Where does it stay? By your side? Up in the so called classical way?
Mine is usually up, but lately its been getting tiring (fencing too much) so I keep it by my side. Doesn't effect much, as i don't lunge all that much - and when I do, i can still chuck it backwards for balance(my arm).
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Twenty years ago, I learned to keep it up (classic) but that always felt awkward. I usually held it behind me like a sabrist. These days, more often than not, it is in a more relaxed position trailing out from my hip.
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In my case my arm hangs down my side. It's normally quite loose. The idea is to reduce the amount of tension in the shoulders - it's something that my current coach has done wonders to reduce.
I hold my arm up, in the classical manner, and I find that it greatly reduces the tension in my sword arm, funnily enough. But then I always was odd...
I have it at my side relaxed and parallel to the floor, with wrist kind of limp (looks a bit gay to non-fencers). I like my wrist to float around as I move, it's like a wind-sock which trails my movement. (I think (hope) it looks like Golobitski's or Omnes' unarmed hand...)
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I normally keep my arm up in the classical style, but lately towards the end of practice I have been keeping my non-weapon arm down.
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I guess in my pants is wrong, I will try to stop that.
Actually, I find if I let my arm hang down it seems to unconsciously move up and forward. I am often reminded of this with a saber blade to my middle index knuckle.
Holding it up keeps me conscious of it position.
I keep mine up like alains.... Alain, our footwork looks astonsishingly similar
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I had my mom sew a strap onto the back of my jacket so that I could hold on with a death grip. My coach said that if I don't stop touching myself during bouts with it, he'll cut it off.
I had my mom sew a strap onto the back of my jacket so that I could hold on with a death grip. My coach said that if I don't stop touching myself during bouts with it, he'll cut it off.
I had my mom sew a strap onto the back of my jacket so that I could hold on with a death grip. My coach said that if I don't stop touching myself during bouts with it, he'll cut it off.
He'll cut off your hand or your...
ummm...
never mind!
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