I recently started going to a new fencing club for extra sabre lessons and they fence to music. Could anyone give me any ideas for what might be on a good sabre fencing play list.
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Personally, I don't like the idea of fencing to music. If I can hear it I am likely to be distracted or settle into a rhythm, and if I can't, what's the point of playing it in the first place?
That said, at our club some people like to play Queen, or Cansei de Ser Sexy. Basically, noisy stuff.
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Last edited by larkascending; 10-31-2009 at 06:15 PM..
I was just making up my own list for my iPod! I personally like listening to music while fencing too...but it has to have the right beat. Anything that has a really upbeat tempo gets me going.
Here are some of mine:
1. Jerk It Out, by The Caesars
2. Tik Tok by Kesha?
3. Pump It, by Black Eyed Peas
4. anything by David Guetta
I'm probably just an anomoly, but I generally listen to classical music while warming up. Too much beat (rock or whatever) actually distracts me. There are also times I find myself replaying the music in my head during bouts. Strange enough, those are the bouts I tend to do better in.
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I'm probably just an anomoly, but I generally listen to classical music while warming up. Too much beat (rock or whatever) actually distracts me. There are also times I find myself replaying the music in my head during bouts. Strange enough, those are the bouts I tend to do better in.
We had jazz playing at a SoCal tourney years back...kinda nice, actually.
In the past well off fencing salles used to have there own musicians playing chamber music. Interesting comment by Morale Officer !!
A bunch of us used to fence in Philly using the same facility where the Philadelphia Orchestra practiced and recorded. You could hear them faintly in the background. I always wondered if it was reciprocal, and it amazed me that they let us near the place on recording days.
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I'm probably just an anomoly, but I generally listen to classical music while warming up. Too much beat (rock or whatever) actually distracts me. There are also times I find myself replaying the music in my head during bouts. Strange enough, those are the bouts I tend to do better in.
Im actually a fan of practicing footwork to brahms hungarian dance no 5. My old partner turned me onto it and i love fencing to it.
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on another note, also fencing to shut me up by mindless self indulgence helps me keep the quick tempo needed for sabre fencing. Im not exactly sure why but it helps motivate me to keep my footwork small and neat.
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That was just as bizarre. 
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