Quote Originally Posted by Jfalino714 View Post
What weapons do you suggest for a beginning, I was thinking about sabre but what do i know.
While traditional ideas in the US are often to start fencers off with foil, as long as you can find a coach, you can start with any of the three weapons. Do what seems interesting to you, or better yet, if you can try all three before choosing which one to focus on, that would give you an even better sense.

Is it common for someone to go to tons of competitions and what would I have to complete before I could.
Some people love to compete, while others just fence at the club for fun. It's a personal decision whether or not to compete. As soon as you know the basics you could start to compete in novice comps, but you probably want to talk to your coach about when he thinks you're ready to compete.

What are competitions I'd need to know about and how are things scored.
If you don't yet know the answer to the question you asked below, I'd suggest not worrying about competitions too much yet until you learn what fencing is.

What else does fencing involve besides poking people with swords?
Fun, discipline, respect, athleticism, fun, technique, skill, speed, training, more fun.

I know you will all hate me for asking this BUT - I usually get excited and try something and then look back at it and say "wow that was gay"(im not homophobic or think gay people are bad, gay people are cool, they're clean! but it's just in my mind as an insult even though it's not, im sorry to all gay readers, im not trying to offend), do you think this will happen with fencing?
*shrugs* Who knows? A lot of people think that fencing is cool, but not everyone decides that fencing is right for them in the end.

Also, don't you think that it would have been easier to use a different word, such as "stupid", rather than having to go through that whole explanation?

Is it common to get scholarships to colleges? - how good would i have to be to get one.
Fencing is not exactly the biggest sport for scholarships, so generally you have to be pretty good to get one. You're only in 9th grade though, so you do have some time to get good at fencing before you start looking at and applying to colleges. At this point in your fencing career, I'd suggest focusing on the fun of it rather than worrying about whether it'll bag you a scholarship- it most likely won't.