Olympic Fencing - Page 2

Happy Monkey · 02-27-2012, 12:49 PM

So not only is it an extremely popular thread, it's now an Olympic sport?

Griff · 11-20-2012, 09:34 PM

I fenced over weekend and a coach buddy from Scranton said he got a great shot of me. I just got this, great timing. The college kid I was fencing is training at Fencers Club in New York, one of the top 3 or 4 clubs in the country, so I was motivated to make sure our little podunk club was well represented. He had a pattern of attacking on the high line, and I usually retreat to set up a riposte so this time I simply dropped and let him run onto my point for the bout winner.

BigV · 11-20-2012, 09:42 PM

hahahahahahaha!!!!

Score one for old age and treachery!

Huzzah!

Griff · 11-20-2012, 09:46 PM

I was surrounded by gray hairs after that one! We always root for each other when fencing whipper snappers. My legs felt great all day, even fenced the sabre event. Good times.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-21-2012, 04:37 AM

Griff's so good he can beat them whippersnappers sittin' down.

glatt · 11-21-2012, 09:41 AM

Excellent!

Griff · 02-24-2013, 05:41 PM

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.

glatt · 02-24-2013, 05:49 PM

Sweet victory!

orthodoc · 02-24-2013, 05:56 PM

Nicely done!

ZenGum · 02-24-2013, 09:58 PM

Guile and cunning will often beat youthful speed.

jimhelm · 02-25-2013, 01:07 AM

Huzzah!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-25-2013, 02:17 AM

Heh heh, ya don't survive this long by being stupid.

Clodfobble · 02-25-2013, 07:22 PM

Nice!

BigV · 02-26-2013, 01:51 PM

They keep settin'em up and you keep choppin' them down.

Nice work, nice work.

Pete Zicato · 02-26-2013, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Guile and cunning will often beat youthful speed.

Sometimes more insurance will do it. Tawanda!

02-27-2012, 12:49 PM	#1
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	So not only is it an extremely popular thread, it's now an Olympic sport? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-20-2012, 09:34 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I fenced over weekend and a coach buddy from Scranton said he got a great shot of me. I just got this, great timing. The college kid I was fencing is training at Fencers Club in New York, one of the top 3 or 4 clubs in the country, so I was motivated to make sure our little podunk club was well represented. He had a pattern of attacking on the high line, and I usually retreat to set up a riposte so this time I simply dropped and let him run onto my point for the bout winner. Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-20-2012, 09:42 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	hahahahahahaha!!!! Score one for old age and treachery! Huzzah! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-20-2012, 09:46 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I was surrounded by gray hairs after that one! We always root for each other when fencing whipper snappers. My legs felt great all day, even fenced the sabre event. Good times. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-21-2012, 04:37 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Griff's so good he can beat them whippersnappers sittin' down. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-21-2012, 09:41 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Excellent!

02-24-2013, 05:41 PM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	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. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-24-2013, 05:49 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sweet victory!

02-24-2013, 05:56 PM	#9
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Nicely done! __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

02-24-2013, 09:58 PM	#10
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Guile and cunning will often beat youthful speed. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-25-2013, 01:07 AM	#11
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Huzzah! __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

02-25-2013, 02:17 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Heh heh, ya don't survive this long by being stupid. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-25-2013, 07:22 PM	#13
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02-26-2013, 01:51 PM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	They keep settin'em up and you keep choppin' them down. Nice work, nice work. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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