02-26-2008, 03:49 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
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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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02-26-2008, 03:50 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Originally Posted by Adler  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.
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02-26-2008, 05:06 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Illinois
Posts: 146
| 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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02-26-2008, 05:09 PM
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#4 | | Posting Hound
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lylat System
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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.
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02-26-2008, 05:18 PM
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#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Urbana-Champaign, IL
Posts: 104
| 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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02-26-2008, 06:06 PM
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#6 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Coast, CA
Posts: 20
| 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.
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02-26-2008, 06:11 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 61
| 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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02-26-2008, 06:13 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Athos FC ~)---------- San Francisco, CA
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Originally Posted by Adler 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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02-26-2008, 07:34 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Eugene, OR
Posts: 816
| I train because I love fencing, and I want to be the best.
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02-26-2008, 07:55 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bay Area, California
Posts: 495
| 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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02-26-2008, 08:06 PM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: E13
Posts: 485
| I train so that I suck less. | |
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02-26-2008, 09:14 PM
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#12 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,167
| I train because
at fencing tourneys I may meet a woman intelligent enough to follow directions.
Fatfencer is about to be single.
YAHOOO!!!!!
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02-26-2008, 09:16 PM
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#13 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ...is a boy mermaid.
Posts: 118
| 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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02-26-2008, 09:23 PM
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#14 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 5,481
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Originally Posted by OROD I train because I heard that if you win a NAC you get 72 virgins. | Yeah, 72 virgin geeky dudes.
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02-26-2008, 09:53 PM
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#15 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oregon, USA
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Originally Posted by fatfencer 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.
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02-26-2008, 10:40 PM
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#16 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Michigan
Posts: 206
| 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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02-26-2008, 10:55 PM
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#17 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Galveston, TX
Posts: 95
| I train so I can look good for the ladies. Losing never looks good. | |
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02-27-2008, 12:17 AM
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#18 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2003 Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 4,126
| I train so that I can beat the fencers coached by people I hate.
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02-27-2008, 12:22 AM
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#19 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Japan
Posts: 1,001
| I train to ruin my knees.
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02-27-2008, 12:22 AM
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#20 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Fairborn, OH
Posts: 70
| 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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