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View Poll Results: How old were you when you started fencing | |
U-10
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U-12
|    | 57 | 8.84% | |
U-14
|    | 93 | 14.42% | |
Cadet
|    | 83 | 12.87% | |
Junior
|    | 143 | 22.17% | |
20-30
|    | 121 | 18.76% | |
30-40
| | 58 | 8.99% | |
Veteran
| | 48 | 7.44% | 
06-28-2006, 04:46 PM
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#161 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 468
| I started in my freshman year of college, too. This upcoming year, I'll be a senior. I'm totally glad I've picked up fencing, even though it is rather expensive at times for a college budget.
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07-06-2006, 07:15 PM
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#162 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 4
| i started 2 days ago woop woop | |
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07-17-2006, 12:42 PM
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#163 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Rome, GA
Posts: 13
| I started in college--took a fencing PE course as a freshman and joined the varsity team at NC State as a sophomore. Fenced foil 3 years, 1969-71. Then didn't pick up a blade until about a year ago.
I caught the fencing bug (probably like a lot of others my age) from Disney's "Zorro".
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07-25-2006, 02:22 PM
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#164 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada
Posts: 22
| i started fencing 4 years ago when i was 10... i started fencign in tournaments though when i was 11
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07-25-2006, 03:05 PM
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#165 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 621
| 19, sophomore year of College. Not quite a year ago.
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Originally Posted by Capt. Slo-mo If you don't want to lose fencing privileges at USFA-sanctioned events, then refrain from throwing flamagels at those events. | | |
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07-26-2006, 01:21 AM
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#166 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: United State, California, Bay Area, Fremont
Posts: 21
| 13, took a year off, now im restarting...since 5 hours ago... | |
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07-26-2006, 10:31 AM
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#167 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Posts: 2,993
| I started fencing 12 year olds because they were easy wins.
The coach soon made me fence guys my own age, though...
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07-26-2006, 03:11 PM
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#168 | | Super Shoebie
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: VA
Posts: 1,085
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Originally Posted by lochinvar I started fencing 12 year olds because they were easy wins.
The coach soon made me fence guys my own age, though... | Pediafencing again, Loch? Tsk, tsk... | |
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07-26-2006, 05:19 PM
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#169 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Posts: 2,993
| Hey, they were there...I was bored...*shrug*
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07-26-2006, 07:42 PM
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#170 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Seattle
Posts: 1,353
| <shudder> that is sooooo wrong....
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08-01-2006, 10:09 AM
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#171 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2
| Iwas 6 when I started to go to fencing. So I have practicing fencing for 10 years | |
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08-02-2006, 05:40 PM
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#172 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bristol, RI
Posts: 13
| I started in high school and wish I would have started earlier. You get so much more experience starting from scratch when you're a kid along with building the right endurance and fitness routine. | |
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08-05-2006, 12:08 AM
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#173 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 10
| 8 yrs. old in 2000 | |
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08-11-2006, 11:39 PM
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#174 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California
Posts: 968
| 15 years old, about this time last year. w00t! | |
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08-21-2006, 01:09 AM
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#175 | | Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 91
| Started at 17 on January 22 in 2004 - the day that changed my life. Been fencing 2-7 days a week ever since. Now I'm a coach, rated director, competitor, and completely obsessed with the sport. There are five events in my life which have been extreme influences on my personality and fencing is one of the top 3. I love this sport!
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10-08-2006, 09:27 PM
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#176 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 287
| 53-years old. Could not cut it in Muay Thai anymore... | |
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10-12-2006, 06:41 PM
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#177 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 4
| Started fencing as a sophmore in college, but couldn't keep it up in grad school, so I had about an 8 year hiatus before I picked it back up. So glad I did. | |
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11-04-2006, 12:10 AM
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#178 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Įsgaršr
Posts: 2,413
| I started fencing when I was 10. My dad was a sabre coach at a near by club and I always wanted to do fencing so he promised that on my 10th birthday he would start taking me to practice...and 7 years later I'm still fencing!
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11-05-2006, 10:31 AM
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#179 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 178
| well i started like week ago when i was 13 im turning 14 on wednesday though so yeah.
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