The best thing about fencing...

[zeidolon]

Originally posted by cowpaste
We wear dorky white outfits. We do dumb looking footwork. We scream when we a get a touch, which no non-fencer can see. We do not wash our clothing. We are lopsided. Lastly, judging by how many fencing jackets are cut, we all have pot-bellies!

Sounds like sabre. I was referring to Foilists. Smart, suave, mysterious, charming. : P

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Now that I think about it, one of the things I enjoy a lot about fencing is the fun debate about which weapon is the best, and the general stereotypes of fencers based on weapon preference. So, no offense intended when I comment about the obvious superiority of foilists : ) It's just my keen foilist sense of humor getting the better of me. Heheh

[JEC]

Everybody has a different motivation. In my case, I cherish being able to be on the strip fencing a better fencer (the better the fencer, the best this feeling is) than I and scoring a touch "at my age" and with my physical limitations. It's awesome!

[remise]

Me too. Just getting a touch to me is a victory. I feel like I'm on top of the world. Everyone at my club seems to have been fencing "100 years", and then there's me. I have a lot of "catching up" to do before I can really give any of them a hard time.

As for snootiness mentioned earlier, when my son started fencing, no one would fence him because he was small AND a beginner. Now, he can whup up on most of them. I admire the fact that he will help out and fence ANYONE who asks him to. He REMEMBERS what it was like to be pushed aside, and said he would never do that to anyone.

[cowpaste]

Originally posted by zeidolon
Sounds like sabre. I was referring to Foilists. Smart, suave, mysterious, charming. : P

I was talking about foilists too. :P I'm sure my comments apply to sabre too though. We still use those ultra fast wimpy flick attacks that nobody can see. Whee!

[MyraTrue]

I love the feeling when everything you touch has gone wrong, painfully, yelled at and humiated wrong for weeks, and suddenly, out of the clear blue sky... its right! Suddenly, every part of you that fought you so hard is busy fighting someone else. And in that instant, the world is right.

I love how we can mock each other, tell eachother we look stupid in knickers, make snide comments about everyone ELSE'S weapon, which is, of course, inferior, and still have to lose face and fence another weapon now and then.

I like that we suddenly start to argue about thongs and unitards, discuss if a shirt should be required, and if breast protection is mandatory, why isnt a cup? Oh, we are merry fencer, indeed.

[cowpaste]

Originally posted by MyraTrue
I like that we suddenly start to argue about thongs and unitards, discuss if a shirt should be required, and if breast protection is mandatory, why isnt a cup? Oh, we are merry fencer, indeed.

Female boobies are more important than male gonads.

[Marcos]

What I would say is that when you have the chance, travel

fencing gives you that opportunity

There are fencing competitions all over the world - or even if you are travelling with work, pop into a club and train with new guys, go for beers, tec.

I am lucky enough to represent my country, and go to Scotland, England, Holland, Iceland (!), etc

make the most of it!

[Shena]

cowpaste - You are the funniest person ever. Ah, the entertainment from reading your posts alone...

[cowpaste]

Originally posted by Shena
cowpaste - You are the funniest person ever. Ah, the entertainment from reading your posts alone...

Why Thank you. I try my best. By the way, I have recently found new motivation for trying very hard to become the best: the girls. Yes, I will become so good that I get to go to some important nationals competition or something, and my pure skill and looks will attract dozens of girls.
Now...all I need is a coach and tons of money. I'll probably have to get this annoying college education thing out of the way too. Lastly, I need to start fencing since I was eight.

[Inquartata]

Cowie, please warn us before you make posts like that. We need to put on our waders first.

[cowpaste]

What's a wader? Is that like some sabre thing?

[pkt]

Originally posted by Marcos
ditto

tho when single sex with female foilists was good too

Huh?

Is that 'single sex' versus 'group sex'?

PK

[canthidefromme]

Single = 1 = solitary.

Enough said.

[Shena]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Inquartata]

Originally posted by cowpaste
What's a wader? Is that like some sabre thing?

High rubber boots. Worn when one expects to have to wade through...uh...deep water, yeah, that's it...

[cowpaste]

Originally posted by Inquartata
High rubber boots. Worn when one expects to have to wade through...uh...deep water, yeah, that's it...

Yeah that makes sense. After all, water is my favorite drink.

What do I like about fencing? Well today, I tried to take off my knickers before my jacket. That was kinda cool.

[MyraTrue]

Today, I like the blister from my foil. *proudly displays hand* And the bruises on my arm from epee, and the dents in my mask. And I like that I FINALLY got an epee wire to fit my French tips... WWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

[Iwant2bafencer]

You know you're a fencer when while in Martial Arts class you pick up two blockers (padded sticks to kick or punch at basicly) and fence each other. You also know you're a fencer when you watch the two fencing with the blockers and think 'good footwork' 'nice lung' 'doesn't count' 'good disengage'.

^ True story, just happened in my Martial Arts class not an hour ago.

I love that you can find anything that remotly resembles a sword ( blockers) and fence with them.

[MyraTrue]

*grin* Imagine my job on a field crew with other fencers... yard sticks, hoes and shovels, flags...

You know you're a fencer when people have made bets that the first thing you'd say after the (no longer) new Bond movie was, "Man, that fencing was AWFUL!"

[arcon]

WINNING THE BOUT!

ok, and making friends

arcon