I took my 8 rating out for a test drive at a local D1 sabre competition (followed by a team sabre competition) and while I certainly see many areas that need improvement, I am mostly satisfied. Two people (one of whom I did NOT referee) told me that my refereeing had improved since they'd seen me last. YES! I made some mistakes. I'm still choking sometimes when I try to vocalize and use hand signals at the same time. I'm also finding that sometimes I KNOW who got the ...
I can see you now, quite clearly. Well, not really, of course. But as I stare at this brick wall, up against my terribly uncomfortable cot, I picture you. Somewhat dazed and groggy from lack of sleep, make-up smeared eyes brimming with so many unshed tears, you’re touching your map again. Running your hands across the smooth paper, imagining the mountains, and the dirt, and the people, tracing the roads and dips and rivers. Counting miles, and dreaming of where I am. Seeing your frail, beautiful ...
Updated 05-08-2011 at 02:13 PM by Got_Fenced_In
As part of an entry I was going to make on footwork, I jotted a few notes on the subject, and then abandoned the piece (it was getting out of control, with too many wheels within wheels). I still think the notes are useful, and wanted to write them down where I could refer to them again: Distance determines everything you will do as a fencer. Blade work is often secondary to distance, since distance often drives blade work. The distance between a fencer and his or her opponent ...
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