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I had my first US Fencing Association sanctioned tournament today. A mixed foil (meaning men and women) E and under (meaning those with an E rating or below can participate). We had a field of 25 folks, 23 men and 2 women.
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Oh yeah? Well, I fence the epee, and I can whip any two foil sissies with my left hand behind my back.
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Bella--AWESOME sport. It's psychotriad's fault that I got into it in the first place. How'd you get into it?
King of Men: ...and I'm almost afraid to ask you. I actually had the opportunity to take an epee class a couple weeks ago but passed it up because I already had a hard enough time de-training my "I'll hit you first screw right of way" instinct" for foil and didn't want to...anyway. I have epee instincts but like foil and will eventually learn saber.
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Thanks for sharing those really cool pictures! What a great thing to be involved in! Way to go, girl!
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Real fencers use a saber, with epee targets (i.e. everything).
My fencing instructor was more interested in teaching us what to do with a pointy piece of metal than he was in how to compete.
Common lessons would start off with "OK, don't ever do this in a tournament, but if you twist this way..." and "When you parry quinte your fist will be on line with his face. Hit him!"
Made for some interesting class sessions, especially when he'd send all of us out in the parking lot to go melee. Regular fencing classes rarely teach you how to handle multipla opponents
Unfortunately it left me utterly useless in a tournament. Nice moves, and congrats!
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