I would also like to add that you are free to leave comments. Please understand that I will probably have the urge to snap back and reply to comments which I deem to be heinous.
That's right, we always have to keep changing. So here's an interesting conundrum i've run into throughout my efforts to develop into a better fencer. I for the past month, I have tried to focus on good, clean, and crisp fencing throughout practice, making all my actions faster and smaller, etc. Prior to this, i would struggle to win against some fencers, and just blow the other ones out of the water. Now, i struggle much better with all the fencers, and don't blow any of them out of the water.
Again, that is to say, against 5 fencers i'd beat 50% of the time, against 5 fencers i'd beat 100% of the time. Now, i beat all 10 fencers 75% of the time.
It might be because i've given up some weird actions that tend to score me points, simply because they are weird. This supported my theory that some fencing styles were inherently better against type a, and weaker against type b. Now i'm not so sure. You look at the best fencers in the world, and there are certainly differences in styles, but i consider it the final iteration in a series of cyclic phases.
Fencer learn some basics. Fencer who does something weird or different starts to win against his peers, because they don't know what to do against things that are weird
Fencer gets better at basics. Fencer realizes that sticking with basic principles allows you to beat weird people.
Fencer gets more weird. Fencer realizes that getting better at basics allows him to be MORE weird, and thereby still beating his peers.
In other news, jumping rope is really good for footwork.
Let me get a rant in here too. I rise to the occasion. I will get as intense as you want me to. If you honestly thinks your 13 yr old daughter has a chance at beating me, then I applaud your optimism, though you clearly did not see the size of my quadricep and glutes, or you'd know i was an advance lunge monster.
If you believe it so much that you are going to obnoxiously cheer your child on for every little action they do, then i no longer applaud you, and expect you to suffer the consequences. I hope you realize i decimated your child 15-4 because going easy and listening to your stupid encouragement was too painful. You take your "i can't believe you would do that to a little girl" look else where, woman, you brought this on yourself.
07-01-2009 04:08 PM