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If you are not big enough to lose, you are not big enough to win. - Walter Reuther an important note to remember our challenges and defeats are the path to our success... #xcelfencing

It’s what we do everyday... #fencing

top athletes learn how to turn challenges (setbacks) into opportunities for improvement...

Please help save lives & share this information... PSA re: CORONA VIRUS... We wanted to take a closer look to see if other businesses reopening could have impacted the 100% correlation we found with restaurants and cases increasing by 2x - 24x (after looking at 4 countries in Europe, 1 in Asia & 15 US states (selected at random). Most places considered had a 3 week to 2 month difference between gym & restaurants opening. We looked at gyms because they seemed to be the most ...risky of the other businesses reopening... The states with reopening dates for both type of businesses a few days apart or less, were too close to see any distinguishable differences... SUMMARY: 3 STATES ARE APPROX = CASES TO PRE-OPENING # OF CASES / OTHERS INCREASED 2-5X CURRENTLY SINCE OPEN AZ MAINTAINED PRE-RESTAURANT OPEN LEVELS ONCE REST CLOSED WITH GYMS OPEN WITH 1 WEEK TO 2 MOS DIFFERENCE IN DATES - 3 STATES - 2X INCREASE / 1 @ 5X INCREASE / 1 - 30% INCREASE / 1 @ 50% INCREASE / OR - HAD 50% INC WITH GYMS OPENING BEFORE RESTAURANTS ALL STATES HAD 2X INCREASE (AT LEAST) IN 30 DAYS EXCEPT MI / 1 STATE HAD -4X / 1-5X MOST HAD MAX INCREASE 5X OR GREATER / 2 STATES @ 2X INCREASE / 1 STATE HAD- 19X INCREASE / 1 @ 24X INCREASE SINCE OPEN ALSO NOTED THE ONLY STATE WITH CASES STEADILY DECREASING WAS CT - WHICH DIDN'T REOPEN RESTAURANTS, BUT DID REOPEN GYMS IN JUN *case #'s via google 'country / state' corona virus cases dates via google search #coronavirus #COVID19

How to help save the Stanford Fencing Community...

GO CARD!! #savestanfordfencing #makepeoplenotprofits

One from the archives... Happy World Fencing’Day!!

Xcel 2.0... Our upgraded site is live... If you have any thoughts, we'd love to hear your feedback... www.xcelfencing.com

Flashback Friday... the day 5 students challenged coach at the same time... Of course, coach had to accept... haha! summer fun :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyrPV0qZa9s

Dear Parents & Friends, Please take a few seconds to help support Stanford Fencing from being eliminated. We have worked together, and their support was instrumental in our return to world level events...

Stanford Fencing is in need of support to prevent it from being eliminated... http://chng.it/ZQxnZyqJbw

This a great memory / lesson to share with parents and students... All of our students enter new levels of competition finishing among the bottom third of the field... However, It is not where we begin that is nearly as important as how we respond to the challenges we encounter along the way... Jonny finished about 170th of 200 at this first national event... 90 days later, he finished 5th of 130 at the same event... ... One of the most important things we can learn from our clubmates' experiences is that every one of us begins our climb to the summit from the bottom of the mountain; however, ultimately it is our attitude that will determine our altitude... #Xcel #Fencing

Dear Parents, Due to extraordinary wind, we will not have outdoor training today... We will have a zoom session instead. Please check your email, as well. We are trying to consider an earlier meeting time for Thursdays, if possible... Thank you! See you soon...

wisdom for fencing... wisdom for life... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-079YIasck

**edit: We wanted to mention we hope it was not offensive by the word 'god' in this post. The word could be substituted by 'the universe' or any beleif and have the same important message... it was intended to be a universal idea in general that is most important... if anyone was offended by chance, our deepest apology as our intention was to inspire, not to offend... One of our favorite inspirational quotes... "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fe...ar is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others"... #shine #xcelfencing #xcelife