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03-03-2006, 01:58 PM
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#41 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by mrbiggs That's because it was a joke. | A Musketeer joke.
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03-03-2006, 03:43 PM
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#42 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ??FC ~)---------- San Francisco, CA
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Originally Posted by Captain Hook lol
whoops sorry about the name OROD,
my only excuse was that i was laughing too much to spell correctly, your arm isn't freakish, it's a work of bodily perfection
i bet it makes epee hard though 
until now i thought only the hulk could do feats such as flicking with a steal pipe
now i know i am wrong, and am ashamed of my conduct  | Ok, I forgive you.
Just be careful next time... I've been known to crush a mans skull between my forearm and bicep for lesser offenses.
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03-03-2006, 08:25 PM
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#43 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 160
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Originally Posted by rory Are you calling the Incredible Hulk a thief?
I wouldn't do that, you wouldn't like him when he's angry. | Pah! i don't need to worry about the hulk
i'll get OROD to defend me
ORODDDDD SMASHHH! | |
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03-04-2006, 12:42 AM
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#44 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ??FC ~)---------- San Francisco, CA
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Originally Posted by Captain Hook i'll get OROD to defend me
ORODDDDD SMASHHH! | Oddly enough, that's how I felt last time I looked at my credit card bill.
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03-04-2006, 03:06 AM
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#45 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 195
| Well, if your opponents are beating your blade so hard as to almost disarm you, that sounds like they're beating more with their arm and less with their wrist. Use this to your advantage; set your tip slightly off-center (say pointing at their rear shoulder rather than their chest), and when they go to beat it, which you will see coming a mile away, disengage and lunge (or just thrust if they like to beat as they advance). I use this all the time, it's Touch City.
Also, my coach recommended to a friend and me that a good conditioning exercise for your fingers is to take a racquetball and squeeze it continuously; this will build up strength in your fingers so you can hold the foil slightly tighter without gripping it like a club. | |
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03-05-2006, 08:56 PM
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#46 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 6
| well... there already seems a host of info on what you can do but I will add my fiddy cents anyways and give you my 3 step solution:
1. do weighttraining that targets your lower arm (i.e. hold 5 or 10 pound disk in your weaponhand while resting the elbow on the knee and move your hand up and down)
2. don't cramp up your hand while fencing! Alot of beginners think they need to hold the weapon as tight and stiff as possible. That is wrong. No matter how hard you cramp your arm and hand to keep that weapon in the right spot: it is impossible from a sheer physical standpoint. rather than resisting his beat go with it which allows you to repost quicker and go into a counter attack.
3. get rid of the french, yes, it's awesome for pointcontrol but when you are competing a pistol grip will proove much more usefull. | |
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