Pictures of worst fencing injuries

[sleepyweasle]

Ughhhh. I'm switching to sabre.

What and nobody got a good pic of Hacking's (WS) broken sabre through the forearm injury that caused the SWAT team to descend upon the Denver Convention Center during a Div 2,3 NAC because someone called 911 and reported a stabbing?

(She is also fine although sports a small scar which annoys her because it is definitely way less impressive than the injury looked when she got it)

[telkanuru]

Feh, Bunbury, I should have taken a picture of my palm when I started pommeling. Puts that blister to shame.

[ladyofshalott99]

BAM!

And this, my friends, is why you never cover target area.

[ladyofshalott99]

You need to keep some athletic tape and athletic foam tape in your bag for preventing exactly this type of situation.

[ladyofshalott99]

Wait, what about injuries that you can only hear? I swear my knees get more crackly-creaky sounding every day...like nails on a chalkboard.

[telkanuru]

And this, my friends, is why you never cover target area.

He wasn't.

[dharmaqueen]

Wait, what about injuries that you can only hear? I swear my knees get more crackly-creaky sounding every day...like nails on a chalkboard.

I hope no one can here my ego bruising or my soul crushing.

[KD5MDK]

Somebody should have a picture of the guy's foot at NAC D who wore through the tape on his shoe and abraded his foot to hell.

[Sloan24]

I don't know what the project is, but being able to conduct a viable investigation is impossible under the circumstances you've set for yourself. What is the project, anyway?

My project is making a new arm and/or hand guard for fencing and dueling.... although i've gotten a few fencers yelling at me that it'd be illegal to have the kind of guard I'm designing in fencing, so I guess it's just going to have to be for dueling.

[Stormbringer]

My project is making a new arm and/or hand guard for fencing and dueling.... although i've gotten a few fencers yelling at me that it'd be illegal to have the kind of guard I'm designing in fencing, so I guess it's just going to have to be for dueling.

What, precisely, did you have in mind - is it a part of the weapon's guard (or something attached to the weapon's guard), or a separate system?

If the former... It would be illegal, as it would violate m.4.5

The grip must not include any device which can increase in any way the protection afforded to the hand or wrist of the fencer by the guard: a cross bar or electric socket which extends beyond the edge of the guard is expressly forbidden.

On the other hand, there doesn't seem to be anything in the rulebook (or, at least, anything that a word search for "rigid", "hard", "metal", "protect" or "glove" would highlight) that would specifically disallow use of a glove with a rigid structure, similar to an articulated plate-armor gauntlet, that is completely covered with the normal cloth (though, m.26 states that "the glove may be slightly padded"; it's possible that some interpretations would let such an armored glove pass, while others would not.)

There also doesn't seem to be anything that would specifically disallow a streamlined pauldron/spaulder-rerebrace-couter-vambrace/bracer combination (made from the same materials as the chest protectors) worn underneath the jacket (much like how the chest protector must be worn under the jacket) and in addition to (not in lieu of) the plastron.

Similarly, one could theoretically use a streamlined cuisse-poleyn-greave combination (also crafted from the same materials as the chest protectors) under the knickers and socks.

And a jockstrap/cup combination doesn't seem terribly different - in form or function - from an armored codpiece.

*hmmm...tries to imagine someone fencing while wearing most of a suit of plate armor underneath their uniform...*

[chinbeard]

What and nobody got a good pic of Hacking's (WS) broken sabre through the forearm injury that caused the SWAT team to descend upon the Denver Convention Center during a Div 2,3 NAC because someone called 911 and reported a stabbing?

(She is also fine although sports a small scar which annoys her because it is definitely way less impressive than the injury looked when she got it)

Guess I'll stick with epee then.

[erooMynohtnA]

*hmmm...tries to imagine someone fencing while wearing most of a suit of plate armor underneath their uniform...*

You've never seen a champion youth foilist?

[epeemike81]

What and nobody got a good pic of Hacking's (WS) broken sabre through the forearm injury that caused the SWAT team to descend upon the Denver Convention Center during a Div 2,3 NAC because someone called 911 and reported a stabbing?

(She is also fine although sports a small scar which annoys her because it is definitely way less impressive than the injury looked when she got it)

Not to nitpick, but it wasn't a broken sabre. the sabre penetrated the glove and arm and then was withdrawn while still fully intact. Scary.

-m

[erooMynohtnA]

Man, good thing all the people who have posted pictures here were wearing socks. I will never think twice about halting the bout immediately and carding someone for the smallest bit of skin after seeing how those socks saved their lives.

[sleepyweasle]

Not to nitpick, but it wasn't a broken sabre. the sabre penetrated the glove and arm and then was withdrawn while still fully intact. Scary.

-m

Oooooh - my bad! We were on the other side of the convention center and didn't actually see the injury up close and personal...just heard the ruckus and saw the scars a few weeks later.

[Sloan24]

Stormbringer:
I guess my design would be out for strip fencing, but I do dueling as well, and I think it would be good for dueling. What is this "streamlined pauldron/spaulder-rerebrace-couter-vambrace/bracer combination" that you're talking about? I'm not good with picturing all this stuff you're talking about.... I'm sorry...

[tikimon852]

Man, good thing all the people who have posted pictures here were wearing socks. I will never think twice about halting the bout immediately and carding someone for the smallest bit of skin after seeing how those socks saved their lives.

OOO good call we would hate for anyone to hae skin exposed, no one wants to get a nasty scrape. Those could put the pictures of the kids hand to shame.

[the ancient one]

And then there is this one:


Caution: many will find this footage disturbing.


http://video.google.com/videosearch?...o&hl=en&emb=0#

I do.

[sleepyweasle]

And then there is this one:


Caution: many will find this footage disturbing.


http://video.google.com/videosearch?...o&hl=en&emb=0#

I do.

Pourquoi est-ce qu'il n'est pas de sangre?

[Stormbringer]

Stormbringer:
I guess my design would be out for strip fencing, but I do dueling as well, and I think it would be good for dueling. What is this "streamlined pauldron/spaulder-rerebrace-couter-vambrace/bracer combination" that you're talking about? I'm not good with picturing all this stuff you're talking about.... I'm sorry...

The pauldron/spaulder, rerebrace, couter, and vambrace/bracer are pieces of plate armor that cover the shoulder (with some pauldrons also covering the armpit and part of the chest and back), upper arm, elbow joint, and lower arm (with some bracers - more typically used be archers - also extending covering to the outside of the wrist and the back of the hand), respectively.

Images:
pauldron
spaulder
rerebrace (top of picture)
couter (the elbow piece)
vambrace (bottom of picture)
bracer

The idea I was getting at was that one could fashion these components from the same plastics used to make the chest protectors, and to design them in such a way that they could be worn underneath a standard fencing uniform (the "streamlining") while providing additional protection and reinforcement to the arm.

Basically, picture the shoulder/arm of a knight's suit of armor, then make it lightweight and thin enough to fit inside a fencing jacket sleeve, then combine it with the previously mentioned armored glove. Would that accomplish your original goal?