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Tsunemori posted:... Fencing, in the sense of foil/sabre/epee is much more about speed and control than power. If you fence righty long enough what you'll probably find is that your right arm catches up to your left in terms of strength just from using it that much more, but the control you're used to exerting with it will be a big advantage over trying to use the stronger, less refined left arm. Also, and this is from watching the video you posted, the stances look fairly similar. Right foot is forward and pointed towards the opponent. Left foot is behind, though I can't see which way it's pointing. If you're going forward in fencing and you're right handed, the left foot is still the one doing all the pushing unless you're maybe doing some kind of cross-over movement with the legs. Basically fencing left handed will be awkward as hell at first because you'll have to put your right foot back and now everything is on the opposite side of what you're used to. Try switching your grip and stance in kendo for an idea of what that might feel like. In the long run if you fence left handed you'll probably wind up with a bit more versatility in that you'll be able to fence decently well on either side. If you fence right handed you'll be even better at all the right handed stuff you're already doing anyway. Buried alive fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Jan 15, 2015 |
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Crazy Achmed posted:Did I tell you the joke about the sabreur? I can understand why some people like sabre. It has the edge over the other weapons.
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ImplicitAssembler posted:Actually it was this guy I was thinking of: It seems like a lot of it has to do with the fact that a fair amount of the source material is dealing with the context of a duel with unarmored combatants. If you've got something sharp and you're hitting something soft, power matters way less in terms of being able to cause an injury.
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Nektu posted:
I just wanted to expand on this and say that if any of the other 9 people are into any kind of physical thing that involves most of the body at all; weight-lifting, dancing, martial arts, etc; then you would probably do well to hook up with them. Becoming aware of your own body, where it's going and how to control it in various ways is general skill that overlaps with a lot of stuff and you only get bad habits if something conflicts directly with what you eventually want to start doing.
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I have an instructor who does the same thing. The basic answer is people start in foil because it's the most limited weapon. Limiting the number of targets (and the number of strategies/tactics one might employ in a bout) allows a person to focus more on developing good technique and control. Once they're solid, then they move on to other weapons. Modern, pre-electric sounds like a way of saying "We're not using rapiers, but we're not actually doing the most modern version (electric) that there is.) Classical, to me at least, sounds like you're studying Capoferro or something, which isn't quite what modern, pre-electric fencing is and definitely isn't what electric fencing is. A shorter answer might be that modern, pre-electric has no flick.
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10 Beers posted:Is this pretty indicative of saber fighting? It's possible that they're simply positioning themselves well enough to be able to defend, counter, defend against the counter, etc, etc. As in when one person starts a swing he's aiming for an opening, but the other person moves to parry and they clash, then the person who parried attacks an open spot and the one who attacked initially defends against the counter and so on.
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