She attends practices two or three times a week. She is unsure, however, whether she wants to compete outside of practice. The United States Fencing Association does not allow wheelchair contestants in its mobile fencing tournaments, but Larsen said Jmill could take part in non-USFA competitions. Fencing against people without disabilities does create a number of positioning problems. Ron Frazzini, who has coached at the Twin Cities Fencing Club and at the University's club, said opposing fencers have to work through positioning details in order to face Jmill.
Fencers have to adjust their aim when facing someone in a wheelchair.
Jmill also had to make adjustments. She's contacted Harry Broadfoot, an equipment manager for the Minnesota men's hockey team, to find hockey masks to protect her throat. Despite the few problems which she said she still has to solve, Jmill has accomplished at the University's fencing club what few people thought possible when she started fencing. Jmill said fencing is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, she feels really good after practice.