09-10-2003, 12:00 PM
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#1 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ
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| First time poster, fencing newbie!
Thought I'd post for the first time - had my third fencing class last night, and so far, loving it! Far different than what I'm used to - I'm also a shinkendo practicioner (shameless plug www.shinkendo.com), so am not new to swords, but fencing is a big change in a lot of areas! Especially using lighter blades and going from 2 handed grip to 1 handed! Anyway, thought I'd say hey!
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09-10-2003, 12:05 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Georgia
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| Welcome to the wonderful addicting world of fencing.
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09-10-2003, 12:08 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Coast
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| Mike:
Welcome to the board and the sport! Which weapon are you learning?
I'll be the first to point out that, contrary to shinkedo, in recreational fencing, it's usually consider a fencing faux pas to pass your weapon entirely through your opponent. 
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09-11-2003, 11:43 AM
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#4 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ
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| Learning Foil first - not sure which way I'd go from there - I thought sabre (with slashing as well as thrusting) might be closest to what I'm used to , but even that looks so different from Shinkendo that I'll look at all three (foil, epee, sabre) equally. World of difference - Shinkendo, we're usually two handed, weight a bit forward (maybe 60/40), and the torso is square to the opponent, rather than presenting a slim profile. I am encouraged though - the footwork isn't too different (except those lunges!) But with the lighter blades, I don't have the tip control and aim yet that I'm used to with a katana or wooden bokken! THAT's frustrating! | |
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09-11-2003, 12:00 PM
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#5 | | Senior Member
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| Fencing is all in the fingers, not the wrist or arm. | |
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09-11-2003, 01:24 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Charlottesville VA
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| Welcome to the board! I have done some Shin Kendo myself while I was in Okinawa. I have played a bit now and then with local Kendo guys now that I am back in the states, and the good news is that a well timed balestra or a fleche while going for a Kote or a Man shot really catches most traditional Kendo fencers off guard. It can be very good cross-training, especially if you do a lot of work with distance parries.
Let me know if you pick up anything else that works really well in a Kendo/Fencing conversion, and I will add it to my dirty trick list!
Good luck!
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09-11-2003, 03:14 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central Virginia
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| Welcome to the board, and the sport!
A quick word of advice..... Read the Rules Book, and the Referees Manual as well even though you're not planning on becoming a referee soon!
They are both on this site somewhere!
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09-11-2003, 09:39 PM
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#8 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
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| Quote: Originally posted by Mike Schneider
weight a bit forward (maybe 60/40), and the torso is square to the opponent, rather than presenting a slim profile. | This is not too different from sabre these days ( the Polish style, anyway ). You are not facing completely forward, but much more than in foil or epee, and there's a good deal of lean as well. | |
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