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05-20-2006, 08:07 PM
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| Start with foil or (maybe) sabre. I think it is best to learn the basics with foil then move on to other weapons if you want.
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05-22-2006, 06:37 PM
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#62 | | Senior Member
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| poking the bear
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Originally Posted by erooMynohtnA Besides, if any weapon is an old man's weapon, it's foil. I look forward to fencing it very lethargically once I'm old and fat. | As an example of the randomness of epee, the winner of the 1974 epee nationals (in New York) didn't make it out of the first round in the 1975 epee nationals (in Los Angeles). More of a lottery. Foil and saber are at least more predictable.
Yes, epee fencers work hard. I'm just poking the bear.
I've never seen anyone fence foil lethargically. And I AM old and fat. 
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05-23-2006, 03:09 AM
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#63 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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Originally Posted by theLuz Yes, epee fencers work hard.
| Where is this happening?
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05-23-2006, 10:17 AM
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#64 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Where is this happening? | Anywhere where there is épée, old man.
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05-23-2006, 10:26 AM
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#65 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Bah. In Zmurf World, maybe. 
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05-23-2006, 11:12 AM
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#66 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Bah. In Zmurf World, maybe. | Is there any other..? 
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05-23-2006, 01:22 PM
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#67 | | Fencing Expert
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Originally Posted by theLuz I'm just poking the bear. | The bear poking back might point out that that means that epeeists can't just rest on their laurels and claim enough reputation touches that they reachieve "greatness". They need to work harder to remain on top.
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05-23-2006, 01:44 PM
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#68 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by oiuyt The bear poking back might point out that that means that epeeists can't just rest on their laurels and claim enough reputation touches that they reachieve "greatness". They need to work harder to remain on top.
-B | I don't have the patience to fence epee well. You guys just wait around too much. I want to kill something. When Joe Elliot won the US Nationals in Epee, he was training for foil. I see that a great deal and never the other way around. (poke, poke)
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