04-04-2006, 04:44 PM
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| You know you're a fencer when...part 3
alright people. i hope someone responds to this and i think loads of people will, but anyway, my friend came up with a whole bunch of new "you know you're a fencer when..." ideas, and im here to post them for her.
YKYAFW...
-you try to zip up a normal jacket on your non dominant side
-you always reach into your back non dominant pocket for stuff
-(girls only) you go to put on a chest protector instead of a bra in the morning
-you think it's normal to be attached to live wires and be holding a long metal object!
-you salute to your friends instead of wave to them | 
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04-04-2006, 04:50 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas
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| This happened just last night at practice. You know you're a fencer when someone says: "Your zipper's down" and you look over at your shoulder, not down.
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04-04-2006, 04:51 PM
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| You always try to shake people's left hand with your left hand (if you're right handed) | |
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04-04-2006, 04:55 PM
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| Instead of having a left and a right leg, you have front and rear ones.
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04-04-2006, 04:56 PM
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| and weapon and non-weapon arms! | |
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04-04-2006, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by RITFencing Instead of having a left and a right leg, you have front and rear ones. | God... I was trying to explain my injury to a specialist and said that... when he asked if my rear leg was my left or right I just stared at him a few seconds as I tried to figure it out.
You know you're a fencer when days of the week are no longer Monday, Tuesday etc... but named by the club, weapon or fencing related activity or all of the above when you talk to your husband. Such as "What day is it?" "It's coaching epee at ***** club day".
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04-04-2006, 05:22 PM
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| Add another member to the "right hander that now shakes with left hand" crowd.
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04-04-2006, 06:50 PM
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| Suddenly every helmet turns into a mask: i.e. Lance Armstrong wears a bike mask.
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04-04-2006, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by fencingfrog -you always reach into your back non dominant pocket for stuff
-(girls only) you go to put on a chest protector instead of a bra in the morning | -which is encouraged because i do put stuff there, even in jeans.
-not quite. but i have worn one between a sweatshirt and a t-shirt. the halls at my school can get rough, and elbows can hurt.
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04-04-2006, 07:12 PM
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| You cringe when someone refers to a foil/epee/sabre as a "sword" | |
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04-04-2006, 07:30 PM
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You cringe when someone refers to a foil/epee/sabre as a "sword"
| ug that is sooo true. i hate that! | |
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04-04-2006, 07:34 PM
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| Whenever you're presented with a task that carries a risk of injury, you do it readily with your non-weapon arm.
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04-04-2006, 08:37 PM
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| -when you have to take a big step, you lunge instead.
-start seeing the shadow of mesh even when you are not wearing a mask | |
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04-04-2006, 08:41 PM
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| o and
-you bounce a lot when you walk | |
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04-04-2006, 08:51 PM
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04-04-2006, 10:07 PM
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| when you start walking in an on guard position.
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04-04-2006, 10:14 PM
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| -When a cop hands you a speeding ticket and you say you want to "appeal to the bout committee!"  | |
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04-04-2006, 10:23 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brevard, NC
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| You know your a fencer when you start to swap licks with a sibling and come on gaurd- and start parying and lunging with the punches! If I ever get in a fistfight I'd better just run!
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04-04-2006, 11:15 PM
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| You know you are a fencing family when....
You know your a fencing family when....
You are running practice and the entire class breaks up laughing because your 16 month old is behind you doing lunges when you call lunge...
and she has better form than some of them...
Your daughter prefers lexan masks so she can see mommy when mommy gives lessons...
She manages to put on one of the plastic beepie masks...without help....
At tournaments she you have to be carefull cause she goes around picking up weapons lying on the strips to put them away in the bag cause weapons dont belong on the floor...
You say halt at home when she goes running off...
and she stops dead in her tracks
I am in sooo much trouble in a couple of years.... | |
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04-04-2006, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Rick Shellhouse You know your a fencing family when....
You are running practice and the entire class breaks up laughing because your 16 month old is behind you doing lunges when you call lunge...
and she has better form than some of them...
Your daughter prefers lexan masks so she can see mommy when mommy gives lessons...
She manages to put on one of the plastic beepie masks...without help....
At tournaments she you have to be carefull cause she goes around picking up weapons lying on the strips to put them away in the bag cause weapons dont belong on the floor...
You say halt at home when she goes running off...
and she stops dead in her tracks
I am in sooo much trouble in a couple of years.... | I'd say you're in trouble NOW, Rick!
YKYAFW...you approach a felow fencer and instead of saying HI or shaking hands, you raise your weapon arm, index finger extended, perform a decieving action and finish with a disengage to his target area..
and he does a parry/riposte! | |
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