Combining information from the new third edition of his best-selling encyclopedic book on foil fencing and his forty-year career as a college professor, Dr. Volkmann has created a pedagogically sound one-semester text in beginning foil fencing.

Salient points of this text system:

All the pedagogy is confined to the Instructors' Manual, leaving the instructor free to assign preparatory readings in the order they find most useful.

The Instructor's Manual is full of pedagogical tips and suggested ways to teach sometimes difficult concepts such as right-of-way, proper action execution, and common pitfalls students experience.

The actions and their applications are the most current available, based on Dr. Volkmann's observations from his work with the USFA as an international armourer, working at several national-level tournaments annually.

The Instructor's Manual has additional hints and suggestions from syllabi, evaluation, and other overall instructional considerations encounter in a university environment.

The Student Text is in written in clear, plain language, easily understood by the initiated beginner to the sport. The photos and captions underscore the text.

Each section of the Student Text has a section illuminating the commonly-found errors in execution.

The books are inexpensive. At $15.00 wholesale even bookstore mark-ups make this the most affordable text on the market today. And a complimentary copy of the Instructors' Manual is available

Sample Pages from the Texts:
(Sample pages are .pdf files)

Instructors Manual Table of Contents
Instructors Manual Introduction
Instructors Manual pages 7-8
Instructors Manual pages 25-26

Student Text Table of contents
Student Text Introduction
Student Text page 13
Student Text page 22
Student Text page 62