Flickety-split

[JAySE SUiCiDE]

hmm..this is totally off topic (hmm..i typed 'target' at first..) but NSXER, where'd you get the name for this thread? cause i know this one show on nickelodeon, the name escapes me, but its 2 beavers, one light brown and one dark brown, nag and dag..oh! it was the 2 angry beavers..and then had a bike race around their house and the winner won a whole bunch of lickity-splits.

right...


~Jes

[pkt]

Originally posted by dekko
You're right, there's no flicking in epee!!!

It ain't necessarily so.

I've seem an epeeist flick, missed the shoulder and got his opp't in the head and drew blood.

Anyone want to see my converted LP X-Change sabre mask?

As I write this, I know LP is planning to make their own version of a hockey goalie mask's back-plate for use in fencing mask. Watch for it if you want to save your head, literally.

PK

[Artisan]

Originally posted by pkt
It ain't necessarily so.

Watch for it if you want to save your head, literally.

PK

Try this for head protection:
http://snipurl.com/3fvw

[D'Artagnan1673]

LOL!! Too funny.

[DanInMI]

Originally posted by Morion
I thought they were going to eliminate the flick by increasing the amount of time the tip has to be depressed, so the quick snap of a flick wouldn't register.

Yes, that is the idea. But some people evidently feel that they will be able to develop there telekinetic powers prevent the recoil of the blade and hold the tip on the target area for an extended time duration.

The fact is that some people may still be able to ocasionally score with a flick attack, but the new rules will make it such a low percentage of success that you would be foolish to make it a major part of your repetoire.

[darius]

This was before your time, but I think it was EDEW or Dave Neveel who had fenced with a box on a 15ms setting and found that it only eliminated the most extreme, edge-of-the-tip flicks.

No telekinesis needed.

I think it got lost in one of the database crashes. Tried searching and couldn't find it.

darius

[edew]

The other Eric, Eric Schlaepfer (with help of his brother, I guess, Ian Schlaepfer). Neevel also did the test, I think.

DanInMI obviously have little clue as to the amount of time the hit can land. Some flicks are pretty hard and sticks for quite a while.

The main thing is, you don't want it to be depressed too long, or obvious hits won't get registered.

[Pho]

Are we talking about the infamous PFL boxes that has a 15 ms delay?

[JAySE SUiCiDE]

Originally posted by pkt
It ain't necessarily so.

I've seem an epeeist flick, missed the shoulder and got his opp't in the head and drew blood.

Anyone want to see my converted LP X-Change sabre mask?

As I write this, I know LP is planning to make their own version of a hockey goalie mask's back-plate for use in fencing mask. Watch for it if you want to save your head, literally.

PK

i don't need it, though i've seen it and might get it just to have my hair stick out of the back.. *winks furiously to let him know she's only joking*

most flicks are to the wrist..and thats hard enough..the strength of a regular foil flick isnt nearly enough to set off a flick to the wrist..not for me atleast.

though ive had a flick to the chest and leg in epee..those were, well..unique.

~Jes

[dreadfoily]

Originally posted by broncofencer
If you take away the weakest aspect of my foil game I will be a better foil fencer for it but I will still like Epee better

Unfortunetly I rely on flicking too much in foil, another reason why I tortured myself in epee, it's very difficult for me to flick and I like to push myself to fence in a particular way.