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latenight · 10-16-2000, 11:11 AM

While at the NAC in North Carolina, I heard many interesting and odd yells during the bouts. Do you guys do this? What do you yell? The best I heard was this guy who would yell FIYAAAAAAAA! every touch. It was extremely funny.

Christopher J Umbs · 10-16-2000, 11:14 AM

On occasion I'll let out an 'eh-pah' after a hit, left over from my sporting days. In rapier I'll let out the occasional 'hai' when delivering a cut, left over from kempo.

Chris

tsalyards · 10-16-2000, 11:40 AM

Yea, "eh-pah" has always been a sore one for me. Hate it. What especially bugs me is English speaking people yelling things in foreign languages after a touch (or non-touch, which yellers do just as frequently). My personal favorite, however has always been "You're my *****!"

-Tad

darius · 10-16-2000, 12:18 PM

Andras Horanyi, whose skill in fencing is inversely proportional to his age and size, makes a high-pitched "WAAAZZZZUUPPPP..." sound very akin to the Bud commercials.

I shouldn't laugh, since he could hand me my *** on a silver platter, but...

darius

Lordy · 10-16-2000, 04:26 PM

Personally, I'm partial to "Huzzaahh!" It's a solid war cry with a lot of potential if you project well. :0
+Lordy

Shadow Fencer · 10-16-2000, 05:49 PM

Years ago, the yell sounded something on the order of HEY-LA, with a 2 second "LA". I found myself just screaming last week, with a high pitched AHHHHHH followed by hysterical laughter following an attack. I know that when I start competition again, the body willing, that I need to somehow keep myself under control?

Moonitic · 10-16-2000, 06:16 PM

I'm pretty quite. An occasional "yessss" will be muttered, but other than that, I'm quiet...

Unless, of course, I'm fencing one particular woman, then I look at her & say, "I'M the slayer..." That kills her every time.

FencerInUS · 10-16-2000, 10:08 PM

Most of the time for me it's a "GAAAAHHHHH!!!!" after a missed touch. Or a "COME ON!" again, after a missed touch

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Cyrano11 · 10-17-2000, 05:00 AM

Heyta All
I am sorry to admit that I often yell (but almost never on a white light)!
I am not sure what I yell but it is often LOUD! (It's the adrenaline, once it starts coursingb through my veins I am too focussed on the fencing to care over much about what my mouth is doing LOL! Thi is especially true when fencing a yeller: I believe it is often done to intimidate and I will NOT be intimidated.)
My most embarrassing moment was when I was fencing epee (I am a foilist) against a very loud yelling and somewhat pushy/obnoxious British fencer. It was a team event and he was their number 1 fncer! In my bout against him I beat him 8-3 or something ands in winning the last point I yelled so loud (in retaliation to his shouts and complaints throughout the bout) that I HURT MY BACK and had to lie very still for 10 minutes ;-) LOL

flik · 10-17-2000, 05:14 AM

My team and I were discussing this at a recent tourny. "eh-tah" (He commands it (?)) was a popular one. The best that came out of the discussion had to be: "if you had balls, they'd be here!" anyone know some obscure, gutteral language that you could translate that into?

Zelda · 10-17-2000, 05:25 AM

flik... how about pig latin?
Personally I mutter rather then yell, Epeeists are the worst for yelling. I read somewhere that there is a special school for them to learn how to do it!

Dragoneye · 10-17-2000, 05:24 PM

I think the current favourite around our club (at least for us noisy epeeists

) would have to be "who's your daddy!?". Second to that would be when the opposite person gets the next hit and yells "who's YOUR daddy!?". Some stunning variation, I know.

As for me, whenever I miss hit that I think I should have had it's:

"GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH" followed by me banging my mask with my bell

Cheers,

Dragoneye.

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Stryder · 10-18-2000, 05:46 AM

All of you are ordered to forgoe yelling until you come up with something better.

On a more serious note, to beginners: yelling is important. Voice gives you energy. Ask any coach who has students in the top 16 of anything and they will tell you the same.

scarlet_woman156k · 10-18-2000, 08:24 AM

I'm a big-time yeller. I'm the only one who seems to be vocal at the club (actually, now that I think about it, I might very well be the only one), and they think I'm yelling because I'm in pain. I never yell when I get a point, but when I know they have gotten the touch it is a loud yell of disapproval at myself...and they take it as I've been hurt. Yeah...OK. I've had one guy actually ask me, "You've got your 'thingies' in, don't ya?" YES! Am I a complete idiot or something?!?! OK, I've gotten off track.

Conclusion: I yell when my opponent gets the touch.

scarlet.

MHS Fencer · 10-18-2000, 12:33 PM

For the longest time I hated people who yelled, up until the point that I started. Mainly I stick to guttural sounds like "OPAH!" or "AYHYA!" but every once in a while I dabble with other things. I think that my favorite cry was "JEANJACQUESROSSEAU!" closely followed by "ROBESPIERRE!" but they're rather difficult to do because you start to think about what your going to yell instead of getting the touch.

-A crazy, snotty teenager

Clean Touch · 10-18-2000, 12:33 PM

Way back in the day I think people used to yell "et la!" (pronounced AY-LAH), french for "and there!" It's my favorite, although on particularly exhubriant touches it sometimes comes out "HAY-laaaaaa!" with a trailing "laaaa" at the end. "zoooOOOO-PAH!" works for me, too.

The wierdest one I've ever heard was "BREE-aaahh!". Not so much intimidating as just plain noisy.

The BEST cry I ever heard was from an old man (65? 70?) who consented to fence with me and proceeded tpo mop the floor with my scrawny butt. A few deft moves followed by an easy touch with a gentle "zoop!", chuckling all the way back to the on-guard line.

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Moonitic · 10-18-2000, 01:24 PM

I dunno...I think I like being silent but deadly. If they don't know what you're thinking, it can be unnerving...

I like that.

Gav · 10-19-2000, 06:01 AM

Don't yell much.

If I've had dinner before the club I can belch quite loudly rather than yell.

If things get tense I start yelling AAAAAARRGH. But I'm usually at my best when I'm quiet and focused.

"AY-LAH" or "LAH" seem quite popular round here.

SteveMcDonough · 10-20-2000, 02:34 AM

Perhaps it's just cause i'm crap, but when i'm fencing, the only noises i ever make are :

"Ouch!",
"QuitIt!"
"Hey!"
and my all time fave..
"Oh, no, Not again!"

I think fencing is a self teaching sport:
The more you get jabbed, the more determined you are to get better.
Aversion therapy works the same way.

I need more practice... Ribs Blue.
haha!

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Mr_Foilist · 10-20-2000, 08:18 AM

One of the weirdest yells I've ever heard came from a fencer in my division (Long Island). He would start out with the usual eh-pah but, if he was fleching or just running past you after landing a touch with a lunge he'd continue adding pah's until he stopped running. So, the yell would sound like eh-pah-pah-pah-pah-pah-pah-pah-pah-pah.....and so on.

My personal favorite has to be "Eat it." If I get the next touch, I like to follow it up with, "You want ketchup (sometimes I say fries) with that?"

[This message has been edited by Mr_Foilist (edited 10-20-2000).]