Great actions you've done that you'll always remember?

[sallearmourer]

I remember a epee bout against Doug Varney in
Cleveland Oh. I had never been able to beat him. He needed to win to be assured of going up. The scroe was 4-4. I fleece as soon as the refree called fence. As I went bye I heard the Machine go off and with looking I knew that I won. I jumped in the air and yelled. Great bout.

Another one I will never forget was in New York.
Fencing foil I went to flecee and the duct tape on both side of the strip ripped and on the video tape you could see the strip ripped under my feet.
I went three feet in the air and landed face down on my mask. The referee at the time was Dr. Fred Rhodes he walk over to me and told me to quit laying down on the strip as it needed to be repaired and cleaned from the blood coming out of my mask. I won the bout 5-2 against a better foil fencer than me it really shooked him up see the blood. Drove the mask back into my forehead.

tim

[epeemike81]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by D'Artagnan1673:
<strong>Well I thought it was cool because no one at my club had ever done anything remotely like that. My opponent was so stunned that he sat there and watched me hit him.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">I'm sorry, but could you explain again what "anything like that." is????

I am assuming it is NOT "lunging in midair", since that would be kinda tough. if it is, then I, again, would say that I want to see that.

-m

[epeemike81]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial"><strong>I fleece as soon as the refree called fence.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">you really shouldn't fleece your opponents. its just not a nice thing to do....


I apologize for the HORRIBLE joke, but I couldn't resist!

-m

<small>[ 08-16-2002, 01:33 PM: Message edited by: epeemike81 ]</small>

[D'Artagnan1673]

Well, all I did was when I straightened my back leg, I also lifted that foot over the ground and "flew" an extra foot or so. I covered more distance than an traditional lunge, but since that initial shock, any time I've done the move I've been dead meat.

There is nothing impressive about the move itself, it was just so different from what everyone was used to that it was successful out of pure shock value.

I did that move in November of 2000. At that time, our club's competitive fencers were all gone and only relatively new and inexperienced fencers remained. When we went to our first B1 tournament, it was like stepping into a new world because none of us knew what to expect, nor could too many of us adapt to what was going on. No-one was fencing like us. Their bodies were all twisted and contorted and they were a lot faster than us. What I meant by no one had seen anything like that is that as a club, we did very little that deviated from our traditional style. Since the, we've made quite a few changes our ability to compete is much better.

[epeemike81]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by D'Artagnan1673:
<strong>Well, all I did was when I straightened my back leg, I also lifted that foot over the ground and "flew" an extra foot or so. I covered more distance than an traditional lunge, but since that initial shock, any time I've done the move I've been dead meat.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Ah. you flunged.

k

-m

[oiuyt]

Actually, he's probably describing a flying lunge (NOT a flunge). A lunge with an airborne stage to it (a lunge where at some point in time both feet are off the ground). The move is executed nearly identically to a standard explosive lunge and ends in lunge position, neither of which is true of a flunge.

-B

[Arturo]

in foil
I parried in prime, swep up and landed the 4th counter riposte with flick to the off weapon shoulder.

<small>[ 08-18-2002, 02:07 AM: Message edited by: Arturo ]</small>

[D'Artagnan1673]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by Don Badowski:
<strong>[QUOTE]Originally posted by angrylemur:
[QB]Just wondering guys.. I only have one.

Back in '97, I attended a local tournament. I was an E96 at the time. Couldn't flick, and certainly couldn't defend against it. But I was tired of being nailed on the back by those who could.

So I'm up against a guy who would take your attack in a big, sweeping prime, and chase you down the strip waiting for you to remise so he could land one on your back. I make my attack with lunge, recover forward and remise. His riposte misses. Worked enough for me to beat him 5-3. Got a great seed, and made it all the way to the final, where I ran up against a fencer (Glen Buchelle) who was not at all impressed at my ability to step in. Lost 15-2, but still earned my D.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">There you go!!! An excellent way to change the distance on a flick attack. If your opponent couldn't adapt, then that is a bad sign.