Favourite type of opponent

[Masterurethane]

What sort of person do you like fencing the most?

[fencerjim]

the kind I can beat

[mrbiggs]

in your club, in a pool, or in the championship DE bout?

club-someone better than me who I can learn from

pools-someone about the same level as me who takes it seriously, so I can beat them (for the seedings), yet still learn from them (for next bout)

championship DE bout-some novice who never held a weapon before, who holds his pistol grip wrong and only got to the finals because all his opponents were black carded for laughing at his bad form.

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

Most fun? The ones that are as good as me and kinda goofy.
The ones I learn from? The ones who kick me to rags and clean the house with my carcasse.

[frenzl]

a good nice fencer i like fencing better people because my club doesn't have too many of those, and they force you to think more.

[telkanuru]

My favourite kind of opponent is one I beat 15-14 or 5-4. It's not fun if you're not challanged. My least favourite kind of opponent is the one who beats me 14-15 or 4-5

[glowstix]

definitely someone i can learn from and is willing to give advice after giving me a 15-5. i hate fencing newbies. ok, so i'm a little selfish..

[The0ne]

I would want to train with someone who's ability is just one step above mine constantly. THat way they aren't so good they don't even have to try, but I still leanr a lot from getting whooped.

[DJ Apostrophe]

this applies to tournaments:

I love fencing cocky people. better than me, not as good as me... it doesn't matter... as long as they 'know' that they are going to pound me.

I love picking these people apart, and watching their mental game implode around them as they get frustrated fencing me. I feel a real sense of accomplishment in that I was able to ruin their day.

-w

[athena]

People who are better than me, but not cocky, so i can learn from them but they don't irritate me. its also fun to fence people who look at me, decide i wont attack them, stand there doing nothing, and then get mad when i hit them

[Soldier]

I liked the guy who was confused when the bout started, and I didn't move. I just stood there en garde, until he looked around in confusion. Then I attacked while his head was turned.

[The0ne]

lending all new meaning to the phrase cheap shot!

[Musketeer]

the kind I can beat

Sounds good to me!

[Soldier]

lending all new meaning to the phrase cheap shot!

Or "stupid".

[C.J.]

Higher standard than mer, has fun and messes around.

Totally can't stand fencers who take themselves too seriously.

[Bard]

My favorite type of opponent is any one who will fence until somebody else needs to use the strip or one of use passes out from sheer exhaustion. my club is riddled with young fencers like myself who are full of energy and will go for an hour or more just fencing not keeping score or any thing.
The person i was paired with while i was being instructed, a lefty, use to be fun to fence with. He was cheerful and we helped each other out with form problems and such, but lately he has taken a slightly more competion fencer type attitude and although it is still fun to fence with him i enjoy my self in a much more sinister way, watching as he goes out of his mind because he cant score a single touche on me namely because he is in such a huff he cannot concentrate at all.
All in all my favorite people to fence with are greatly experienced fencers, usually adults, or people on the same level as me who will just fence for an eternity if they were able to.

[Saber-Psycho]

this applies to tournaments:

I love fencing cocky people. better than me, not as good as me... it doesn't matter... as long as they 'know' that they are going to pound me.

I love picking these people apart, and watching their mental game implode around them as they get frustrated fencing me. I feel a real sense of accomplishment in that I was able to ruin their day.

-w

Isn't it fun????

[Bard]

Sadly there is nothing i enjoy more than watching the other fencer have a nervous break down because hes getting schooled

[fencergal33]

What drives me really crazy is the people who are better than you, and everyone knows it, but they don't have one ounce of sportsmanship in their bones. They act like fencing someone like me is a "step down" for them. I've fenced people from both sides before, and at Sectionals I had the pleasure of losing to a really nice Women's Saber "A". At the end, I shook her hand and said, "I would love to fence against you every day. I could learn so much!" She was super nice, and very flattered at the remark.

On the other hand, my husband had to fence against the exact opposite at a tournament over the weekend. He was a guy who thought he was entitled to win, and didn't have to work for it, because he was superior to every one there.

No matter what one thinks about their own fencing, they should always try to be friendly, cordial, and a good sportsman to their opponent. It's too bad that people in the world have to have attitude problems.

[Tomas N]

I'll fence pretty much anyone I can, given that I live out in the boonies. Not too many fencers out here. But if I had my way, I prefer to fence people better than me, especially on a day to day basis in practice.

Tomas