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    For Dancers:

    Durning a weekend that included two late night blues dances and two early morning tournaments, I was dreaming of both. I woke up to ask my wife, also a fencer and dancer, "can you pommel a follow?" I figure you can because I use a pistol grip in both sports. My wife only responded, "why would you want to?"

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    Thank you for that lovely dose of surrealism.
    Just because you have the right, that doesn't mean it is right.

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    Pommelling is a Group 2 offense, but might barely be justified if they were a really bad follower.





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    describe to me this pommelling of a pistol grip...

    ...and the pistol-grip equipment you use when dancing.
    Just because you have the right, that doesn't mean it is right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Epee_Pox
    describe to me this pommelling of a pistol grip...

    ...and the pistol-grip equipment you use when dancing.
    EP - You're the surrealist... just melt everything together...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Epee_Pox
    ...and the pistol-grip equipment you use when dancing.
    I've heard of dance partners being called firecrackers before, perhaps his is just a step up on the lethality scale.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chefencer
    EP - You're the surrealist... just melt everything together...

    No, no... only my political views are surreal. I am an earthy realist when it comes to dancing.
    Just because you have the right, that doesn't mean it is right.

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    My previous dance partner, in ballroom Argentine Tango, and Latin Dances
    is also in my club, fences competitively as another lefty saberist. That's pretty surreal for me. He mixes metaphors a lot. We no longer dance , his GF got jealous. Bummer.
    "The warrior-meditator's job involves clarifying and subduing one's own misunderstandings. It means overcoming fear."
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    "Let's Face it boys, I'm pooped!"-Lily von Shtup of Blazing Saddles, the movie

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    Quote Originally Posted by JasminaJ
    We no longer dance , his GF got jealous. Bummer.
    Gotta hate that eh? At least she doesn't mind you whacking him with a metre long metal stick!
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    She would if she knew I was there. He just doesn't tell her, and she doesn't like fencing-or dancing. Kind of a veggie. I'm no threat anyway, I'm seeing a great(fencer)guy. I'm a Serial monogamist.
    "The warrior-meditator's job involves clarifying and subduing one's own misunderstandings. It means overcoming fear."
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    "Let's Face it boys, I'm pooped!"-Lily von Shtup of Blazing Saddles, the movie

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    There is only one rule to follow (I'm glad my wife agrees). Dancing is dancing. Fencing is fencing. And life is life. As long as I come home with her...what happens on the dance floor stays on the dance floor...and it goes both ways.
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    Of course, the tango is hardly the official dance of the World Association of Celibates...

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