I don't know anyone!

[Moonitic]

I'm 28, & have been fencing at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, MI for what will be 8 years in February. I helped form what would later become the Schoolcraft College Fencing Club, & served as the first president. My only weapon is foil, but once a long time ago they talked me into fencing epee at a division tournament. My coach said that I could try sabre once I get back.

Where did I run into a fencer? The hospital. He was the doctor who performed my amniocentisis recently. It turns out he fenced for four years with Princeton.

At my high school reunion, the husband of a friend ran up to me & begged me for information about fencing. I think we're going to have one, if not two (his wife) new & very eager faces this next semester, Doug. I told him what a great place SC was for beginners. Now that we have Jim & the Maestro, it's even a great place for the more advanced fencers!

[tinasam]

Hello Matt
I am Tina, from Georgia. I fenced for about a month or two in the summer and had to break from learning all of a sudden. I play to resume at the start of next year and look forward to meeting everyone at a tourney.
I am female, 32 now, and very medieval minded. I am also pagan and have found that my use of wands and the use of swords kinda led me into fencing. Plus the ever want of a real joust...sigh, but I digress....

[mejci]

G'day matt,

My name is melissa though my freinds call me Mel, Well i like live on the other side of the world, in a completely different hemisphere and continent to you. This place is known as the land of Oz also called Australia, i have been fencing since i was 11 so thats about 6 almost 7 years now and my primary weapon is foil well i gtg 'cause i like have to find stuff on galileo and projectile motion for my physiscs assessment on monday, oh the humanity <img src="graemlins/blah.gif" border="0" alt="[Blah]" />

See-ya

MEL <img src="graemlins/jester.gif" border="0" alt="[Jester]" />

[Zelda]

hey mejci,
Where bouts in Oz you from? Do you do national circut?
Z

[mejci]

zelda,
well i live on the good old part of western sydney Parramatta to be exact, i did the national circuit a bit but know that i am like in my final yr of skool i like have ot kind give it a break for a while

MEL

[Zelda]

bugger. did you do any circut this year? I was at Melbourne, Adelaide and Brissy before I left for London.

[Pierfrancesco]

you were in adelaide? cool, i'm from adelaide.
that would have been the DH Mackenzie?
i'm looking forward to that next year.
I've never been in any comps, hopefully i'll get into it next year. start small, work my way up

[Zelda]

Peir, Yup I was at the DH MAc. I was the Smuck who lost 13-14 in extra time in the 16 of womens foil. I was also the one yelling at the Womens sabre on the Monday wearing the bright blue jacket.

[Swordsman]

Hey, Mac. Everybody else is calling you Matt, so I guess I'll call you Mac. I'm sixteen, used to live in North Dakota (Wow I miss that place), and I'm not telling where I live now, or my real name. Not paranoia, I'm just crazy like that. I have about three years' fencing behind me, but haven't crossed blades for the past six months. It's driving me mad. I also do a lot of running, and love the cold. And wow, this is starting to sound like a personal ad, so I'll quit here.

[Sildar]

As long as we're all introducing ourselves...
I'm an androgynous 537 year-old and I'm originally from beta reticuli. I now roam the sewer systems of major cities and occasionally frequent enormous undiscovered natural caverns as well. I started fencing three days after hatching because I was chosen to avenge the destruction of my homeworld at the hands of the Nebulons.
I'm a single, 12' 4" (when standing on my hindmost legs) non-smoking, easygoing life-form who likes animals and women who like the outdoors and who are attracted to creatures with no eyes. Please call if I sound like the one for you.

Welcome to fencing, Matt. Ditto the above; you'll know most of the fencers in your area after going to just a few tournaments. And though there are a few bad apples, fencers are mostly some of the best people--err, beings--you could hope to meet.

[Pierfrancesco]

zelda - i wasn't actually there, that was before i caught the fencing bug =)

but at least adelaide has one big event! i went to watch at the state championships (which i thought would be reasonably big) but practically no one turned up (fencers that is)...... hmm guess we need some better promotion!!

[Zelda]

Pier, I gaurntee people NEVER turn up to state champs. It will always be the usual suspects.

[mejci]

If you think state champs are bad and nobody turns up u should have seen the sydney World Cup i mean besides the officials and fencers competing there were like 3 spectators. Myself, my friend and this other guy that new someone fencing that was fencing

[Pierfrancesco]

so it would be fair to say, fencing needs a bit more promotion in this country

[Zelda]

Pier, U done there dreaming boy?? It aint gonna happen!

[Mergs]

Back to the topic at hand,

Age: 47, live in Clear Lake, Texas
Occupation: Engineer, Army Reservist
Current Club: Galveston Fencing Club
Coach: Mauro Hamza
Started fencing, Jan 1982
Weapons: Foil, Epee, 105mm, 14.7mm, 7.62mm, 5.56mm and 9mm, rapier & dagger, 1862 wrist breaker and lance.
Places fenced: Ft. Knox, Dallas, Houston, Tuzla BiH, Galveston
Coach (Coaches college Foil II and Epee I), armorer and competitor

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[Pierfrancesco]

well its nice to dream though isn't it

[Libbella]

Hi,Matt.I'm new here too and I don't know anyone either.So - don't worry,you're not alone.