Thread: Ask/tell me about fencing.

I actually started fencing since I last posted in this thread. I love it. Epee, pistol grip.

Originally Posted by [SomeGuy]

I actually started fencing since I last posted in this thread. I love it. Epee, pistol grip.

sick. do you know exactly what kind of pistol grip you're using?

how tall are you? have you learned to in-fight? did you learn foil before epee? any interest in sabre?

When I was 12 I took a summer long fencing class at a local recreation center and it was way cool. At the end of the summer we had a big tournament and I got 4th place! no joke, it was a blast and the 4th place trophy is the only trophy I keep around. Fencing is awesome I love it, Ive been wanting to start up again.

Like all fighting fencing gives that wonderful feeling when you do it. I actually looked some fencing clubs after I last wrote in this thread and I think I'll go to watch couple of trainings. Not that I am starting it, because I simply don't have any time to spread. I hardly train with weapons at the moment apart of knife But it is certainly interesting.

Originally Posted by no-Name

sick. do you know exactly what kind of pistol grip you're using?

how tall are you? have you learned to in-fight? did you learn foil before epee? any interest in sabre?

It's a Visconti. Love the way it just sits in my hand. I'm like, 5'8 I think, but I usually stay really low and get in there under the opponent's weapon. Works for me, not so much for my teammates haha. I learned a bit of foil, but not enough for right of way. Just the technique. And I was really interested in sabre when I started, but now I'm much more into epee than anything else.

You?

pretty much the same story, except I'm 6'0, so I stay high and hit over the hand more than under it.

Sabre's never been interesting to me, but I've been taking classes because I've been needing to parry in epee.

I've got pretty huge hands, so viscontis feel really weird. I've been favoring russian grips, and plain french grips.

Oh man, french grips are the worst for me. I can't stand them.

Originally Posted by [SomeGuy]

Oh man, french grips are the worst for me. I can't stand them.

it's nice having meter long arms. the two inches extra from posting is just jelly on the biscuit.

all over my body.

Biscuit body.

I'm a pretty short guy, not sure why Coach made me an epee. Maybe because she saw I can get low and get under them bells.

Well, I don't really get all the stuff with olympic style. I am in a 'duello' style club, which is more historically accurate. We have jackets and jeans instead of the full white uniforms, we can bat away and trap an opponent's blade with our off hand, have stabs as well as draw cuts, and limbs do not kill. They are rendered unusable, and so an arm is put behind the back, or the fencer sits down. A kill is a touch to the torso or head, draw under the arm or to femoral artery, or both arms are hit. there really is no scoring besides the limbs; its a club to improve skill and have fun, but we still have multi-man melees that have an obvious victor.

We also have different styles of weapons; the standard foil, a rigid object to parry, two foils, a cloak, dagger, two daggers, and Schlager, with various combinations. Schlager is a german sword that does not bend like a foil, so it is the most dangerous we have.