ok so after a modest top 16 at easterns i've officially qualified for CSC#1...which was my goal for this season i guess (baby steps, ). this would by far be the toughest tournament i've ever been to,. club is closing in june so training will be a problem as well..
what i didn't think about is how i'm actually going to get to montreal (why this tournament couldn't be in calgary i'll never know..). going to toronto set me back a bit so...anyone with an extra $12
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against my wishes, i went to my first tournament of '08..not so sure what's been going on with me these days competitively speaking, but tournaments have been waaayy down my priority list but i went anyways...
started out ok then ended up 5-2 in an 8 person pool; ended up seeded 4th. it was a full tableau so no first round byes. first round, won 15-13 to get to top 8. this bout was tough. i was forced to use frenchy against an opponent i'd rather use the pistol against but fell victim to
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ok, so against my wishes and at the "request" of my coach i decided to suck up the late fee and enter the tournament in edmonton..was a small event and it was held during my typical bedtime hours of 12-330pm.
right now i'm super tired so i'll cut a long story short:
semi final: was up against a guy i'd never seen before (don't you just love these situations). somewhat heavy blade taker..or i'm guessing but he never really got my blade at all. i'd fenced him in the pool winning 4-2 using t
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ok, can someone please ***** slap me the next time i step off the back of the strip. can't believe i frickin' did some stupid sh*t like that. what the hell!!!??? after 50 yrs fencing!!?!? i know the copper strips had the lines faded but that's not really an excuse.
anyways..still won my pool (whatever that's worth, )..finish 5th. diissappooiinnttiingg... some positives i can take out of it is that my explosive fleche appears to be back finally. i thought i was gett
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blah blah...alright fine.. i'm going to the tournament next weekend, boo-hoo i really really don't feel like competing anymore but i'm torn about it. i really need to be fencing new people, or at least people that are not in my club but at the same time these tournaments just aren't as much fun as in my previous fencing life. i can't see myself driving anywhere for this.. the passion for the sport is still there but just not for competing..
ok, just got back from provincials. pretty good turnout. i'm not so impressed with the numbers here. fencing here just seem so isolated and you see the same people over and over again. i'm not so sure about my competitive future. i can always go to the individual clubs in town and fence these guys on their "free" nights anyway...back to the tournament.
i was in a 7 man pool, finished 5-1, and seeded 4th overall and a first round bye; 3rd straight tournament finishing the seedings rated
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so..tomorrow is my next tournament..hopefully no surprises like last time..although coming back from 14-11 to win is exciting, actually being down 14-11 really isn't. this time should be a really strong tournament as there will be at least 4 people there that can kick my skinny ass, . my coach seems to think i can beat a couple of them. my goal is (and i really don't have control over this one) is to fence people i've never fenced before. last time i really didn't enjoy fencing a team
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so my first tournament in canada and first one since oct. 2005..and it went sometihng like this...
pools:
CB (W5-3)
CB (W5-4)
ML (W5-1)
someguy??(5-3)
so i go 4-0 in pools and seeded 3rd overall. first DE was against CB again who's a crazy lefty with erratic actions which i really really really hate more than the fact that he's another lefty. so i'm down 12-7..then 13-8 then 14-11..then it begins..i start managing my distance better and supinating more on the opposition 6 riposte.
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"you don't have to go home but you can't FENCE here"
so i could be banned from one of the clubs i've been going to..glowbug is such a bad boy.. i can't believe men behave this way. i'd expect this from women. why does it matter that i want to go to more than one club? its my frickin' money, eh!??? this is sooo STTUUPPIIIDD!!!!!!!!!!!!! i didn't come here for this sh*t.
ok, so i had my first lesson in about a yr and a half with the new coach and already he's changed a few things in my game.. he's planning on rebuilding my game pretty much (well not exactly but still). i guess this is where the trust comes in, eh? (there i go again!! ) i know he has a good track record but time will tell if it will work out for me. i think it will. i also know i'll always be the unorthodox lefty that gives a lot of good people trouble,
05-14-2008 02:04 AM 
). this would by far be the toughest tournament i've ever been to,
. club is closing in june so training will be a problem as well..
)..finish 5th. diissappooiinnttiingg...
the passion for the sport is still there but just not for competing..
. my coach seems to think i can beat a couple of them. my goal is (and i really don't have control over this one) is to fence people i've never fenced before. last time i really didn't enjoy fencing a team
i can't believe men behave this way. i'd expect this from women. why does it matter that i want to go to more than one club? its my frickin' money, eh!??? this is sooo STTUUPPIIIDD!!!!!!!!!!!!! i didn't come here for this sh*t.
he's planning on rebuilding my game pretty much (well not exactly but still). i guess this is where the trust comes in, eh? (there i go again!! 