Recent Discoveries On more than one occasion, I have been told that I am "too tense" when I'm fencing. Probably true and definitely a problem. When tensed, the body is in constant conflict with itself. It is faster to simply contract the right muscles than it is to un-contract the wrong muscles then contract the right ones. Anyway, I've been working on that by taking a deep breath, letting it out slowly and purging the tension from my body before starting a bout. The ...
After having finished DFL in epee (and better in foil) in a recent tournament, it took a leap of faith (as the name of this entry implies) to enter a tournament last weekend and ONLY enter epee. I knew in my heart of hearts that epee was my weapon of choice. I was not so sure, however, that my performance would bear out my decision. I was not at my best in the pool bouts, losing all five of them, but I managed to score some interesting points on most opponents. Only one of them ...
In my last entry, I mentioned how a friend observed that I am in \"epee mode\" by default. This week the comment hit home. The last time I entered the salle, there was an uncharacteristic lack of epeeists present. I fenced epee once, then spent the rest of the evening fencing foil. The funny thing is that when I first stepped onto the piste to fence foil, I suddenly felt like a fish out of water. Worse than that, my foil fencing really sucked. It wasn\'t until I fenced my 3rd or ...
Last night at practice I was just coming off a tournament entry and a week off for R&R. After fencing a good friend and long-time epeeist, he said to me, \"You\'ve made the transition to being in \'epee mode\' by default.\" Feedback like that is always appreciated. It let\'s me know that I am making progress. Much more to learn and do.
Good days and bad days happen. You just don\'t expect them all in the same day. In any sport I undertake - fencing included - I compete in order to measure my progress. It\'s not about the fame, the glory, or the trophies. (It\'s not that I don\'t enjoy receiving any of them, it\'s just not about them.) This past weekend I entered a team tournament and had the privilege to be a part of our Salle\'s epee team in spite of the fact that I first picked up the weapon only 5 months ago. ...
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