05-18-2006, 12:57 AM
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#1 | | Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: oregon
Posts: 51
| Introducing myself
Hello to everyone..
I've been fencing for a little over a year at the local college, usually a class of 12 or less wich is really nice..
I just turned 37 but better to start later than never..
I started out fencing right handed but had problems with one of my knees and didnt want to quit so I tried it left handed... luckily it was early enough to where I never really learned anything right handed, now fencing left handed feels totally natural.
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05-18-2006, 01:12 AM
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#2 | | Question Game Queen
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Southern Canadia
Posts: 15,601
| Good for you for not giving up! I too am a righty who often fences lefty because of health problems. It can be weird, but as you've seen, doesn't really take all that long to get used to.
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05-18-2006, 01:41 AM
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#3 | | Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: oregon
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Originally Posted by Go? Fencing? Good for you for not giving up! I too am a righty who often fences lefty because of health problems. It can be weird, but as you've seen, doesn't really take all that long to get used to.
Welcome to the forum! | thanks for the welcome..
a couple weeks after I made the switch my knee quit bothering me and hasn't bothered me since..
I'm glad it worked out the way it did... its great being a monkey wrench.. 
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05-18-2006, 02:12 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Santa Ana ,CA
Posts: 262
| Welcome ntjst4sprt! From a lefty saberist!
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05-18-2006, 04:42 AM
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#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles
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| Welcome. I'm a righty, but since one of the quirks of the Italian grip is that it's ambidexterous, I dabble in lefty a bit. My footwork is actually better as a lefty. 
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05-18-2006, 04:48 AM
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#6 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden
Posts: 12,759
| Oooh, another leftie. Very welcome!
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05-18-2006, 06:12 AM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GREECE/Piraeus
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| Wellcome!!!
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05-18-2006, 11:48 AM
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#8 | | Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: oregon
Posts: 51
| thanks, and wow at all the lefties....
our classes are always small so it was a year before I got to fence another lefty.....
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05-18-2006, 12:16 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Under the sea
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| And meet another lefty. Welcome, btw.
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05-18-2006, 08:47 PM
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#10 | | Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: oregon
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Originally Posted by D'Art And meet another lefty. Welcome, btw. | the more the merrier......  :
I've only fenced one lefty before but found it easier to stay out of trouble..
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05-19-2006, 12:18 AM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Amsterdam New York
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| Oddly I just fenced left handed for the first time the other day at one of my clubs practices. No real reason for it though.
My body was so confused...... | |
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05-19-2006, 10:59 AM
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#12 | | Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: oregon
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Originally Posted by TitanHawk Oddly I just fenced left handed for the first time the other day at one of my clubs practices. No real reason for it though.
My body was so confused...... | I know the feeling... I tried going back to fencing right handed a while ago just to see how awkward it would feel.. It didnt take me long to go back to being a lefty...
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05-19-2006, 02:18 PM
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#13 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cougar Country
Posts: 8,916
| Welcome! Enjoy the forum and fencing.
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05-27-2006, 02:08 PM
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#14 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
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| Welcome from one lefty to another. | |
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