design, execution, evaluation
3. Speed training – short program design, execution, evaluation
4. Mobility training – short program design, execution, evaluation

Training Periodization

1. Weekly planning in combination with HEMA sessions, overtraining and its consequences
2. Micro, Meso, and Macro cycles (day, month, year)

Day 2

Flash Complex

1. Movement sequence and applications
2. Exercise complex: sprint start
3. From standing, lying, sprint stance (shin angle)
4. Stopping movement
5. Ballistic thrusts
6. Application in sparring (judged)

Pulling vs. Snap Cuts Complex

1. Movement sequence, areas of application, differences
2. Exercise complex: snap cut (oberhau)
3. Incorporating footwork (step lunge)
4. Exercise complex: pulling cut (oberhau)
5. Incorporating footwork (sliding steps)
6. Application in sparring (judged)