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Old 03-17-2004, 08:09 PM   #1
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With regards to French Grips

I was wondering. Is there such a grip which resembles that of a tennis racket's grip and is used for fencing as some sort of "French grip"? To my knowledge this grip conforms to known rules and is roughly a quarter or a third of the size of your palm. A fifth or sixth if you have large palms. Also, is this sort of grip legal? I've seen several fencers using this grip in local competitions in my country. It appears to have the firmness of pistol grips and the reach of french grips. Apart from that, no other distinct advantages/usage can be discerned.
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Old 03-17-2004, 08:19 PM   #2
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You're talking about Leon Pauls carbon fibre grip:

http://www.leonpaul.com/acatalog/Leon_Paul_Designs.html

You need a special wrench (see on the page above) to be able to screw the nut in, because the regular wrenches don't fit deep enough inside the handle.

From my -limited- experience with this grip, it takes a while to get used to. I didn't really like the way how it felt, it was too thick and the balance of the weapon didn't feel right to me. However some people seem to swear by it.
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my friend, this is the most hideous grip ever invented and is a total insult to the french grip... pray tell me, that it isn't legal.
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There was a thread about it about a month or so ago. It is legal.
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If the LP grip offends your sensibilities, you can do what I've done in my ongoing battle to balance posting with the French, maintaining a relaxed hand, having some degree of grip strength, maintaining point control and avoiding a recurrence of tendinitis in the elbow.

I had recently returned to using my SchermaSport grips, with immediate improvement of point control and strength of grip. Unfortunately, within three weeks, the twinges returned to the elbow.

A compromise however was achieved by doing the following:

I re-installed my thin (or narrow) Allstar grips and then overwrapped them with tacky tennis over-wrap tape. The result: a much more grippable weapon than before which is considerably lighter than it was with the SchermaSport grips.

So far, so good.

Total cost: 2 USD per weapon.

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