Thrusting my long, elegant weapon over and over again: ask me about fencing

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rope kid: Feb 3, 2001; Warte nur! Balde
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Zeitgueist posted:

Stabbychat: Do you think that separating tournaments by gender is an appropriate thing to do in fencing? What about a woman's tournament and a unisex tournament both as an option?

This is apparently a hotbutton issue on the historical swordfighting group I read.

When I fenced in college (mid-90s), women's sabre in NCAA literally Wasn't A Thing. I thought it was insane at the time and looking back at it, it seems even more insane. We did eventually fence women but they were effectively just fencing on their schools' men's team.

semihippie posted:

Epee Fencer checking in. Why Epee? You have a longer competitive shelf life. Foil is dominated by very tiny 14 year olds. Saber is too crazy pants. There are older epee fencers who are still competitive at the national levels.

This is very true. At ~34 I decided to hang up the sabre. Years of lovely balestras and bad genes destroyed all of the cartilage in my right knee. I miss it, but it's brutally painful.

rope kid fucked around with this message at 09:13 on Jan 19, 2015

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rope kid: Feb 3, 2001; Warte nur! Balde
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South Coast Fencing (near South Coast Plaza/edge of Costa Mesa/Fountain Valley/Santa Ana) is a great club for sport fencing. I fenced there on and off for about two years.

http://www.southcoastfencing.com/

Edit: I believe that center is also used by the HEMA South Coast group.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2015 01:46

rope kid: Feb 3, 2001; Warte nur! Balde
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Well, card-able "Brutality" often seems pretty subjective in sport fencing, especially at the lower levels where competence/control is generally low.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2015 07:06

rope kid: Feb 3, 2001; Warte nur! Balde
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Tsunemori posted:

In general, how fit are fencers?

EmmyOk posted:

Just be Italian and you are automatically a brilliant foilist

* Results may vary.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2015 21:51

rope kid: Feb 3, 2001; Warte nur! Balde
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There was at least one Renaissance fighting style that specifically de-emphasized linear movement, La Verdadera Destreza.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destreza

# ¿ Feb 15, 2015 18:49

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