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lfortier · 03-30-2003, 11:00 PM

Hello, I just got back from the LFC Youth Classic in Nebraska, in the Y14 epee, placing 7th (out of 11) Very please about getting my 1st medal, as only the first 7 recieved them. Just wondering, what was your experience at your first compeition?

a517dogg · 03-30-2003, 11:57 PM

three people. pool of three. i won both bouts. got a bye to the gold medal round, won that too. oh, for those days again...

qatet · 03-30-2003, 11:59 PM

Hee. . .
I didn't know that my first tournament was a tournament! I just arrived at fencing on a strange day and had to fill out bizarre paperwork, and there were lots of older people there, and I couldn't figure out why. And then they were telling me which people to fence and when, which was unusual. And suddenly there were peopel getting medals.
I was baffled until the medals.
I was a truly oblivious child. This was ten years ago - I hope I've wised up on life a little bit.

Iwant2bafencer · 03-31-2003, 12:16 AM

I'll let you know how my 1st competion was when I've had it.

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KShan5[PrFC] · 03-31-2003, 12:35 AM

First "tournament":

Tournement for all the fencers with less than 1 year of experience in our club. Did decent in pools, then fenced better in DEs and won the tournment. So for first out of about 18 I got...a chocolate orange.

First USFA tournament:

Cadet, Junior Olympic Qualifiers. I came in 14 out of 20th. I was reasonably pleased.

135711 · 03-31-2003, 01:48 AM

In my first 4 years of fencing, i usually did something in most womens foil. The last 2 and a half years of fencing have been mixed. i've done okay in some, washed out in others, and rebounded. Plateau, some people stay in plateaus for a long time, others not.

Event Horizon · 03-31-2003, 04:19 AM

My first tourny was the divisonal championship. Not that many fencers in it, but it was exhausting. I never did find out where I placed. I know it was somewhere near the bottom (hopefully, not dead last..hehe). The people who ran it never posted the results. Fustrating, but what can u do.

pammie003 · 03-31-2003, 12:31 PM

Team tournament at RMC (Royal Military College). One of the biggest tournaments in North America. I was utterly lost. I'd been fencing for about three weeks. I was the alternate, only fenced pools. We won the bronze about 10pm or so...
1st individual was at Brock University. Was 14th, I think top 1/3rd. Was okay with this result as it was only my second tournament.

3ngu4rd · 03-31-2003, 03:39 PM

When I went to my first tournament I had been fencing for about 2 months. I didn't do very well at all, but I came 1st third... out of four. lol. Haven't done that yet in a larger tournament though. Maybe soon....

three_hundred_fifty_five · 04-15-2003, 03:06 PM

7th out of 11 is not good... unless you have low expectations of yourself, in which case, you did great.
However, that was better than what I did in my first tournament.

lfortier · 04-15-2003, 06:25 PM

Well 350, to put it this way w/o being blunt, it's very good- and since I did better than you, you have to respect that. I'm proud of how I did, I had barely 2 1/2 MONTHS of experience and went against C, E , and D fencers. So there!

Curious George · 04-15-2003, 06:25 PM

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Well 350, to put it this way w/o being blunt, it's very good- and since I did better than you, you have to respect that. I'm proud of how I did, I had barely 2 1/2 MONTHS of experience and went against C, E , and D fencers ( like Alyssa Vongries, whom ranks number 3 nationally for epee) So there!

Well that's okay.
Are they exactly the same?
Do you mind if I tell other people you are proud of how he or she did he or she had barely 2 12 MONTHS of experience and went against C E and D fencers like Alyssa Vongries whom ranks number 3 nationally for epee So there.
What are you wearing?
:xmas:

lfortier · 04-15-2003, 06:28 PM

I don't get it Curious George- What EXACTLY are you getting at?

Curious George · 04-15-2003, 06:28 PM

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I don't get it Curious George- What EXACTLY are you getting at?

Me either.What?

lfortier · 04-15-2003, 06:29 PM

Do you mean that I shouldnt be happy w/ how I did?

Curious George · 04-15-2003, 06:29 PM

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Do you mean that I shouldnt be happy w/ how I did?

For moral reasons? :xmas:

lfortier · 04-15-2003, 06:30 PM

What the heck do you mean by xmas? (if christmas isnt litteraly the meaning?

three_hundred_fifty_five · 04-17-2003, 12:38 AM

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Originally posted by lfortier
Well 350, to put it this way w/o being blunt, it's very good- and since I did better than you, you have to respect that. I'm proud of how I did, I had barely 2 1/2 MONTHS of experience and went against C, E , and D fencers ( like Alyssa Vongries, whom ranks number 3 nationally for epee) So there!

I will now have to go into Obi-wan Kenobi-mode.

lfortier, to become better, you must say to yourself, there is always someone out there better than me. Then, you need to focus on training and strive to get better. There will always be someone better than you, unless you are the world champion. Always accept losses as a lesson to expose your weaknesses.
How you place in tournaments isn't that important right now. You are a beginner. You really need to focus on your technique, footwork, and blade control. It's okay to go to tournaments but just to put into use what you've learned in your lessons in a competition setting.

CarlKnoch · 04-22-2003, 03:05 PM

I remember my first tourney as it was less than a year ago. My wife and I had just started fencing and were in some beginners classes at a fencing school, and we decided to go to a tourney called the "Tune Up Open" in DC. This was right before Summer Nats in 2002.

I won one bout in pools, and lost all the others miserably. The one guy I beat in pools dropped out of the tourney claiming a medical. (His tummy felt bad.) My first DE in that one I faced an 11 or 12 year old kid who beat me 15-13 and it was his first ever DE win. So I made him happy by being there!

I got some good advise at that tourney not to be discouraged, and to just keep learning. I've taken it to heart.

Out of like 21 fencers, I came in next to last.

It was both humbling, and thrilling to fence competatively. Now I'm training and practicing for the day when I can be the person who offers helpful advise to the new person on the strip!

Oh, and I want to win a few too.
C

Towelie · 04-30-2003, 05:34 PM

last saturday i went to my first tournament.

i did pretty good. i have been fencing for about a year, but i have had big breaks in between.

in the pool i got a 3-2. and in the DE i made it to the second round and lost 13-12. the other guy had been fencing for 1 year straight.

in the first round i smoked this one girl, she was with the group that had been fencing for 1 year straight. i beath her 15-5. disengages worked so good on her.

in the second round, i tried disengages and they worked good at the beginning, but then his friends told him how to prevent it, so i was kinda stuck. and he kept flushing at me! really annyoing.