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THESIS - A STUDY OF PERCEPTIONS

A Study of Perceptions of Fencing by Experts, Fencers & Parents

Regrading the Correlation of Fencing Training & Attaining the Qualities of Success

written by Dan Berliner - May 2004

©2004 Sabre Outreach Network

excerpts from A STUDY OF PERCEPTIONS:

"Training as a fencer teaches a person a number of characteristics associated with the qualities of successful people."

"suc-cess" - a process of the way one conducts their life, embodying attitudes and beliefs about oneself, their life pursuits and their ways of relating to others.

This thesis will attempt to prove that the qualities we use to be successful in fencing are the same as in life. You need to be honorable, dedicated, persevering, intelligent, and able to think on your feet.

In fencing you need to use a blend of all these things at once to become successful ... in life, these aspects apply in business, schoolwork, and day-to-day life, and will help you to achieve greater success in all of them...

It has been determined, through the course of this thesis, that training in the sport of fencing may be a positive contributing factor in the development of the character traits and attributes of successful people...

experts... believe there is a direct correlation between the qualities of successful fencers and success qualities in general, and... fencing training in general enhances the development of these qualities.

recreational fencers and the parents of youth fencers ... overwhelmingly believe that gains were made, in relatively short periods of time, in almost all of the attributes of success that were presented to them...

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