Lessons Fencers Could Learn from Revenge of the Sith

[courtneyp]

Plenty of lightsaber action in the new Star Wars. And I find myself musing...There's a lot of lessons that fencers could learn from this movie. So I jotted them down. Hope you find them amusing.

1. Billowy cloaks make any bout look more dramatic.
2. Decapitation may seem like an exciting way to end a bout, but usually it's a decision that'll come back to bite you.
3. Choosing a Sith Lord as your coach may seem tempting, but it's a slippery slope my friend.
4. Anger gives you focus and strength. Unfortunately it also leads to the Dark Side. But hey, it's your choice.
5. If you are bouting on a narrow metal pipe hundreds of feet above a of river molten lava...now's a very important time to remember your footwork.
6. If your opponent is a maniacal droid with four blades to your one, defense is a good strategy to start out with.
7. When swinging your weapon around complicated computer consoles in a foreign language, be careful! Random keystrokes often trigger self-destruct sequences.
8. Force Push is an effective way to maintain the proper distance. It's tricky to master though.
9. Yield to the higher ground.
10. Never underestimate a little guy. Especially not a little green one.

[Chafunkta]

How about a lesson the Jedi could learn from fencers?? FEINT - DISENGAGE. Christ, almost every one of those battles could have ended with one little disengage.

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

or a good PIL....

[esskreemr]

How about: "Don't stand in line for 4 hours to watch a movie when you can wait a few days and get right in?"

I think there is some sort of Universal Truth present there that could possibly touch every aspect of life as we know it.

[parrythis]

(sound of light saber tearing through flesh) followed by...

"I'm sorry, did you have right of way?"

[Araznal]

"Halt! Yellow card: turning your back to your opponent."

[telkanuru]

Um, guard your hand...

Seriously, if anyone else had their hand removed, I would have... um... done stuff...

Also, when lacking anything to say, fall back to the basics. "I have a bad feeling about this (tm)"

Also, don't ever EVER put your lightsabre where your mouth is

[Zelda]

Fencing on ungrounded anything is BAD!

[telkanuru]

Especially if it's melting...

[RebelFencer]

Besides the obvious: Look before you leap (if your opponent has a lightsabre). I'd say the ultimate lesson is: "Always have a backup plan."

[Zilverzmurfen]

I'd say the ultimate lesson is: "Always have a backup plan."

Yeah, or from what it sounds like when reading peoples comments on the latest Star Wars episode; a backup arm.

[Goldgar]

How about a lesson the Jedi could learn from fencers?? FEINT - DISENGAGE. Christ, almost every one of those battles could have ended with one little disengage.

Ah, the "Mask of Zorro" school of swordplay.

[Moonitic]

Plenty of lightsaber action in the new Star Wars. And I find myself musing...There's a lot of lessons that fencers could learn from this movie. So I jotted them down. Hope you find them amusing.

1. Billowy cloaks make any bout look more dramatic.
2. Decapitation may seem like an exciting way to end a bout, but usually it's a decision that'll come back to bite you.
3. Choosing a Sith Lord as your coach may seem tempting, but it's a slippery slope my friend.
4. Anger gives you focus and strength. Unfortunately it also leads to the Dark Side. But hey, it's your choice.
5. If you are bouting on a narrow metal pipe hundreds of feet above a of river molten lava...now's a very important time to remember your footwork.
6. If your opponent is a maniacal droid with four blades to your one, defense is a good strategy to start out with.
7. When swinging your weapon around complicated computer consoles in a foreign language, be careful! Random keystrokes often trigger self-destruct sequences.
8. Force Push is an effective way to maintain the proper distance. It's tricky to master though.
9. Yield to the higher ground.
10. Never underestimate a little guy. Especially not a little green one.

The Dark Side isn't a bad place to be. We have cookies.

[Fencergrl]

The Dark Side isn't a bad place to be. We have cookies.

I know I get cookies from the dark side everytime I go on the Internet

[Moonitic]

Ok, must state WHY I wrote that...

A dear friend of mine in the stage combat troupe had an email signature that he snagged from a bumper sticker once upon a time. It said, "Come to the Dark Side...we have cookies!" It struck us all as funny, & became our unofficial tagline. When I "retired" from fencing, people teased me for "going to the Dark Side." I'd reply that I went because (you guessed it) they had cookies.

And now you know.

Note to self: Make a batch of cookies for my fellow bad guys in the King Arthur show.

[lefty_monster]

You guys have COOKIES?? Where do i sign up? Am i gonna get in trouble with the law if i make myself a tee shirt that has moonitic's saying on it?

Seriously, the only time that i saw anything resembling our fencing was when they were fighting on the melting pole. They had something like an en garde going. Otherwise, it was just fighting.

But then again, their style is going to be different because we don't fence to kill. Well, most of the time, anyway. Well, at least we apologise when we hurt the other person. Wouldn't that have brought the rating back down to PG? "I'm sorry i just cut your arm off." "That's ok. I didn't quite parry in time." "So i guess that's my touch?" "Yep."

[InweCiryatan]

Never leave your fencing coach behind on a disintegrating space ship. You might need to betray him later by switching clubs.

[esskreemr]

When I "retired" from fencing, people teased me for "going to the Dark Side." I'd reply that I went because (you guessed it) they had cookies.

Mooni, come back! We have ice cream and chocolate....

[Moonitic]

Mooni, come back! We have ice cream and chocolate....

ahh...but I GET money by doing stage combat. I PAY money by fencing. Money talks...lol

[Maeve_Mari]

ahh...but I GET money by doing stage combat. I PAY money by fencing. Money talks...lol

Ah, but true love knows no hunger.