Are you "Heavy handed" ?

[LUDICROUS]

As the title says, do you fence heavy handed? In other words do you hit hard, or draw your arm back like your punching, or in sabre do you pull out the Hammer of Thor head swing?

I don't (AFAIK). Never had a comment that I've hit someone really hard (Unless i'm attacking and they move forward into it, stuff like that which I'm not really going to do much about).


Edit: Just voted sometimes. Sigh, vote as you see fit.

[ReverseLunge]

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[VELISARIOS]

Sometimes....................

[Furry]

In the rec tournaments that I started with we got carded if we hit even close to too hard. Trained us out of hitting hard very quickly.

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

Better too hard than too soft. I tend to hit rather firmly, but not out of malice or whatever have you.

[Pauli]

Not often enough.
In other words, I tend to be too carefull - for whatever reason.......

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

Not often enough.
In other words, I tend to be too carefull - for whatever reason.......

FIGHT LIKE TIGER!

[Li'l Bebe]

I know a girl who is so incredibly heavy-handed (and slightly larger build) her nick-name is "rhino" (she'd even paw at the ground on the on-guard....not fun.) My bell-guard is almost bent in half at one place because it took a full hit from her. Talk about some sweet bruises and gashes coming from her. However, her heavy-handedness is her downfall, and victories are always more sweet, for it is "brain-against-brawn."

[Katman]

No. I'm a little guy. If I had the gall to be heavy handed I'd have a bigger opponent swat me off strip some day.

That being said; I'm certainly not "too careful."

[bmcfencer]

I have been known to return blows with undue force against people who have hit me with undue force. Okay, and when I was a newbie one of my friends had a huge bruise on his forearm that was completely my fault. Perhaps this is why he's so good at retreating now.

I think sometimes I hit harder because I'm small and fencing men. Napoleonic complex and all that.

[Army Fencer]

Depends on if I like the guy.

[Mr Epee]

Depends on if I like the guy.

Yeah, don't ask - Don't tell.

I'm not sure I've every hit anyone hard in my life.
I'm more of a quite scoreboard pointer.

That said, a few crazy souls have hit themselves incredibly hard with my weapon.

[glowstix]

That said, a few crazy souls have hit themselves incredibly hard with my weapon.

always the best way to go.. btw, i never hit hard as far as i'm concerned.

[parrythis]

It depends a lot on my opponent. If I am facing someone that fences with finesse, I will do my best to keep my game light and polite. If I am facing an aggressive, heavy-handed opponent, I am willing to play that game too.

[JackOfHearts]

I think I'm pretty even handed. Not too hard or soft. I haven't had any complaints either way. Though I can give as good as I take.

[cmedalis]

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That said, a few crazy souls have hit themselves incredibly hard with my weapon.

haha Right on! I've been known to leave the point in the general vicinity of an opponent trying to fleche. They learned very quickly that it wasn't such a good idea!

We have a somewhat ham-handed fencer in one of my clubs, but in later stages of a competition, when he starts getting tired, he starts sitting low in guard, making tight blade actions, and fast, sharp parries with smooth soft ripostes....only he doesn't move much at all.
Now if we could just get the action at the end to have the energy of the beggining.!!!!

But I digress... I try to avoid hitting any harder than needed to set off the lights, I've still got at least 20 greenish bruise marks from the past 2 weeks of competition/practices.... beginners.....*sigh*

[Black Jeebus]

I've certainly never hit hard enough to hurt me!

[telkanuru]

The typical comment you'd get from anyone in my club if you complained about being hit too hard would probly be "Well, you should have parried..."

[JackOfHearts]

The typical comment you'd get from anyone in my club if you complained about being hit too hard would probly be "Well, you should have parried..."

Very good advice there.

[Inquartata]

Depends on my opponent's perceptions, I guess, or maybe on his pain threshhold. I get occasional complaints from one guy in particular, but no one else ever seems to find me particularly hard-hitting. Maybe they just don't say anything. Still, I prefer to believe that the best answer is "no". An uncertain, qualified "no"...