10 ways to tell your fencing someone better then you.

[veeco]

28. Your opponent imitates a different animal posture before scoring each touch of the bout

[Sildar]

29. Your opponent's coach looks at you, scoffs, and declines to give their students any strategic advice before the bout.

or worse
30. Your opponent and their coach spend the one minute break in the DEs planning their strategy for the next opponent after you.

But boy, nothing is more satisfying than the look on the coach's face if you beat the guy.

[Jeeves]

31) Your opponent leaves his weapon pointed at the floor until you lunge, then parries and scores from a flat footed stance with both feet pointed toward you and his back hand in his back pocket.

[D'Artagnan1673]

When you score 10 of your 15 touches from the fleche alone. You'd think he'd figure out what I was going to do and actually react.

[Ben[PrFC]]

When your opponant, who is friends with your coach, walks up to him before the bout and asks if you're his student. He then says "I am going to beat him 15 to..4, and use 15 different actions"
Then proceeds to do so.
Heh.

[D'Artagnan1673]

I guess he knew something that you didn't <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

[veeco]

Your opponent has released a music album after winning the nationals.

Your opponent insists that they play an introduction song before he steps on the strip (a la WWF).

[MHS Fencer]

You're fencing me...
Well, maybe not quite yet, but one day.

[It]

your opponent wins while fencing left handed, and their actually right handed

[veeco]

Your opponent has learned 5 different foreign languages from all the traveling to world cups

[D'Artagnan1673]

That would be a sure sign of impending doom!

[Ben[PrFC]]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by It:
<strong>your opponent wins while fencing left handed, and their actually right handed</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Hah. Funny you should mention that.
I don't remember what tournament it was...some big NCAA fencing tournament, at Brown earlier this year. Caroline Purcel was there, and she seemed off a bit, but was still beating up on everyone. I remark to my coach, who was refereeing at the tournament, that she looks a bit off. He tells me to look closer. After not realizing it at first, he then tells me:
"She's not left handed"
<img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />
Apparantly she had broken her right hand, and rather than take time off she just learned to fence with her left hand. And still did a rediculous job of it.

disclaimer: I may have gotten the hands mixed up, whereby she may actually be left handed and was fencing right handed.

[sabreur]

37 (or whatever)--You realize that no matter how fast you go forward, your opponent can retreat faster--and match your tempo changes.

MR

[three_hundred_fifty_five]

You see the director asking your opponent to take it easy on you before the bout starts.

[veeco]

One of your opponent's teammates looks at you, and says out loud: "Are you gonna take his lunch money, too?"

[Thaddeus]

when your opponent asks you if you want to surender now and get a few pointers from him. ......... and then wonders why you said no

[mifencer]

>Before hooking up to the strip, his teammates take off his muzzle and restraints.

>After he scores a touch, the director starts to applaud because she's impressed.

>He even looks good in a unitard.

>The crowd starts doing a wave after his every touch.

>You find a dead spot on your lame, and he doesn't care -- he would rather hit a different area and get the bout over.

>Your teammates call a time out and pull out a book on fencing for you to read (NCAA rules allow a timeout).

>She doesn't even bother to stretch or warm up.

>She starts hopping on one leg to even up the footwork skills.

[counter riposte]

> Your opponent stands completely still, waiting for your attack because he wants to practice derobement.

> You ask your opponent why "there's no love here" and your opponent responds, "tough love".

> Your opponent fences with his other hand for "a challenge"

> Your opponent's equipment bag has enough weaponry to arm a small republic.

> Your opponent gets free weapons from every supplier in the country.

> Your opponent was a referee for the other two weapons.

> Your opponent trained in Hungary, Russia, or France.

> Your opponent holds a certificate from the FIE.

[Inquartata]

When your coach bows to him and calls him "Maestro" before the bout.

[KShan5[PrFC]]

Your opponent tells you he will beet you 15-4 before the bout, using 15 different actions......then, he/she does.