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    What motivates you to train for Fencing?

    I would be interested to hear what motivates you to train and what you would like your coach to do more or less of in your trainning sessions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adler View Post
    I would be interested to hear what motivates you to train and what you would like your coach to do more or less of in your trainning sessions.
    I want new stories.
    au revoir

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    I train to crush my enemies; to see them flee before me; to hear the lamentations of their women. That is what's good in life!

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    I train to get better, so I can do well at tournaments and dualmeets for both myself and team. Plus, as I get better, i can help others get better.

    And of course, fencing and winning is more fun than fencing and losing lol.
    Wow, I'm still third top poster...
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    I decided to start fencing because it looked fun, and because I wanted to have something to do in my free time that felt productive.
    I kept fencing because it turned out to be as fun as it looked, and because getting involved in regional and college tournaments has helped me realise that if I work hard, that this is something I could potentially be good at someday.
    I'm still training because, thankfully, it's still fun, and now I'm addicted to that feeling you get after winning a bout against a fencer you never thought you'd stand a chance against. Because that feels way too goddamn good to ever give up on, and if I've been able to see this much improvement after a year, I can only imagine how far I can go a year from now, or several down the road.
    I don't know. Personal motivation is enough for me, right now. To work that hard for something and see significant improvement in it is pretty much the best feeling in the world
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    I started fencing, honestly, on a dare

    I love that I can figure out how a person works, then respond and react to counter them. It's like a mix of psychoanalysis and engine repair. What really drives me though are the brief moments of zen-like clarity where I figure out what I need to do when I need to do it, and actually pull it off.
    No really, just hit them before they hit you.
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    I am motivated by failure. I hate the loss. When I train, and its hard, and I want to give up, I remember the last loss and go harder.

    What I would like more in training...The why behind the what. The big picture behind all the tactics. Or even the small picture behind them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adler View Post
    I would be interested to hear what motivates you to train...
    I train because I heard that if you win a NAC you get 72 virgins. Ok, gotta go... less typing, more practicing!

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    I train because I love fencing, and I want to be the best.
    "When Fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the flag and bearing a cross."

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    Losing motivates me to want to win. But watching the best fencers fencing magnificently really motivates me practice and focus, since I don't just want to win, I want to win with excellent technique and creativity. I forget that sometimes until I watch some really amazing fencing (or am subjected to a beating by it) and I remember there is another whole level to aspire to.

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    I train so that I suck less.

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    I train because

    at fencing tourneys I may meet a woman intelligent enough to follow directions.

    Fatfencer is about to be single.
    YAHOOO!!!!!


    Fatfencer

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    I train because it makes me feel like I've accomplished something, and it's something to focus on that has nothing to do with a lot of other stuff going on in my life. Besides, I like to win, especially when it pisses off self-important opponents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OROD View Post
    I train because I heard that if you win a NAC you get 72 virgins.
    Yeah, 72 virgin geeky dudes.
    "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. And from this side only! The flight of a half-man, half-bird. Dinosaurs nuzzling their young in pastures where strip malls should be. Cookies on dowels. All those moment, lost in time. Gone, like eggs off a hooker's stomach. Time to die" -Phil Ken Sebben

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    Quote Originally Posted by fatfencer View Post
    at fencing tourneys I may meet a woman intelligent enough to follow directions.

    Fatfencer is about to be single.
    I wonder if there might be a connection between the attitude and the result? Just wondering.
    And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
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    I train because I actually enjoy training. I enjoy tournaments more, but there's somthing about drills and conditioning that is relaxing for me. I think they call it exaustion.

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    I train so I can look good for the ladies. Losing never looks good.

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    I train so that I can beat the fencers coached by people I hate.

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    I train to ruin my knees.
    FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WON'T YOU BUY MY TACTICAL WHEEL!!!????

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    I train because of my will, my will motivates me forward. Self-Actualization is not a want but I need, I need to achieve to feel like all this work is going somewhere. To make the most of out my work, I work more so the pay off increases. Each touch is a battle won, each bout is a war won.

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