MIND GAMES – Fencing – Coaching Tips: Peter Westbrook – YouTube
African American Legends: Peter Westbrook, Olympic Fencer – YouTube
Once upon a time long long ago, I had a boyfriend who I met when I was working at a fencing tournament. Peter Westbrook, half Japanese mom/half black military dad was the first black to win US fencing awards all the way to the Olympics. As an adult, he has gone on to found one of the top fencing schools in the world in NYC. He did this mainly on his own (not via the US Olympic Committee efforts) and is a shining example of hard work, intelligence and focus on a goal, a fine man but the IOC isn’t run by fine people, it is run by looters bent on stealing most of the money for themselves, giving themselves huge salaries to go to expensive meetings all over kingdom come exactly like the global warming hysterics who run around in private jets, yachts and living in palaces while screaming we are all going to roast to death. To hell with both groups which have heavy overlap, by the way. And bravo to Peter Westbrook! Continue reading