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View Poll Results: What do you fence | |
Epee
|     | 76 | 40.86% | |
Foil
|    | 49 | 26.34% | |
Sabre
|    | 33 | 17.74% | |
A little of each
|    | 28 | 15.05% | 
08-28-2005, 04:09 PM
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#1 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States
Posts: 17
| Epee, Foil, OR, Sabre
What do u fence
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why lunge when you can just flick...?
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08-28-2005, 04:12 PM
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#2 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Salisbury, UK
Posts: 59
| started with foil ..........but then discovered a real weopon EPEE!!
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08-28-2005, 04:13 PM
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#3 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hants, UK - Fence at Beauclerk Escrime, Winchfield
Posts: 95
| Started on foil aswell, but then mixed a bit of sabre into it. Wanting to try epee soon, so I said a bit of each.
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08-28-2005, 04:18 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno CA
Posts: 5,359
| I'm basically foilist, secondarily sabreuse... and if needed, I fence épée. | |
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08-28-2005, 05:34 PM
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#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ??FC ~)---------- San Francisco, CA
Posts: 2,351
| Started doing foil and epee, but then realized foil was by far the best weapon, so now I only do foil.
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08-28-2005, 07:43 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: MA
Posts: 7,520
| If it was an option, I might switch full time to epee, but I doubt it. As it is, my high school is foil only, so I only do foil. Plus, epee can get pretty dull sometimes. | |
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08-28-2005, 08:47 PM
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#7 | | Boom!
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
Posts: 5,925
| Definitely foil, although I have puttered around with the other two.
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08-28-2005, 08:54 PM
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#8 | | Boom!
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
Posts: 5,925
| Definitely foil, although I have puttered around with the other two.
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08-28-2005, 11:27 PM
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#9 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: buford GE
Posts: 25
| equally foil and epee, but only because ive yet to try sabre  | |
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08-28-2005, 11:36 PM
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#10 | | Epee fencing addict
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Glenwood, ny
Posts: 2,326
| I love epee, but I still like foil. So I guess you could call me an epeeist that dabbles in foil.
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08-29-2005, 01:05 AM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles/San Francisco
Posts: 2,005
| 99% foil, 0.99999% sabre, and 0.00001% epee.
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08-29-2005, 01:55 AM
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#12 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York
Posts: 6
| I fence foil, I'd tried saber and I hated it. Epee was OK but too slow for my taste. | |
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08-29-2005, 08:27 AM
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#13 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: US before Hong Kong now
Posts: 8
| Foil and Foil only! | |
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08-29-2005, 08:45 AM
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#14 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno CA
Posts: 5,359
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Originally Posted by Maximus I fence foil, I'd tried saber and I hated it. Epee was OK but too slow for my taste. | Hmm... at least, saber is WAY faster then épée. Though, you're right. Foil is the best, but saber gets the close second place. At least for me.  | |
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08-29-2005, 11:55 AM
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#15 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Salisbury, UK
Posts: 59
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Originally Posted by Nusy Hmm... at least, saber is WAY faster then épée. Though, you're right. Foil is the best, but saber gets the close second place. At least for me. | .....but with epee you haven't got to mess with all that silly R.O.W.
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08-29-2005, 01:11 PM
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#16 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno CA
Posts: 5,359
| Épée is for those who can't understand right of way. Or for those who don't want to understand it. | |
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08-29-2005, 02:31 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: at the lab bench
Posts: 155
| I am strictly foil, but last week I was talked into an epee bout. In my first ever epee bout I won 10-5! I still have a nasty bruise on my forearm. How do you guys deal with the pain of those arm hits?!!!!!! (yeah, I know - parry) I actually yelled "ouch" when he hit me. I'm afraid I might be lured into some epee. MUST....RESIST...
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08-29-2005, 03:28 PM
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#18 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: calgary,ab,canada
Posts: 2,418
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Originally Posted by AllisonT How do you guys deal with the pain of those arm hits?!!!!!! | we don't..we defend the arm...  | |
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08-29-2005, 05:05 PM
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#19 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Salisbury, UK
Posts: 59
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Originally Posted by AllisonT How do you guys deal with the pain of those arm hits?!!!!!! (yeah, I know - parry). | .......And a proper En Guarde position
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08-29-2005, 05:29 PM
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#20 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Jyväskylä
Posts: 3,919
| I like this Symon dude.
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