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new year's resolutions... You knew we had to have a topic on this one. Okay...new year's resolutions...fencing style. Let's wrack our brains and come up with the best we can do.
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"Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."
Latin: "A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand."
-Seneca, "Letters to Lucilius" "Pain is just weakness leaving your body." -
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Array My NY resolution fencing style,
Well I would tell you BUT it would probably jinx it, suffice to say it has to do with WINNING!!! Theses are evil....VERY evil, someone rescue me pls! -
I promise to go for the simple attacks rather than those flicks.
I resolve to take the blade of an opponent who's reach is greater than mine, lest I impale myself on his extension.
I resolve to test my weapons the night before each tournament. -
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Array To keep this from happening any more:
This is my U-rated weapon arm after an evening of encounters with some B-rated épéeists.
Paolo
[This message has been edited by damianip (edited 12-31-2000).] "He is a man of splendid abilities but utterly corrupt. He shines and stinks like rotten mackerel by moonlight." "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats." -
OMFG thats why i dont fence epee! i never come out of a saber or foil bout like that!
oh and i'll try to stay in position (no more low-line at least not all the time) and i wont always cut to the exact same place everytime (gaurd)
and i'll stop sending my friend the i-love you virus under diferent names
[This message has been edited by saberkid (edited 12-31-2000).] Fence with the best die like the rest! -
Hmm . . that happened to me, but on my leg. It was quite pretty.
I resolve not to gloat when I beat my friend in sabre Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
-Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) [The Devil's Dictionary] -
I won't drink as much as I did on New Year's Eve.
Man, It was probably fun when I was doing it, but the result after about six hours of sleep is definitely too painful to be worth anyone's fun. -
I resolve not to scrimp on my cardio warm-ups.
I resolve to observe my opponents more carefully, and adjust my style accordingly.
I resolve not to get distracted by outside forces when I'm on the piste. Melissa
"You can beat me, you can bind me, but you can't touch me! -
I resolve to be able to fix my weapon, ALL BY MYSELF! I would resolve not to break it in the first place, but I think I should at least be realistic.
I resolve to do my exersices every single day so my muscles (little more than rubber bands) don't atrophy and then hurt like hell during practice.
As for bruises - I once had a nice matching set on my chest. One big purple and yellow one above the breast protector and one big black and green one below the breast protector. And I was fencing foil! I get more bruises in foil than I've EVER gotten in epee.
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Mengarath the Dragon
Life is to short to be ordinary. Mengarath the Dragon
Life is too short to be ordinary. -
My resolutions:
1. From now on, when I attack, I will have a plan B and will keep my options open enough to execute it.
2. I will maintain my en garde position longer and will not be suckered by so many feints.
3. I will pay more attention to distance. This follows #1 too.
4. I will not measure my performance against fencers who are 20 years younger than me with twice as much experience.
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I have principles. If you don't like them, I've got others.
--Groucho Marx -
Resolve: That I will listen to my instincts more, and that voice in my head less.
That I will not make a big deal when I miss any easy point.
That I will always be ready to fence and kill, kill, kill, as is my destiny (hehe) .
That I will realize new year's resolutions are things I will TRY to achieve, but in the long run, don't really expect to keep. ugh. "Pain is just weakness leaving your body." -
My New Year's resolution is to clean the rust off of my weapons and step back onto the piste. -
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Array That arm is terrible. Stop fencing epee & go to foil. -
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Actually get a hit or two on those top-20-in-the-country fencers! (right now, I think as my arm is going forward they can get five touches on me.)
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-Foil Girl
"If you don't have fun, you've already lost" -Foil Girl
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