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What's your opinion on long arms in epee being OP and needing nerf?
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Feb 6, 2015 16:15
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Discussion: Would foil be better with larger target area? Would epee be better with right of way? Would sabre be better if nobody did it?
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Feb 14, 2015 06:53
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I'd use my perfect footwork to run the gently caress away.
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Feb 19, 2015 01:09
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I think this discussion is about a hypothetical where an epee fencer without weapon would go up against someone who is trained in punching and kicking people. Yeah they're gonna lose, no matter how good their footwork is.
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Mar 2, 2015 19:03
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I'm looking into learning some Rapier, but the only place that offers lessons around here is the SCA. How much dorky fuckery should I expect?
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Mar 3, 2015 23:50
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Zeitgueist posted:Where are you located? I'm in Edmonton :/. I actually heard good things about the people there in regards to personality. Knowing nothing about rapier fencing whatsoever, how can I tell if they are doing it properly? What would doing it historically accurate even mean? How does rapier fencing technique differ from olympic fencing?
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Mar 4, 2015 16:37
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I've done olympic fencing for many years, so I know how game-y it is. Ain't gonna pistol grip twist turn flick someone with a rapier... I'm more interested in the actual bladework differences. A rapier is much heavier than a foil or even epee, so I imagine it's much more about prise de fer than fast disengages? ScratchAndSniff posted:If you want to sperge about historical accuracy, ask them to quote their sources when they teach techniques. There are a lot of translated manuals nowadays which you can get pretty easily, so if they answer with "we are doing this because it works" or "this is the way I learned it" they are probably just teaching sport fencing with rapiers. Sport fencing with rapiers would be fine with me, even if it's just a less suicidal version of normal epee. married but discreet fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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Mar 4, 2015 17:53
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Zeitgueist posted:The HEMA club finder lists at least 1 group in Edmonton, though I have no idea if they are any good. Oh, that's useful! I've actually been to the one club listed, but they don't do rapier and are also far too expensive for me  From the replies it sounds like I'd be fine with SCA style-rapier even if it's not necessarily 100% historical. I just don't want some total europeeaboo fantasy bullshit.
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Mar 4, 2015 20:20
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Zeitgueist posted:T With rapier, the lunge is mechanically different than a modern lunge and you will need to be moving your hands first. What's the difference? Also am I misreading of is someone seriously claiming that in modern fencing you lead with your feet?
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Mar 17, 2015 18:38
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That link about the duel led me to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmS2nSm5n2Q It's funny how they're passing off some unarmed dude doing distance parries (nice ones admittedly) as somehow very impressive.
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Apr 24, 2015 17:21
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Wouldn't real life lightsabring just amount to slightly less suicidal olympic sabre?
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Dec 16, 2015 12:00
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I feel like fencing is the only sport where being scrawny as poo poo gives me a legitimate advantage. Also not having boobs reduces your target area a lot, so I would call it very manly.
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Feb 1, 2016 15:56
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This habit usually stops when they get stabbed in the hand.
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Mar 7, 2016 16:12
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ImplicitAssembler posted:This is rather well done: That's really cool! Fencing would actually be a good spectator sport with visual aides and slowdowns, but alas...
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Mar 20, 2016 17:57
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If you do 20 pushups you die
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May 5, 2016 05:18
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You know what sucks? Having to switch hands cause your good one got tendonitis. How does anything even work? How do I walk?
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May 10, 2016 19:18
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Kendo is fat weebs pretending to be animes hitting each other with broomsticks
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May 13, 2016 15:05
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I'm just picturing a sword person running in a big circle with the pike person rotating in place until they fall over from vertigo.
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May 17, 2016 16:45
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So stabbing is not a thing in Kendo?
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May 30, 2016 22:34
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Siivola posted:I am the wishy-washiest. I took a short course on the smallsword a couple of years ago and the period is neat enough, so I started thinking it'd be cool to revisit it. Problem is, our teacher moved to England and I don't think there's anyone left in the entire country who really knows their Angelo. So now I'm considering... It's cool and good and you don't have to worry about hurting people so you can go at it fully.
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Jun 5, 2016 22:55
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I don't know, not having to hold back but being bound by rules that prevent suicidal charges is part of what makes foil so great for me. I'd prefer epee if it had right of way, but double touches are the worst. I'm definitely going to at least try rapier and/or smallsword if I get the chance, but how does the transition to actually having to be careful to not murder your opponent work out for long time sport fencers?
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Jun 6, 2016 16:48
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That doesn't really make sense to me unless you're talking about real life swordfights. In the latter case, either my opponent fearlessly attacks me and gets parry riposted, which is good, or he doesn't attack me at all, which is also good because nobody is getting stabbed. Also I can probably run faster than some dude carrying a sword.
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Jun 7, 2016 00:19
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I don't think fencing (of any kind) is a terrible spectator sport because of the rules, but because it's too fast and dependent on tiny nuances in what the fencers are doing. These are hard to judge when you're not actually in the bout yourself, unless you slow it down and provide a lot of visual aids for spectators, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leOP7rWwBpw Simplified rules results in this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWiaRhQDZFE
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Jun 8, 2016 17:16
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ScratchAndSniff posted:While I admit that was painful to watch, tweaking the rules and toning down the period equipment could make it better. Old school MMA matches looked dumb too. Plus, just look at this thread. Different styles have a lot of rivalry. The demand is there. I don't think priority is any more confusing than the rules of football, baseball and what have you. And it's there to avoid exactly that kind of bout you're talking about.
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Jun 8, 2016 18:36
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Rapiers are dex weapons you scrubs
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Jul 8, 2016 17:06
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Let me tell you about Dark Souls
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Jul 8, 2016 17:57
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Regarding the earlier discussion of the evolution of sport fencing, what's the reasoning behind the target area in foil? Seems like the head would be a very legit thing to stab.
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Sep 2, 2016 16:41
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HEY GAL posted:people started foil fencing for sport/fun before modern masks were a common thing, it's for safety That's what I'd think as well, yet epee/sabre are perfectly fine with it.
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Sep 2, 2016 17:02
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When you're fencing epee
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Sep 26, 2016 16:50
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Siivola posted:I found Hey Gail's fencing manual. Is this artistic license or actual distance in rapier fencing?
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Feb 1, 2017 17:10
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I call bullshit, these are just tiny people.
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Feb 8, 2017 20:09
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Barry Lyndon my man, but it comes with three and a half hours of non fencing related cinematic bliss.
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Aug 28, 2017 13:27
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Couldn't you just do Kendo then?
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Feb 19, 2019 15:29
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