Woody Cavenaugh

I first noticed it with a fencer that we have decided based on a magazine article about Bran Cohen might have something like Asperger's syndrome. Noted and put away. It was interesting trivia and gave me some insight into how the fencer ticked but I assumed that it was simply a manifastation of what we thought might be Asperger's syndrome. The other night I noticed it in someone else, and it has been laying on my mind since then. I am just going to have to pay attention in class and see if this is a rule an exception or just coincidence.

These two fencers' speech pattern matches their fencing patterns. Or "You fence like you talk!" If this even turns out to be true some of the time it becomes one more tool in my bag of tricks to make better fencers. Some this will be easy to test on as they have a particular speaking style that will be easy to look for on strip. Others will be much harder due to the fact that I have so little evidence that they are not mute!

I will have to let you know what I find out over the course of the next few weeks....