12-30-2007, 11:33 AM
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Hello All. Another new guy here. My son wanted to try fencing and has been at it for a few months. It looked like so much fun I started as well. We're both foil fencing. I have no previous experience in the sport, but have 30+ years involvement in martial arts, much of that in weapon arts so I see many parallels. I've noticed that in my area there seems to be more interest in saber than anything else. Is this common? | 
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12-30-2007, 02:27 PM
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| Not in my experience, alas. Epee drones tend to outnumber sabre gods just about everywhere. 
You are fortunate. Enjoy. And welcome a-board.
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12-31-2007, 10:45 AM
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| Hi, how old is your son? My son fences, and dosen't want me to fence just yet. He's 6.
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12-31-2007, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Nicksmom649082 Hi, how old is your son? My son fences, and dosen't want me to fence just yet. He's 6.
Welcome to the forum | Thanks! My son is 13. It's great having a training partner in the same house. How long has your son been fencing? | |
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12-31-2007, 11:17 AM
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| about 7 months. He loves it. Goes to the YMCA, where there are "voulenteer instructors" I'm reminded of this every time they don't show up for class. I'm willing to take him to Grand Rapids (45 minutes away) but no one will take him because of his age. I've offered to take classes with Nick, but he says "no". Even though he pretends to be an instructor at home. The other day he even attempted to make me do push-ups.
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12-31-2007, 11:51 AM
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| That's really cool that a kid that young has the attention span for a class experience. There are a few kids between 6 and 10 in the kid's beginner classes at our fencing school. Hope your son recants and lets you join soon.  | |
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12-31-2007, 05:14 PM
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12-31-2007, 05:43 PM
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| Welcome to F.net.
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12-31-2007, 05:50 PM
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| Welcome. My son and I started fencing together when he was about 14. (He's now almost 24.) It was great fencing together until he started winning every single solitary time we competed against each other. Wait until you travel to a tourmament 300 miles away and have to fence your son in your first DE bout after pools.
Really, it's great. Fencing was/is one of the very best things we have ever done together.
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01-01-2008, 01:21 PM
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| Both my son and daughters fence- I've enjoyed watching them grow within the sport and have very fond memories of travel, competition and the times I've gotten to call each of them teammate. Welcome to the forum
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01-01-2008, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by chefencer  Welcome to the forum!
You don't happen to cook meat for a living, do you? | Not for a living. I currently am a software engineer. | |
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01-01-2008, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Chuck Welcome. My son and I started fencing together when he was about 14. (He's now almost 24.) It was great fencing together until he started winning every single solitary time we competed against each other. Wait until you travel to a tourmament 300 miles away and have to fence your son in your first DE bout after pools.
Really, it's great. Fencing was/is one of the very best thing we have ever done together. | Thanks for the thoughts. We're having a great time. 1st DE round? That's rough. What weapon(s) do you fence? Quote:
Originally Posted by Daveappr Both my son and daughters fence- I've enjoyed watching them grow within the sport and have very fond memories of travel, competition and the times I've gotten to call each of them teammate. Welcome to the forum | Thanks. Glad to be here.
This strikes me as one of the few activities a parent can participate in with their kids, as in right alongside or against.
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01-10-2008, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by fleshbroiler Thanks for the thoughts. We're having a great time. 1st DE round? That's rough. What weapon(s) do you fence? | I fence all three but I enjoy epee the most.
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