I hadn't seen video of myself fencing in ages, but I remember that when I used to ask my dad to tape me I had to force myself to watch it afterward. I hit with my hand too low, I didn't get down enough on my legs, I look(ed) like a goddammn beginner. Well, someone taped the final of the Ottawa Shield. My buddy found the footage on youtube and nothing has changed - my fencing is really pretty funky-looking. I already knew that I hadn't really "outfenced" myk in the final but this was proof that I hadn't beaten him on technique in any way. I was just a bit smarter and luckier than him.

One really interesting thing for me was seeing how I had all my weight on my front foot at the beginning of the video when I get destroyed by a really simple step-lunge. I was intentionally leaning forward a bit more when I was fencing with my hand down because I was looking to draw the attack but it's obvious I took that too far.

Regardless, it's fun to have some video evidence of the win and some of my friends got some good laughs out of my extremely awkward celebration at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDpkkiAKIac