POLL: Epee, Sabre of Foil?

[Peach]

I have to agree about the "easier to master" idea. It might easier to fence novice sabre than it is to fence novice foil or epee. Perhaps you're more likely to hit your opponent by accident since there are more angles from which to approach. But I'm still working hard on learning sabre after a mere six years of training every week and taking lessons.

There is, however, also the fact that if I were to attempt to master foil it would take a HECK of a lot longer because it doesn't interest me. I woulda quit by now and taken up tai chi or tae kwon do or gotten another graduate degree if they hadn't let me fence sabre.

[latenight]

Luca,

No, I didn't say that. I was quoting d'art.

My comment was that in the hands of an Epeeist, a foil is a toy, as in, they don't know how to use it properly. I was being sarcastic and joking.

I am a foilist, and nothing else.

Zac

[135711]

i've always felt that the foil is more precise in nature, smaller motions are usually instilled in the student, whereas in epee, you can make much larger motions, and in saber you can go all out, really whapping the arm all the way out or up, and whack downward, it's very different in body motions.

<small>[ 08-28-2002, 11:33 PM: Message edited by: 135711 ]</small>

[shyHeidi]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by latenight:
<strong>Zac</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">... isn't that that spikey/black-haired guy from FFVII?

[SäbelFechter]

My name makes it obvious where my main interests lie, but I also do some epee as well. Took it up during the summer due to a shortage of sabre fencers at the club.

[latenight]

Might be, haven't played FF yet.

Zac

[counter riposte]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by shyHeidi:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by latenight:
<strong>Zac</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">... isn't that that spikey/black-haired guy from FFVII?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">I believe it is the name of the crush of a certain epeeist we all know and love. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

[ultimateswordsman]

... isn't that that spikey/black-haired guy from FFVII?

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial"> </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Yep, he was the one that Cloud.... MUST STOP PLAYING FF NONSTOP!!!!

[ultimateswordsman]

sorry, my quotes wrong

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">
Originally posted by shyHeidi:

... isn't that that spikey/black-haired guy from FFVII?
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">is this any better?

[Zelda]

/me looks at the ceiling and whistles.

[counter riposte]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by Zelda:
<strong>/me looks at the ceiling and whistles.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Gee, can we follow you?

[latenight]

/me looks at ZELDA and whistles .(loudly)

(Hubba Hubba!)

Zak

(Hope the day gets better for you , Z!)

<small>[ 08-29-2002, 06:42 PM: Message edited by: latenight ]</small>

[Zelda]

Well its now Friday and for the hour it has been Friday its certainly better then Thursday was! Ask me again in about 4 hours when I finish writing my thesis discussion.

[latenight]

You go baby! Knock that thing out!

[Saber Girl]

My user name is what people call me when they want to fence, so I guess I'd have to say Saber (or Sabre) is the BEST!

BTW, This is my first time posting here.

[Psi Shadowdark]

epee, im fencing foil right now to take me there hehe

[3ngu4rd]

The ratio of epee fencers to other types of fencers is fairly large. What is it about epee that everyone likes so much??? It would be interesting if this was a real poll, and we could see exactly what the ratio was, eh Craig? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

[oiuyt]

According to profile responses (now THERE'S a scientific measure if I've ever heard of one...) we have the following as primary weapon:
None or no response: 1023
Foil: 258
Epee: 106
Sabre: 72
3-Weapon: 15
Foil/Epee: 8
Foil/Sabre: 5
Epee/Sabre: 3
Other things receiving votes include:
Gun, AK-47, dirk, katana: 2 each
Automatic pistol, bow & arrow, brain, chopstick splinters, computer, drill, fairytale dragon, fart, glove, gurney, G's spade, HK MP5, HK usp40, kids, pen, pouting, pulse rifle, sarcasm, wit, words, 19th Century foil: once each

As you can see there was less than a 1/3 response rate. Other factors include people here being "clever" in their responses, inactive accounts, and people who've lost old passwords ad so therefore have multiple accounts.

-B

[3ngu4rd]

Well... I stand corrected <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

[oiuyt]

Other bits of information gleaned from looking at profiles:

937 of the 1522 users have posted 10 or fewer times.

The most prolific (top 10) posters are:
Arcon 2169 posts
Zelda 1796 posts
Moonitic 1792 posts
EDew 1181 posts
D'Artagnan1673 1137 posts
Lochinvar 1037 posts
Purple Fencer 980 posts
DamedEscrime 940 posts
Inquartata 892 posts
Damianip 877 posts

Interesting to note how close Zelda and Moon are, especially with the huge drop-off down to 4th place.

Obviously the above is highly subject to change....

-B

<small>[ 08-30-2002, 02:10 PM: Message edited by: oiuyt ]</small>