23Likes Caught an NPR profile of Mariel Zagunis this morning where they opened up with the Sex Pistols.
...sabre fencers, Zagunis says, are the "punk rockers" of her sport.
"You have to be more aggressive and explosive and kind of crazy," she says. "I think that kind of plays into our personality."
Here's the full story. [link]
Sabre Fencers : Sex Pistols
Foil Fencers : _______ (Bon Jovi)
Epee Fencers : _______ (Kenny G)
Debate amongst yourselves.
Geez, was punk rock chosen as meme of the week or something?
http://bettercities.net/news-opinion...ng-back-basics
Geez. I don't want to be associated with punk rock...
Can veteran sabre fencers be Beethoven or Liszt instead?
Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
Inquartata: Johnny Rotten or Sid Vicious?
Well, Sid Vicious didn't know how to play his instrument, either.
Nah.....classical composer Camille Saint-Saens.....he poked fun at other composers (in "Carnival of the Animals") the say way Inq does to epeeists.Originally Posted by fencerX
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One of the commenters on the story at the NPR website said that saber was more jazz than punk.
Rat Scabies
I'd say epee is more like dubstep. Repetitive bouncing punctuated with dramatic changes in tempo.
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But who?? Miles Davis? Chuck Mangione? Stan Kenton??
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Going to your first tournament? Read "Choose yer weapon, Laddie (or: Dude, where's my foil?)"
Hopefully she can hear London Calling.
"Some people are born great fencers, some people achieve fencing greatness, and some people have it thrust upon them."
My pet Monkey on an IBM selectric
Anarchy in the UK?
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
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well the "punk" part is right.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WON'T YOU BUY MY TACTICAL WHEEL!!!????
Saber is more like punk rock, paper, scissors.
"Some people are born great fencers, some people achieve fencing greatness, and some people have it thrust upon them."
My pet Monkey on an IBM selectric
You're right, most saber fencers do look like this (particularly Mariel):
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You say that it is a custom, but you should be mindful that the Lord said "I am the truth and life." (Jn. 14:6) He did not say "I am the custom," but "the truth." - Ivo of Chartres (1040-1115)
Dear Mother of God....someone get me the eye bleach!!
Need fencing equipment? See me at H.O.M. Fencing Supply
Going to your first tournament? Read "Choose yer weapon, Laddie (or: Dude, where's my foil?)"
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Another typical sabre fencer.
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
~
^[:wq
Yes.
Thanks.
Anything.
So glad she didn't mention Khachaturian.
D'oh!
"a braggart, a rogue, a villaine that fights by the book of arithmatick. Why the dev'l came you betweene us?.."
I think I'm partial to Orff in this case...Geez. I don't want to be associated with punk rock...
Can veteran sabre fencers be Beethoven or Liszt instead?
(can't go wrong with a drinking song!)
"Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened." ~Cora Harvey Armstrong
Never do anything you wouldn't want to explain to the Paramedics!
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