10-27-2005, 11:40 AM
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#41 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by kalivor It appears that sabresamurai took his first lesson nearly two years ago. I suspect that they no longer need to know if it hurts. | Heh, I wonder what happened, if he ever took up fencing at all or decided it hurt too much... 
By the way, what's the standard forum penalty for people who digs up ooooold threads, flogging? Getting flicked by a bunch of newbies? 
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10-27-2005, 11:51 AM
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#42 | | Epee fencing addict
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| Wear cushy socks, and shoes that fit well. Don't forget the appropriate gender-specific protective gear.
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10-27-2005, 12:08 PM
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#43 | | Senior Member
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| There was this girl that took the beginning class with me that thought she could flick (this is the first week out of the class mind you). She would slap at my lowline (crotch) I would parry+riposte, and she would remise with her crotch slap. My god that hurt so much! We fenced dry for like two weeks without trying on the wetware. That was two weeks of hell! Once we started fencing electrically the crotch-slap attack stopped because 1) we had a director giving the point to my riposte, and 2)she realized she was never actually hitting, only slapping flatly at my poor poor crotch!
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10-27-2005, 09:42 PM
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#44 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen
By the way, what's the standard forum penalty for people who digs up ooooold threads, flogging? Getting flicked by a bunch of newbies? | Being forced to answer flawed polls about the new foil timings until the end of time. | |
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10-27-2005, 10:06 PM
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#45 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by LUDICROUS It can hurt. I remember in 1 of my first sessions, a friend (who had just bought a foil off a guy who had stopped) stabbed me so hard during an exercise RIGHT ON MY COLLARBONE I could barely use my arm for a week. That foil at the time was unbelievably stiff. I have never seen a foil as stiff. It was a crowbar.. Nowadays it's slightly more flexible, but still hurts. Oh, and he always drew his arm back to hit (like he was punching someone) and he still does. | i remember back when this thread was created...oh, wait, no i can't. it was like 2 years ago. as in, whoever made it probably has figured out the whole pain thing by now. or has decided not to fence. | |
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10-28-2005, 01:33 AM
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#46 | | Senior Member
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| Heh, sorry everyone.
It's what happens when you start surfing "related threads" and forget that you're doing it 
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10-28-2005, 03:18 AM
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#47 | | Senior Member
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| Well, it depends who you fence...
I got a HUGE bruise last Thursday from my opponent who I parried and done the riposte but my opponent still attacked me either way, even though I had right-of-way. My opponent missed and went for my leg. BIGGGG ouch. It was a bit painful but I forgot about it and continued with the bout. When I got home, I discovered the bruise was really lumpy and it was the size of my entire palm. This was foil so the leg hit was either way off-target.
Other fencers jab you not as hard, so it really depends. Choose your opponents wisely
Also, try not to fence hard hitting beginners...they hurt the most...
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10-28-2005, 03:45 AM
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#48 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by LUDICROUS Heh, sorry everyone.
It's what happens when you start surfing "related threads" and forget that you're doing it | Hey, it's cool.
And I think you may be relieved to hear I was actually only joking about the flogging..! 
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10-28-2005, 04:08 AM
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#49 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen Hey, it's cool.
And I think you may be relieved to hear I was actually only joking about the flogging..! |
Lol of course I knew you were joking.
Pretty hard to flog someone whos on the otherside of the world
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