Has it truly come to this?

[LeftHanded]

http://sports.expertvillage.com/inte...al-fencing.htm

This is so funny. Look at his bio. It makes it seem hard to get into the USFA...wow....oooo

[mrbiggs]

Honestly, at least he's trying to spread knowledge of the sport.

I've always held that bad fencers are better than no fencers at all.

[lefty_monster]

"He recently got into the United States Fencing Association and has started fencing Men's Opens"

Why does that make me want to laugh until I cry? Someone hit him on the head with a reality stick, please!

[Beloit Fencer of Old]

His name...Brad Bogus...Is he for real? Or is he a persona having fun with us? I really cannot tell if he' serious. In the video on "how go get dressed," the camera ACTUALLY PANS to his (likely under-used) manberry region as he discusses the merits of wearing a cup...

[Beloit Fencer of Old]

I just looked up his name on Ask Fred...There's a Bobby Boguski, but no Brad Bodus. I think he's a persona. I mean, if he's good enough and important enough to score membership in the USFA, then he'd HAVE to have a presence in AF, right?

[mrbiggs]

I just looked up his name on Ask Fred...There's a Bobby Boguski, but no Brad Bodus. I think he's a persona. I mean, if he's good enough and important enough to score membership in the USFA, then he'd HAVE to have a presence in AF, right?

Not really.



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[RebelFencer]

Is this a profile from the Games section of the Water Cooler?

[seven6ty]

Brad is an excellent amateur fencer! If it weren't for his instructional videos, I never would have figured out how fencing jackets work! (I had tried to put them on by myself, but I could never figure out which way the zipper goes, and which holes are for arms/legs. ) I heartily encourage everyone to soak up every bit of wisdom in these videos!!!

[lefty_monster]

One of my most often-repeated pieces of fencing advice:

The flap goes in the front!

[Fencergrl]

You're so much more polite than I am. I just say "Think about what you want to be protecting boys and you'll never forget which way the triangle goes".... The weird thing is the girls usually remember, the boys are usually wandering around with their jackets on backwards and/or inside out.

Can you say shish-kaballs?

[Warrior Princess]

Tee-hee-hee. This reminds me of my seventh grade tech ed video project. It's a little worse though. (One of the video projects was a skittles commercial in which we emulated That 70s Show's scenes where they're in the basment smoking pot, but we did it with a bowl of skittles).

[LeftHanded]

I helped make a video like that. We had two people fencing and out of no where we had someone dressed in a fencing jacket that was on with one of his arms in the leg holes plus it was backward and he had a mask on top of his head but it was twisted at an angle. he ran in through the right acted confused for a split second and then ran off teh left. We played it back and it was hilarious

[french grip foilist]

hahahahahahahah this is funny. Brad bogus hahahahahahah I dont think thats a real name. His lesson on the fleche made me want to have a seizure it was so bad. Just for kicks though check out his lesson on inquartatas and balestras, I think I threw up a little when I watched it. I really doubt you can learn to fence from a video you need to go to a club and practice.

[TBean]

"Foils are the introductory weapon and Epees and Sabres are the more advanced weapons of fencers."

Okay, so all those foilists are just dicking around until they REALLY learn how to fence with the big kid weapons of epee and sabre. As a epeeist a part of me embraces this philosophy, well except that sabre bit , but for the most part of my brain just screams - moron.

[Fencergrl]

His name...Brad Bogus...Is he for real?

"He recently got into the United States Fencing Association and has started fencing Men's Opens"

People, People, People.... you really need to spend time watching things without a laugh track telling you when something is funny. Come on! Do you really think some guy named "Brad Bogus" made a video to show people how to put on a jacket as something instructional or humourous???

[LeftHanded]

Chack out the rest of the site. It is instructional. Expertvillage, is he really an expert? I say we have a head hunt on this guy.

If anyone sees him at a NAC or a local tournament post it up and give us the info.

[Fencergrl]

Which makes it even funnier to post there. Make it just believable enough that some people maybe thinks it belongs.

The big tip-off is his name. It's his winky face to let you know he's joking.

Think about it, if you wanted to do a spoof on fencing instructional videos wouldn't you do something like this???

Bah! Watch a little Canadian TV...this sounds like exactly the kind of weird quirky humour you'll see. In fact, if fencing was more popular you would see it go on air on CTV.

[Warrior Princess]

He's not wearing a body chord.

[BrianH]

He's not wearing a body chord.

So now he's In Search of the Lost Chord?

[OROD]

As improbable as his name might sound, I think he's actually a real person.

I remember someone in the Southwest Section with that name... cant remember the first name, but I'm sure I saw "Bogus" a couple of times at tournaments a few years back when I lived there. His bio says he went to Southwest Texas State which fits exactly with what I remember.

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