12-07-2007, 01:10 PM
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| psycological tactics
psycological tactics retell you own!! | 
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12-07-2007, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by blackfencer  psycological tactics retell you own!! | Generally I try to yell, "Holy S---, is that a platypus?" and then attack with a step-lunge as soon as they turn to look. | |
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12-07-2007, 02:14 PM
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| Droll to the point that it's dripping through my mask, touch my genitals, while on the piste.
I like to look at my opponent(s) in "I really like you body" ways and lick my lips while opponents are stretching or coming off a the piste ; not as a "psychological tactic", but because I really like to look at well developed men and women. 
"Those are nice thighs you have there...may I touch?"
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12-07-2007, 03:06 PM
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| I don't have anthing to add. I just wanted in before Craig locks this epic thread.
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12-07-2007, 05:04 PM
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| This is epic?
Oh, right.
Um. I tend to wear crazy socks. But it has nothing to do with screwing up my opponents head. I just like crazy socks.
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12-07-2007, 11:33 PM
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| My primary psychological tactic?
Fencing epee. Seriously, people are still confused, a year later.
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12-07-2007, 11:57 PM
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| That's more of a psychotic tactic... 
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12-08-2007, 12:24 AM
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| A guy at the last tourney I went to had a habit of stomping his foot. I suppose it was to draw a response but he did it really loud. Every time he stomped I wanted to yell, "Sonic... ATTACK!!!" | |
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12-08-2007, 01:05 AM
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| I stab their mothers with a rusty spork. Works every time. | |
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12-08-2007, 04:33 AM
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| please retell in more details in special tactics used on epee fencing
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12-08-2007, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by blackfencer please retell in more details in special tactics used on epee fencing | Moving around without bouncing really confuses 'em....
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12-08-2007, 08:26 AM
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| as soon as you get on the strip hit your the bottom of your foot, over your shoulder, without looking
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12-08-2007, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by blackfencer please retell in more details in special tactics used on epee fencing | Get Mono, and fence epee for (almost) the first time, thinking it's just the flu and not mono.
Or I suppose you could just behave like it....
My body had absorbed the footwork style of the only epeeist I watch a lot-- My boyfriend. So my body would start a bout bouncing and moving a lot. And then I would remember that I was up 3-1 and I felt like I was about to pass out. And I would stop moving entirely, just as soon as they had figured out what to do with the inane bouncing.
I also told everyone I was a sabre fencer. This was underscored by the fact that for a while, I was wearing an FIE sabre mask, and was the only team member to own an FIE mask.
I can also count on a pretty damn good ref to have a conversation with me near my pool about how- shock of shocks--- I'm fencing epee and have no idea what I'm doing.
I swear, using this tactic isn't going to work as well one of these days.
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Of course, in order to use this tactic, you have to spend at least 6,7 years of your life building a reputation as a mediocre sabre fencer (at best), and continue to intersperse the odd day when you can't hit anything for people to believe this..........
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12-08-2007, 11:42 AM
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| is moving the most important in epee fencing?
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12-08-2007, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by blackfencer is moving the most important in epee fencing? | I like how you're ignoring the majority of posts in this thread and single-mindedly pushing on to an actual conversation rather than thread drift and silliness. It's very amusing.
You asked about psychological tactics. I wouldn't really count "moving" in epee as a psychological tactic.
Confidence is a good one, chatting with refs that you know, saying hi to random people as you hook up on strip. Of course, make sure that you're not doing it too obviously, or that you're not trying to cozy up to someone famous or important who then turns out to be your opponent's coach or teammate, because then the psychology turns back on you. 
Some people like yelling to intimidate their opponent, some just yell for fun. If you do yell to intimidate, make sure you're not doing it as you get hit. It sort of fizzles if you do something intimidating and get hit in the middle of it, rather than hitting your opponent. Your opponent ceases to be intimidated.
Be prepared and efficient, not so much because it's intimidating as because otherwise people won't be intimidated by the other things you do.
Back to your normal thread drift...
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12-08-2007, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by blackfencer is moving the most important in epee fencing? | If this is your question.... perhaps you should be concentrating on things more basic than psychological tactics?
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12-08-2007, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by blackfencer is moving the most important in epee fencing? | Not psychologically. Possibly physically, but that's quite different. | |
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12-08-2007, 09:24 PM
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| How can something which so seldom occurs in epee possibly be "the most important thing in epee"? 
The most important thing in epee is repping other epeeists. Obviously!
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12-09-2007, 02:51 AM
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| Try mumbling curses like 'AVADA KEDAVRA!' and 'EXPELLIARMUS' It ought to do the trick. -Invictious
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12-09-2007, 02:08 PM
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| Well, I have this certain... tactic. I call it Plan B. (Actually fencing is Plan A.) http://www.gwentswordclub.co.uk/yapi...p?gid=2&phid=5
Just be sure that before you try this (bah, rookies) you're in good enough physical condition that you can outrun and/or take on any law enforcement or angry mothers that may come after you
But remember, in the end, fencing is all about fun, kids.
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