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11-21-2012, 08:41 AM
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Excellent!
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02-24-2013, 04:41 PM
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Hill-Biffy or HillWilliam
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Today was different. I'm still recovering from whatever happened Friday afternoon. I fenced very carefully saving energy all day and wound up in fourth place.
The topper of the day was a bout only an epeeist could love. I fenced this college guy, who had beaten me in epee and sabre last time out. In the pools, I beat him by hopping openning up quick counter attacks. So he figures he'll slow me down in the de, to which I say thankyou as I am feeling pretty run down today. First period we fence to 0-0, lots of false attacks nobody committing. Second period he picks my hand beautifully on a compound attack. 0-1 going into the third. I break out the hopping a little bit get him moving back and forth and work his wrist obsessively, which as intended opens up his knee on an advance 1-1 w00t. Time runs out he gets priority (randomly assigned) in OT. That means I have to score or I lose. We double touch once nothing done. I slowly work him to the end of the strip and make a false attack at his foot at about 55 seconds. He recovers with his front foot on the endline. I go for it again, he goes off the end of the strip point and bout to the old guy with almost a second to spare. Craziest win ever.
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02-24-2013, 04:49 PM
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Sweet victory!
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02-24-2013, 04:56 PM
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Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Nicely done!
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02-24-2013, 08:58 PM
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Doctor Wtf
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Badelaide, Baustralia
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Guile and cunning will often beat youthful speed.
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02-25-2013, 12:07 AM
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a beautiful fool
Join Date: Sep 2010
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Huzzah!
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02-25-2013, 01:17 AM
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The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Heh heh, ya don't survive this long by being stupid.
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02-25-2013, 06:22 PM
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Bitchin' Tiny Unicorn Jockey Wannabe
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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Nice!
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02-26-2013, 12:51 PM
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Goon Squad Leader
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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They keep settin'em up and you keep choppin' them down.
Nice work, nice work.
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02-26-2013, 07:43 PM
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Got a bad case of CRS
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