Whoa .. Fencing Commercial

[gojujay]

Originally Posted by Epee_Pox

And their fencer is a lefty -- clearly they have sinister aims.

Droll, Wilma, very droll

[LordTofuDog-jnr]

Originally Posted by Inquartata

Maybe we imagined you imagining the whole thing.

But did we?!

Originally Posted by remise

Well, there's another horrible commerical about men's hair coloring that features two fencers dressed for epee.

Yep, that's horrible alright.

[mrbiggs]

Originally Posted by ra2000a

As I was watching TV around noon today, I came across a shocking commerical. I saw two fencers fencing. It was crazy. It was a commercial for some funds thing. I dont recall of what it was for. Did anyone else see it? I think it was foil that they were fencing. i saw good parries and the people who they should fencing were not beginners. it was a pretty long commercial.

I made a thread about this a month ago, but no one cared...

[voi3ad]

I had missed parts of it, but that's it. The hit looks like a bend to 2:00, which seemed odd to bother with showing, after they had sabers in hand.

Originally Posted by remise

Well, there's another horrible commerical about men's hair coloring that features two fencers dressed for epee, fencing foil fashion, but using sabres. At the end of the commercial, one fencer removes his mask, then HITS the other fencer square in the chest. The next scene shows a sabre being thrown into an archery target, and it sticks right in the middle.

My children were appalled at the lack of reality in the commercial (They fence foil and sabre), and somewhat horrified that bad conduct (hitting someone with a mask off) was even aired. I had to explain to them that commercial endorsers care nothing for safety or rules - they are only out to sell a product and an image, but it's still a bad example for the sport.