What was your finest moment in fencing?

[Zilverzmurfen]

Hmm...

My quote doesn't show?

//Zz

[Zilverzmurfen]

Ooops, pardonnez-moi...

//Zz *blonde*

[D'Artagnan1673]

It seems to me that a lot of computer people end up into fencing.

[counter riposte]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by D'Artagnan1673:
<strong>It seems to me that a lot of computer people end up into fencing.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">So do dancers. (Take up ballet yet?)

[The Crazy Wacker]

Ummm I beat one of the teacher guys 2-5 in a practice bout. Beat an older Fencer 3-5... I did this really cool parry one time, kinda like a umm (all thought just leaft my head) the one where you block attacks from your head, i did one of those.. PREME! i did one of those while going really low (crouching) and did a fast reposte to the torso

[edew]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by Zilverzmurfen:
<strong>My finest moment up until now was just a few weeks ago.

[...]My weapon is epée but I was asked if I wanted to join the womens sabre event, due to lack of competing nations.[...]
//Zz </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">See the real tough thing for Zz that made it the finest fencing moment is that Zz is male!

[Inquartata]

Surely that doesn't matter in Sweden... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

[135711]

i could probably win a gold medal in a few years, then it would be my finest moment.

[Zilverzmurfen]

What made you think I was male?!

// Zz

[big poppa]

My greatest moment was about 11 years ago when i was thinking about quiting the sport. Not mush waas going right for me then and i felt I had a good run now it was time to try somthing new( my fencing hadn't improved and i wasn't winning) it was at a major tournament in Columbus , ohio I made the simi finals in a very good performace then I met a Guy from Serbia( former Yugo land) Named Marco we had fenced before and couldn't handle him. He beat me 5-3 the first bout I got him 5-3 in the second bout which was one of my greatest battles, I worked his a-- like a job. He got me in the third but , I no longer feared him and at that moment , the second bout I leared this: I am a fencer win lose whatever this is what I am and I so glad . I have never thought again about quiting. Long as I can put on the whites and stand on guard.

[Inquartata]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by Zilverzmurfen:
<strong>What made you think I was male?!

// Zz</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">He was joking. So was I. No insult intended.

[Miguelito]

Undoubtedly my finest moment thus far in my fencing career was in an epee bout last year. He went for my foot. Maintaining balance I raised my foot for a "milli-moment", happened to land it on top of his blade trapping it and quickly nailed him in the upper chest before the halt. Hella sweet. He didn't try more foot touches that bout. (A bit of context he's a B rated epeeist, I had just earned my D.)

Miguel

[Inquartata]

I once had an opponent's epee miss my knee and go between my legs, where I trapped it with a demivolte long enough to nail him. He screamed bloody murder, and the director threw it out. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

[Sabresque]

My best fencing moment in my pre-sabre days was the first time I won my first DE. I was ecstatic, jumping up and down, hugging random people ect.

Once I switched to sabre, one of my best moments was when I went an NAC not expecting to do better than top 16 or so, and getting bronze. That was the coolest experience in the world. I was so busy running around and jumping up and down in front of my coach and hugging my friends, I didn't realize they had called my name to get the medal.

I was also very proud to get 3rd in a men's competition with quite a few good mens sabrists.

<small>[ 07-26-2002, 05:43 PM: Message edited by: Sabresque ]</small>

[D'Artagnan1673]

I guess the finest point I ever fenced was in Epee when my opponent went for my knee. I lept back out of reach of his epee and I hit him nicely on the lower forearm as he persued my knee.

[Sciurus Rex]

On my opponent's prep for a flick attack, I scored a touch on his pinky.
Life is filled with fine moments like that. It's hard to rank one of them as the best.

[peircer]

Finest Moment? Probably loosing to Mike McCahey by only one point because of a bad ref call. *sniff* *sniff* My first ex-olympian...

[Jenn]

First, let me point out that in my tournament career, I have made it to the second round of D.E.s only twice. The first time was waaay back when I fenced women's foil. The second time (this is where it pertains to the topic) was actually in Summer Nationals a couple of years ago. I surprised my coach, my parents, my friends, myself and, most of all, my opponent who was royally pissed at being defeated (rather easily, too) by the chick who was seeded nearly at the bottom of the list. Yay me!