04-12-2005, 09:37 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middle of Nowhere, Germany
Posts: 242
| Um... hi?
Guten Tag!
Uh, well... just joined this forum today. So hi there!
I'm American but I live in Germany, I've fenced five years, mostly foil, and I usually troll the fencingforum website as do, apparently, a whole bunch of other people on here (mostly the Brits).
Hopefully, I'll come back to the US to fence in my first Summer Nationals, where I will no doubt get the sh** beaten out of me since I don't have the faintest idea how to fence under the new foil rules since the Germans have been mighty slow to switch over (all of our tournies are still run-and-flick tournies). But I'm from near San Francisco, so at least it'll be a short drive. | 
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04-12-2005, 11:59 AM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Jersey, USA
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| Welcome to the board. When you come back to the states you shouldn't have as much trouble as you think with the new timings. Most people I have talked to have adjusted quickly if they even had to adjust at all. Good luck anyway.
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04-12-2005, 01:20 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pennsylvania
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| welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy your time here. Don't sweat the new timing, you'll adjust
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04-12-2005, 09:57 PM
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#4 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
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| Welcome a-board ( I never tire of that pun )!  | |
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04-13-2005, 12:32 AM
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#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Mechanicsburg, PA
Posts: 150
| Welcome and remember - you wouldn't have to adjust to anything if you'd come over to the dark side and fence epee!!
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04-13-2005, 05:18 AM
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#6 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden
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| Very welcome!
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04-13-2005, 05:59 AM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GREECE/Piraeus
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| Hello to you!nice to met you.
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04-13-2005, 07:46 AM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middle of Nowhere, Germany
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| Thanks all! Quote: |
Originally Posted by epee1 Welcome and remember - you wouldn't have to adjust to anything if you'd come over to the dark side and fence epee!! | I tried sabre last week, actually, and I noticed that fencing sabre like a foilist works pretty well, especially with the new timings that seem to favor quick jabs. | |
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04-13-2005, 02:44 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
Posts: 715
| Yeah, another foilist! Welcome, welcome to the boards. (Don't let those eppists brainwash you  Foil is the best)
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04-13-2005, 02:50 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oregon, USA
Posts: 1,369
| dilznik,
Welcome to the board, no matter what weapon you prefer. I hope you enjoy your time with us.
BrianH
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04-13-2005, 10:34 PM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Texas
Posts: 324
| Sabre in any language is the bomb, brother. 
Welcome to the forum! I hope you fence well at the tourney.
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04-15-2005, 02:33 AM
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#12 | | Boom!
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
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| Hey there, welcome to the forum, eh?
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