Fencing.

[yoshi]

Just being nosy(sp) here. Anyone else fence? And if so whats your weapon of choice?

Do foil mostly but my true passion is in sabre.

[Reaper]

Same. Sabre is the most fun for me.

I don't fence very often. It's a club at my school that only starts up during the second half of the year. On top of that, I don't always have time to come.

I do enjoy it though.

[yoritomo]

Picket pounder. I know most people like the post digger, but you can put pickets into the ground much faster than posts. Plus you can set up a mean fence with pickets. Doesn't look as good as a post fence but they can be scary.


Oh, wait.... you mean the sword fighting kind of fencing.

[yoshi]

You can put posts in faster if you got a digger. Not much stopping a CAT 312D.

reaper: IF my thumb heals up nice. I will be doing the Inverness open. And pending my results there be going in for the scottish comp.

[Tyrantor]

Jul 28, 2011 0:50:11 GMT yoshi said:

You can put posts in faster if you got a digger. Not much stopping a CAT 312D.

reaper: IF my thumb heals up nice. I will be doing the Inverness open. And pending my results there be going in for the scottish comp.

Fellow Scot win.

Anyway, I've never tried it but it's always been something I've wanted to try. Currently waiting until uni starts back though, they have a fencing club.

[yoshi]

Which uni are you going to?

[GAZKUL]

Jul 28, 2011 0:47:20 GMT yoritomo said:

Picket pounder. I know most people like the post digger, but you can put pickets into the ground much faster than posts. Plus you can set up a mean fence with pickets. Doesn't look as good as a post fence but they can be scary.

aaaaghhh ninja'd

[Tyrantor]

Jul 28, 2011 0:59:09 GMT yoshi said:

Which uni are you going to?

Strathy, I've been there for a year already.

[robomummy]

I have been teaching fencing for a few years now, most of it is just coaching my school's team. I dont really have a favorite weapon but my best would probably have to be Epee. that being said I have been in a few local tournaments and have done well with each weapon. There is a studio nearby were I practice but it's fun because the owner is an awesome guy and holds weekly tournaments for fun (fight for bragging rights).

[Geneva]

I fenced for about a year with a club I lived near about two years ago. Probably the only sport that really interested me.
Reading this really makes me want to get back into it. Alas, there aren't any groups near where I'm living at the moment and I wouldn't be able to afford the equipment anyway. Something to look forward to after college, I guess.

[robomummy]

Yeah the equipment is really expensive if you want to start. Luckily my local studio has a 40' by 12' wall full of equipment my saber alone cost me $170 (usd). I haven't been able to teach for the past few weeks but once I go off to college they want me to restart a club for it.

[Geneva]

My old club used to rent the equipment on a nightly basis. €5 a night on top of the €15 entry fee. I always wanted a sword of my own though. If even just to practise at home with. Unfortunately, a decent epee costs an arm an a leg to get in good condition.

[coredump]

I have never done olympic style fencing, but I belong to a group that recreates renaissance era rapier. I think it is a lot of fun.

We use heavier blades than epee/sabre, similar to the Schlager type blades. It is fought in 'the round' and not a strip, and it has full body targeting and no right of way concerns.

We also have different forms you can use, such as Sword with Dagger, or Sword with hard or soft parry (think walking stick or cloak)

We even have times when we will do group combats, with multiple people on each side. Yeah... its a lot of fun.

[Hyper Kinetic]

coredump:
I've always wanted to do that (Rapier and Dagger).
I intend to one day get a wall mounted Rapier... I Love the articulate hilts

I tried Fencing once... but got told off for being too jumpy. And the stances put me in to severe cramping. Quite odd, considering the sort of leg work I was doing at the time (I was at the peak of my FreeRunning days).

I like the look of Fencing though. Could be fun if I tried again.

[robomummy]

We do that different rennaissance fighting too. my favorite has to be the one were you use a cloak and a dagger. also we have melees which are free for all fights with 10 people. We are allowed to choose any weapon style we want for some of them (except saber for some reasons better left unmentioned).

As for olympic fencing, that is not real fencing. It is a corruption of what I consider real fencing. they are moving too fast to use proper form and technique and the sport devolves into "i can hit you with a piece of metal faster" rather than properly luring your opponent into a well thought out trap. this is part of the reason that I dont want to go join any fencing teams and I'd rather stick to teaching than competing.