wheelchair fencing

[Mpm08]

what can you tell me about wheel chair fencing?

[Mark C. Orton]

On 29 Apr 2003 19:25:23 GMT, mpm08@aol.com (Mpm08) wrote:

> what can you tell me about wheel chair fencing?

Well for starters, here are the rules:

http://www.usfencing.org/Forms/WCFRules.pdf

-Mark-

[James Russell]

And AUF is going to strap people into chairs and have a
pseudo-wheelchair competition sometime!

James

Mark C. Orton wrote:

> On 29 Apr 2003 19:25:23 GMT, mpm08@aol.com (Mpm08) wrote:
>
> > what can you tell me about wheel chair fencing?
>
> Well for starters, here are the rules:
>
> http://www.usfencing.org/Forms/WCFRules.pdf
>
> -Mark-

[Fencerbill]

In article <3EAFB266.367E4C7E@slingshot.co.nz>, James Russell
<apo@slingshot.co.nz> writes:

>And AUF is going to strap people into chairs and have a
>pseudo-wheelchair competition sometime!

Ah, but will they have "butt judges"? In wheelchair fencing you have to keep
your rump tightly affixed to your wheel chair seat. Otherwise people with
limited mobility could get some advantage over less mobile fencers. It is
considered cheating to do so.

For those with no experience. In wheelchair Epee, there is a Lame lap robe
which appears as strip to the machine to take away touches to the legs.

Bill Hall

[Fencerbill]

In article <3EAFB266.367E4C7E@slingshot.co.nz>, James Russell
<apo@slingshot.co.nz> writes:

>And AUF is going to strap people into chairs and have a
>pseudo-wheelchair competition sometime!

Ah, but will they have "butt judges"? In wheelchair fencing you have to keep
your rump tightly affixed to your wheel chair seat. Otherwise people with
limited mobility could get some advantage over less mobile fencers. It is
considered cheating to do so.

For those with no experience. In wheelchair Epee, there is a Lame lap robe
which appears as strip to the machine to take away touches to the legs.

Bill Hall

[Fencerbill]

In article <3EAFB266.367E4C7E@slingshot.co.nz>, James Russell
<apo@slingshot.co.nz> writes:

>And AUF is going to strap people into chairs and have a
>pseudo-wheelchair competition sometime!
>
>James

Ah, but will they have "butt judges"? In wheelchair fencing you have to keep
your rump tightly affixed to your wheel chair seat. Otherwise people with
limited mobility could get some advantage over less mobile fencers. It is
considered cheating to do so.

Bill Hall

[Carol]

Here's a link for you: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/wcfencer/

Mpm08 wrote:

> what can you tell me about wheel chair fencing?

[Carol]

We have a member in our club who competes in wheelchair. I always take
the opportunity to fence her, because when you take you legs and
mobility away, it REALLY makes a difference -- you definitely have to
fence smarter and better when you are forced to have a facet of your
game taken away. And I really give great credit to those referees that
are capable and asked to referee the wheelchair events, because they are
looking at the action and not the feet for determining their decisions.

James Russell wrote:

> And AUF is going to strap people into chairs and have a
> pseudo-wheelchair competition sometime!

[Fencerbill]

In article <3EAFB266.367E4C7E@slingshot.co.nz>, James Russell
<apo@slingshot.co.nz> writes:

>And AUF is going to strap people into chairs and have a
>pseudo-wheelchair competition sometime!
>
>James

Ah, but will they have "butt judges"? In wheelchair fencing you have to keep
your rump tightly affixed to your wheel chair seat. Otherwise people with
limited mobility could get some advantage over less mobile fencers. It is
considered cheating to do so.

Bill Hall