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Purple Fencer · 08-18-2005, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Bokken

Actually, as I recall, she was the fencer who kept getting her stuff stolen by everyone else. Before the day was out I think she'd lost 4 bodycords and a foil or two (all returned).
Also, when we descended upon the armorers (session 2) a certain Frenchman was making so much a hassle of himself that he was bodily picked up, thrown over a shoulder, and carried out of the room by...the gentleman who's doing the post-production work on the CDs they told us about (whose name I can't remember).

Huh....I remember her descriving pocketing stuff and then actually NOT doing so one one item because she was feelign guilty...funny either way.

And yeah...we heard about Alex getting carried out....it was Jerry Dunaway who did it.

Did we meet during session 3???

Bokken · 08-18-2005, 01:42 PM

Unfortunately no, I wasn't there. I didn't have enough vacation time for more than one session this year (next year, maybe so). I was only there for session 2 (Saber 1).

ShadyLane · 08-18-2005, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bokken

Our club's personal favorite though remains "breast cup frisbee."

(Chuckles) My club had a similar thing like that, except the instructor was showing breast cups to beginners and passed it around, and I remember some guy asking the other guy who was looking at the cups in a perverted way to throw the cups to him, "pass the breasts" or "throw me the breasts" (something like that)...LOL, I assume he didn't know what they were called and called them "breasts" and of course the whole class bursted out laughing for the next few minutes

gatorjosh · 08-19-2005, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by oiuyt

No, although I was expecting that to be the immediate next question... it never came.

-B

Im sure they still swabbed it and did whatever else they do right?

MikeHarm · 08-19-2005, 05:20 AM

Hmm this might be kinda funny. When I fence at the salle or hit the tourneys I usually am one of the guys who hangs on till the very last minute so its not uncommon for me to be heading home really late, like midnight or such.

That being the case I've had a couple times the cops saw me going down the street with my huge black 'could be carrying a body in it' fencing bag came over with their car put the lights on and had me open my fencing bag up claiming they thought I might be stealing stuff. I've always thought in such cases its best to just humor them and let them do their cop thing and get their curiousity out of their system so I've obliged.

I've been able to resist the urge to tell them not to worry because I only had my weapons in the bag so far though barely.

soundinspace · 09-09-2005, 01:36 PM

One time I was fencing a beginning fencer at a collegiate club tournament. He made a huge lunge at me from too far a distance and his shoe came flying off and I had to duck to keep the thing from hitting me in the mask (not that it would have hurt or anything). Anyway the ref and I look at his shoes and ask "where are you shoe laces?" He proceeded to claim "I don't need them." Right....

fencingfrog · 03-31-2006, 08:15 PM

about shoes...
i was at the state championships, and my coach was reffing this bout. i don't know why, but she was being fair and all. anyway, I was winning, i advance lunge, hit and immidiately retreat. very good, the light goes off, and i am on my knees with my right shoe just sitting on the strip about 4 ft infront of me.

i tripped over it and it just didnt' go with my foot... very funny, everyone, including me was laughing at it. even my coach, and she wasn't allowed to talk to me then. i think i scared my opponent, too. what kind of psycho loses thier shoe and ends up kneeling? i mean, kneeling is still only 3 pts of contact, so i got the point!!

labelle · 03-31-2006, 11:31 PM

One night some of the epeeists decided to fence with their non-dominant hand. One guy saluted with his mask by mistake. My friend, standing with her toes turned in and sticking her butt out, could barely move without falling over. Later, the aforementioned guy tried to lunge - but with both feet. Point control was atrocious, of course - it's a wonder we were able to hit each other at all!

Poulet · 04-01-2006, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by fencingfrog

i mean, kneeling is still only 3 pts of contact, so i got the point!!

Where the hell does the rulebook say anything about 3 points of contact?

Durando · 04-01-2006, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ShadyLane

IThe bus of course fills up entirely.

I moved to France with my enormous hardcase. (I just found out my otherwise well-meaning aunt binned my beautiful old Allstar bag thinking I had meant to "leave it behind." Enjoy it, whoever found it curbside in Brookline.) Which means I carry my weapons home overtly when I want to fix them over the weekend. Our salle is in an area considered at risk. During the last round of riots, there were roving patrols of CRS (the national riot police you've seen recently on CNN) all over the place looking for the Dreaded Hooded Youth.

So, I'm headed home with three épées in my large paw. Gotta buy a ticket from the distributor. Thing is there's this patrol of CRS camped out in front of the machine wearing their battle rattle. Riot helmets, batons, teargas bombs, radios, etc. They're all giving me dirty, dim looks (which is incidentally the complete emotional repetoire of the majority of this sort of public servant). So I walk up to the biggest one, hold out my weapons as if they were a bouquet, ask him if he would like to buy a flower for one of his pals. On the train I'm thinking, "Jesus, did I really just say that...." Yes, Virginia, I have seen a CRS officer smile.

Purple Fencer · 04-01-2006, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Durando

I moved to France with my enormous hardcase. (I just found out my otherwise well-meaning aunt binned my beautiful old Allstar bag thinking I had meant to "leave it behind." Enjoy it, whoever found it curbside in Brookline.) Which means I carry my weapons home overtly when I want to fix them over the weekend. Our salle is in an area considered at risk. During the last round of riots, there were roving patrols of CRS (the national riot police you've seen recently on CNN) all over the place looking for the Dreaded Hooded Youth.

So, I'm headed home with three épées in my large paw. Gotta buy a ticket from the distributor. Thing is there's this patrol of CRS camped out in front of the machine wearing their battle rattle. Riot helmets, batons, teargas bombs, radios, etc. They're all giving me dirty, dim looks (which is incidentally the complete emotional repetoire of the majority of this sort of public servant). So I walk up to the biggest one, hold out my weapons as if they were a bouquet, ask him if he would like to buy a flower for one of his pals. On the train I'm thinking, "Jesus, did I really just say that...." Yes, Virginia, I have seen a CRS officer smile.

