Ouch!

Hehe Yup. You guessed it (or maybe not). I just finished (well, a few days ago) my first fencing lesson!! Yay! It was so much fun! I had a blast! But ouch! LoL My inner thighs and muscles are sour!! But, I had such a blast! I'm taking them once a week >.> I can't wait for my next lesson! The teacher taught us (a friend and I) the "basics". We practiced standing correctly and all that.. @_@ --er Yea! Just had to say I loooove fencing and can't wait to keep working at it! Ouuuu... but those lunges... oh jeeze. My legs were quivering when we had to lung and get ready postion and all that! LoL But.. yea! Talk to ya guys later! Ps- any helpful tips?

[Rapier9mm]

Toughen up & get used to it, theres more where that came from....
dont worry u will get used to it after not too long

[darius]

...and then you'll do all sorts of other things to make yourself sore.

darius

[belligerent_sorceress]

make sure you're always in correct form- it helps a lot. once you start in on footwork, try to stay light on your feet. i've been fencing for 6 months and i still get sore after workouts. always stretch properly before and after you work out.

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Melissa
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"You can beat me, you can bind me, but you can't touch me!

[Lumberg]

Practice what you learn at home.

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Lumberg.
"...yeah...did you get the memo about the TPS reports?"

[HilandDoug]

After fencing for 20 years as a righty, I am now learning to fence left handed due to a nagging fencing elbow problem... After 2 1/2 hours of left handed footwork & bladework on Monday, I am sore! Different muscles on the left, that are strengthened on the right side, are groaning at me! So I guess I can relate to the beginners again.

LoL Thanks guys. Though I wasn't as sore as I thought I'd be. Yes, I am practicing at home I'm practicing keeping my footing right when I move and stuff... But, I'm awaiting the days till my next lesson! Thanks everyone!

[epeetaph]

Hey, you just wait until your right arm's muscles are bigger than your lefts, and your right leg muscles are likewise, it's almost funny, but that's what happens, so if you don't want to be "lop-sided" try doing more things with your left...haha, you will see what I am talking about!



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"Pain is just weakness leaving your body."

[Papa Blue]

If you are just starting - my best advice is to quit - you have entered the world of sick unwanted sports... J/K the world is a beautiful place but unless you have access to a major fencing center you might be better off sticking with those "magic the gathering" cards ...

Sport fencing is nothing like "real" swordplay any attempt for you to pretend like it is, will only result in a candy striped back from those simians with illegal leon paul/Chinese blades

Who is your coach?

Papa

[alessandro]

I've been fencing for almost 9 years, and somethimes i still feel sore, so it's kind of an every day thing.
Try to stretch every muscle before your lessons, and try to take more lessons, not just once a week.
Good Luck!
And welcome to the beautiful Fencing World!!
-AleX

Hello! I forgot the name of my coach >.> LoL Sorry! But yea, I wish I could do it more than once a week. My mom says that if I like it, we'll see. Plus, the club is open almost everynight, so I can go on club nights, and just practice.

[Zeke]

I second the ouch. I just got back from my first fencing practice since mid-December. (I fence at college.) All those tiny muscles that got nearly a month off are not too happy about being pressed back into service. My legs are fine, because I could do footwork at home over break, but oww, my sword arm. Its not used to being held up and extended and relaxed that much.

[This message has been edited by Zeke (edited 01-11-2001).]

[belligerent_sorceress]

The alumni of my fencing team who are now in college had come to our practices over winter break so that they wouldn't get out of shape.

FencingQueen- I wanted to fence more than once a week for so long. I took a continuing education course that met every Monday and once the fencing season started with practice every day, I was in heaven.

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Melissa

"You can beat me, you can bind me, but you can't touch me!

[Rapier9mm]

well i'm back into training next week, after a lovely summer break, but i been roller blading 15km once a week & taken my training foil with me as a weight for my weapon arm [which is a broken foil with 3 other broken blades on it]
so hopefully i'm not too out of shape