Why do want to learn how to fence?

[thebigriddle]

The most common answer from my college students, "I thought it might be interesting to try." Of course I always like the answer is, "I wasn't sure what it was, but it sounded interesting."


If this keeps I will be going back to the bottle.

[jkormann]

[i]"I thought it might be interesting to try."[/B]

Yup. Little did I know it was addictive...

[Pansy]

I thought it looked like a lot of fun...and it is!

[Inquartata]

In my case I suspect it is genetic. Wanted to do it for as long as I can remember. Probably a "survival of the earlier predatory instinct", as Veblen would call it...

[Peach]

I had to sit and watch my kid fence for hours, and I'm lousy as a sports mom.

[remise]

I watched my son fence for a couple of years like Peach, but the coach apparently took offense when I fell asleep in the bleachers and would regularly send the kids over to wake me up.

[BugabooX]

To thoroughly crush any who would oppose my will!

[BugabooX]

To thoroughly crush any who would oppose my will!

[graham]

I didn't like 'wasting my time' at tournaments. Being a fencing Dad is much more fun when I am actually fencing.

GT

[somebody1]

everyone knows combat and weapons are cool.

[Zelda]

I needed an outlet for my latent aggression against the male of the species. (hey I was going through a messy break up )

[Catlady]

I was one of the "sounded like fun/interesting" types. Also, I always wanted to try it. I can't trace it to a specific event.

It sounds like you're disappointed in the reasons for beginning that your classes have given, but I say it doesn't matter what gets them there as long as you get them. I know I get people who when I mention that I fence talk about Star Wars, or some other move with fencing that they've seen--lately they mention the new Bond film too, which, having seen it, has terrible fencing. I tell them it's not necessarily like that, but mention that it's a blast anyway. Some people come expecting something more flamboyant, and I guess some leave when they don't get it, but often, as was partially the case with me, they stick around anyway.