Heh....sounds like the 'Nam war protesters putting flowers into the barrels of Army rifles in the 60s...

Durando · 04-01-2006, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Purple Fencer

Heh....sounds like the 'Nam war protesters putting flowers into the barrels of Army rifles in the 60s...

I could actually hear the gears grinding in their heads and the smoke and cobwebs shooting out of their ears as they wondered whether to hassle me or not. One of those situations where someone had to say something. And everyone was so armed. Like a scene out of Blazing Saddles.

jeff · 04-01-2006, 05:45 PM

During the early 1970s the Polish fencers that came to the Martini and Rossi Invitationals used to profit from the trip by selling off all their gear for US cash. I was a volunteer tech for the event, and it was a great way to see high level fencing and to get equipment on the cheap: like a fully wired electrical foil for $5. I stayed through the finals, bought all that I could afford, but one problem: no bag! So, I had a lot of room for myself carrying my weapons out in the open on the F-train heading home at midnight, and funny looks from the cops . To top it off, a classmate from school got on the train, already convinced I was nuts because I fenced.

Maester · 04-01-2006, 06:46 PM

Well, I dont really have a great fencing story, but I do remember seeing an Australian dude bash his head through a fence and try to lick the cop on the other side.

fencingfrog · 04-01-2006, 09:49 PM

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  Where the hell does the rulebook say anything about 3 points of contact?

you can only have 3 pts of contact w/ the floor, or theres a halt or something. but falling over is not 1, its a halt. i don't know why, but it is. my coach taught us, and she knows what she's talking about.

here's another story:
our club had a handicapped tournament today - you know, where if you fence someone better than you, you get points to start off with- and i realized after me and my friend fenced a bout, the winner fences our coach!! so we were groaning and moaning about our sure mutilation at her hands. her brother came up and said 'if the winner of your bout beats my sister, i'll pay for your prom.' we agreed, and never expected to have to take him up on that. well, i fenced my friend and won 10-3. so now im wondering how long until my death.
because of the handicaps, i start with 7 pts, her with 1 from being a girl. (i know that's sexist, but it's true.) anyway, because i only had to get 3 points, i beat her!! i was in mega shock, and i think i pissed her off, but wow! now im going to prom for free...you should have seen her brother's face...he was so amazed!

KD5MDK · 04-02-2006, 03:11 PM

If you're going to prom, you're probably not a Veteran. Why are you fencing 10 touch bouts?

D+F+P=Hadouken! · 04-02-2006, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by fencingfrog

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  Where the hell does the rulebook say anything about 3 points of contact?

you can only have 3 pts of contact w/ the floor, or theres a halt or something. but falling over is not 1, its a halt. i don't know why, but it is. my coach taught us, and she knows what she's talking about.

here's another story:
our club had a handicapped tournament today - you know, where if you fence someone better than you, you get points to start off with- and i realized after me and my friend fenced a bout, the winner fences our coach!! so we were groaning and moaning about our sure mutilation at her hands. her brother came up and said 'if the winner of your bout beats my sister, i'll pay for your prom.' we agreed, and never expected to have to take him up on that. well, i fenced my friend and won 10-3. so now im wondering how long until my death.
because of the handicaps, i start with 7 pts, her with 1 from being a girl. (i know that's sexist, but it's true.) anyway, because i only had to get 3 points, i beat her!! i was in mega shock, and i think i pissed her off, but wow! now im going to prom for free...you should have seen her brother's face...he was so amazed!

Your coach is a fool. There is no 3 points of contact rule.

larkmaj · 04-02-2006, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by fencingfrog

you can only have 3 pts of contact w/ the floor, or theres a halt or something. but falling over is not 1, its a halt. i don't know why, but it is. my coach taught us, and she knows what she's talking about.

Actually there are a few rules that your coach is wrong about. Like turning your head for a yellow card. I remember learning both from her, and then learning they were wrong...

Inquartata · 04-02-2006, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Poulet

Where the hell does the rulebook say anything about 3 points of contact?

The reference derives ultimately from t.21, where placing a hand on the strip during certain actions is sanctioned. 2 feet + 1 hand = 3 points of contact.

I think there's also a mention somewhere about one knee in addition to both feet being permissible. I'm too lazy to go look it up, though. ( It may be in the Referee's Manual rather than the Rule Book, now that I think about it. )

Much depends on WHICH points are involved, though. I doubt that one could get away with hip, elbow and foot, or head, shoulder and hand...

BC Fencer · 04-02-2006, 11:49 PM

Whoa, seems there's a suprising amount of BC fencers posting on this thread, must be our funny coach ; ) Anyway, this isn't really a funny story, but more of a funny quote said with perfect timing.
When I was back home in Scranton, Pennsylvania last summer our club held two foil tournaments on one saturday, an electric ,and a dry tournament. A few fencers from the electric tournament decided to stay for the dry and help referee and stuff. So, I had this one D. E. against a very, shall I say, "enthusiastic" young male fencer. In the middle of the bout as I was being chased down by this young fencer (only for him to land off target) my coach from the sidelines interrupts and calls halt. His shoe came untied, so we had to pause, while everyone in complete silence watched this kid tie his shoe, which he messed up once and had to re-tie, talk about pressure, haha. Anyway, right at that moment, our referee who was from Temple or something, mutters under his breath " derobement on the strip" with a sly smile. Not everyone heard it, but I couldn't help but crack up laughing. Cliche? yes, but classic nonetheless.