Would you take advantage of your opponent's injury?

[epee1]

I heard from my friends that while I spent the next 10 hours in the ER this guy learned a life lesson about fencing etiquette. But if I EVER see this guy across the strip from me........

[daveappr]

What a wasted trip to Vegas, and the perp didn't even get carded for jostling....I wish your ref had some brass to properly deal with that fella.

[Welted 24/7]

That guy is taking it to far.

And you think you can't seriously injure somebody by deliberately hitting their already-injured spots? If you can't beat somebody without hurting them, then you obviously have no business beating them. Don't throw this "at all costs" crap out to make yourself feel better about it. You might as well just be a thug with a lead pipe already.

[epee1]

Originally Posted by Welted 24/7

And you think you can't seriously injure somebody by deliberately hitting their already-injured spots? If you can't beat somebody without hurting them, then you obviously have no business beating them. Don't throw this "at all costs" crap out to make yourself feel better about it.

I absolutely agree. There’s nothing to be gained by causing further injury to an opponent. The skill, the finesse, is in beating them while not using their injury as a handicap.

[Alain]

I'd agree with the majority of posts already made... of course if my opponent has a weakness thatt I can expose then I'll try to do it - after all, it's their choice to continue fencing or not - but I'd never do anything to hurt him/her intentionally.

[VELISARIOS]

No, I would not take advance if someone would be hurt.
But I must be honest. One year ago in a competition I played with a person that have problem with his foot. I saw him he cant play well because of pain. I told him to stop the game but he did not. So we continue play, I did not done moves that I hurt him just I had open the distance between us because I knew that he could not use lunges on me. So I was win...but I dont know if someone said that I took advance. I did not hurt him just I use the distance.

[Bayou Bum]

Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken!

also, I do not recall attacking your particular methods or beliefs when it comes to fencing. It sounds like, since both of you apparently know me (I dont know you though), it sounds like you have a problem with me, and dont want to be awkward and stuff by confronting me at a tournament. Well, a tournament, on the strip, is really the best place to settle these kinds of issues, not picking my nits on a message board. If you guys are who I think you are, I havent wronged either of you, so I dunno why you would have a problem with me.

GB ... are you talking to me. Except for the Tennessee remark, I didn't mean to attack you personally. I was just enjoying reading what everyone else posted. I've seen you fence and just hope that your knee doesn't get better before we meet on the strip. I think I will need a few knee touches to beat you

Bum

[Hurriranger]

yep, in a proper comp i would do anything within the rules to win.

[orrsword]

the only time I'd ever exploit an injury was if the opponent was born with a bad brain and a bad attitude.

[yeoldearmourer]

Im won't go out to hurt them but yes I would run them up and down the strip to wear them. I have it done to me because of my knees. See I see Fencing as Combat and that what it is.

[lovetofence]

Originally Posted by daveappr

What a wasted trip to Vegas, and the perp didn't even get carded for jostling....I wish your ref had some brass to properly deal with that fella.

That is a bigger problem I see in refs today. They have no moxie to make the hard calls when needed. Some older ref's have no problem calling hard shots like that but most of the new ones..... I would have given that guy a red card for sure and maybe a black one since the hit sent you to ER.

And no, I would not exploit my opponent’s physical problem directly but at the same time I would not "let" him or her win just because I was supposed to be gentler on them.

[fencingmetalfan]

When it comes to being hung over then I definitely would exploit it. But fact is, people with injuries become better fencers by learning how to defend against people would take advantage of the injuries. Just saying.

[AllisonT]

Use the advantages you were handed on a platter! Heck, yeah! I fenced a girl who told me in the pools that she had just taken some antihistamine for a cold. By the time I fenced her in DEs, she was wonky. We didn't move from the centerline of the strip and she kept stopping to look at the box: stop - hit, stop - hit. 15 touches in under 3 minutes. She was a good sport and I tried not to make her run up and down the strip in her wacked-out condition or she would have fallen over.

[Welted 24/7]

But fact is, people with injuries become better fencers by learning how to defend against people would take advantage of the injuries. Just saying.

I suppose they learn these things in the time that they might be laid up with even worse injuries from "opportunists" like DFP?