02-07-2004, 11:52 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| Newbie: Epee uniform
Are there special pants for epee? Like with extra padding or some such? Just asking. | 
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02-07-2004, 01:01 PM
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| Nope  | |
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02-07-2004, 01:38 PM
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| Dang. I'm either gonna have to get better fast, or get used to these nasty green bruises.  | |
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02-07-2004, 01:56 PM
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| Maybe the answer you are looking for.
You can try 2 things first i wear a very tight fitting pair of shorts under my knickers. I have been fencing epee for 12 years now and they help a little bit. Or a friend of mine wears a pair of long underwear under his knickers.
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02-07-2004, 02:49 PM
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| They've got some FIE fencing shorts out there. They fit like spandex from what I hear, and I understand they're 800N. | 
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02-07-2004, 02:53 PM
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| Yeah I wanna get a pair of FIE shorts but I'd rather spend $100 on a blade or something then shorts. A good thing for padding your legs is just get sliding shorts the baseball players wear , they provide alot of padding. | |
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02-08-2004, 02:09 AM
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| Quote: Originally posted by scrapinpeg
Dang. I'm either gonna have to get better fast, or get used to these nasty green bruises. | heh, heh...distance distance distance.
I've discovered three other things that help too. FIE clothing helps soften the hits some. A longsleeved poly undershirt (Like Undearmour) allows the jacket to slide some over the arm reducing the impact of hits to the arm a bit, and for practice I've sewn padding into my plastron at the collarbone and in the bicept / inside elbow regions. | |
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02-08-2004, 09:36 AM
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#8 | | Registered User
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| You won't realize it until afterward, but you'll go through a phase of "epee pox" that will subside as your sense of distance improves. When I first started, I used to come home with red marks (turned to bruises later) up and down my arm, with the occasional splotch on my torso or thigh. It's very rare that I get bruised now. | |
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02-08-2004, 02:10 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
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| Yes, the FIE pants are 800N puncture proof, but padding is the question of the day. I wear baseball "slider" shorts under my knickers. I like the NIKE version the best. They are made of a spandex outer layer with a cup holder that allows you to adjust the position of the cup and the legs have a padded layer that covers the upper thigh around to the outside of each leg.
Since wise men always wear a cup I use this for all weapons.
$29.99 at Sports Authority, Mizuno had a similar version for $34.99.
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02-08-2004, 02:34 PM
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| the only tournament-allowed "epee uniform" pants are knickers; the ones that are the safest, toughest material are FIE, but since theyre hidiously expensive, I dont recommend you buying them right away at a beginning level. You can, however, wear shorts underneath them, and choose 100% cotton instead of 100% nylon- the difference is the nylon gives you a much comfortable,larger range of motion, but theyre thinner.
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02-08-2004, 07:40 PM
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#11 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Get a big pair of those padded epee coach's sleeves and wear 'em like hose under your knickers...  | |
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02-09-2004, 01:12 AM
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#12 | | Senior Member
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| Excellent suggestions all. Thanks! Hope I get over the epee pox soon. In the meantime, I'll try those slider shorts or maybe some cutoff sweats. | |
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02-09-2004, 03:58 AM
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#13 | | Senior Member
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| FIE 800N protective clothing does not help against bruising.. trust me on this one..
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02-09-2004, 05:14 PM
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| I MISS my epee pox. 
I had a coach who had had sewn a hard platic guard into the legs of his coaching uniform. Apparently, you can get a conformable platic from the sport trainers... or so her told me.
Honestly, they're right when they say you GENERALLY will bruise less with more time fencing. Its been almost a year since I got any really good spectacular bruises... I used to play rugby, and learned quickly that either you whined and felt sorry for yourself, or you showed off the bruises and were proud of them. I always opted for the second option.
Wear those bruises proudly! They mean your an epeeist. And in time, you'll get less of them. And you wear THOSE proudly too. | |
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02-09-2004, 05:34 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by ThaProfessor12
Yeah I wanna get a pair of FIE shorts but I'd rather spend $100 on a blade or something then shorts. A good thing for padding your legs is just get sliding shorts the baseball players wear , they provide alot of padding. | Quote: Originally posted by lfortier
the only tournament-allowed "epee uniform" pants are knickers; the ones that are the safest, toughest material are FIE, but since theyre hidiously expensive, I dont recommend you buying them right away at a beginning level. ... | ... but no money can buy what's under your pants...
You have to set your priorities.
Learn to move better, faster.
I agree with Artisan,
Distance, distance, distance.
and add:
Footwork, footwork, footwork.
When an opp't goes for you, move away and pick him off...
PK
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