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 Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:42 pm
i currently fence epee. i love it.
but i want to do the others. i know how to fence em, i don't have anyway to practice other than tournaments and also i would hafta buy gear. ahhaha. that means lames and foil/sabers..... i already got bodycords for em on accident. hahaha. maybe foil since sabre means you need a new mask....
what you think?
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:37 am
Well, I went from Epee to sabre once. But you're right, equipment is expensive^^; Foil is a lot of fun. Not quite as fast as sabre, but faster than some epee. As a sabre fencer myself, you probably know what I'd recommend lol^^; But foil would be less expensive to break into. Easier too, if you don't have a sabre coach. I believe tht sabres are less expensive though (no wiring). It would be a matter of whether a sabre and it's respective lame would be cheaper than foil and it's lame^.~ lol I'm probably no help at all! Go with what you like best^.~
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Your_Perfect_Mistake Captain
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:39 am
Foil is great to learn for technic... You learn a lot of useful moves you can use in Sabre.. So.. I say foil... ^^
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:42 pm
psycomuffin i currently fence epee. i love it. but i want to do the others. i know how to fence em, i don't have anyway to practice other than tournaments and also i would hafta buy gear. ahhaha. that means lames and foil/sabers..... i already got bodycords for em on accident. hahaha. maybe foil since sabre means you need a new mask.... what you think? Epee.... Just do epee.
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:08 pm
I love fencing sabre, to me its the most exciting. but yes gear is expensive, unimaginably so sometimes
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:29 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:33 pm
ive noticed that epees generally make great foils as well lol
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:19 pm
but how can an epee ever be a foil, the blade is completely different and foils are much more flexable...
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Your_Perfect_Mistake Captain
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:09 pm
The general movements you make to strike your opponent is the same... The only MAJOR differences are the swords and the target area.
Yeah. Sabre stuff costs a TON, I'm hoping to get my own electric gear.... I have a mask.. But that's it...
Oh well.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:33 am
New here so feel free to disregard but...
It is my opinion you should always crosstrain between the three whenever possible. Each has it's own unique qualities that can be used to improve your total fencing game.
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:27 pm
psycomuffin but how can an epee ever be a foil, the blade is completely different and foils are much more flexable... true, but compare them in a different way other than a weapon. the bladework is not drastically different. if you're an epee, you'd have better luck at being a foil than a sabre where the blade work it COMPLETELY different. also, if u go from epee to foil rather than epee to sabre, you dont have to worry about getting yellow carded for accidently doing a forward cross over. xd
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:29 pm
KaedenReoden New here so feel free to disregard but... It is my opinion you should always crosstrain between the three whenever possible. Each has it's own unique qualities that can be used to improve your total fencing game. i cant help but agree. the only thing u have to make sure u do is that u dont do a bunch of, oh lets say epee training and then the next day u go to a sabre tournament. lol, ive noticed that doesnt go too well xd
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:28 pm
very true. that does tend to mess people up.
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:43 pm
I would say sabre.
If you're planning on competing, then stick primarily with one weapon. I think sabre would benefit epee the greatest, because distance is a huge part of sabre, as is epee. It also teaches you to move faster, because epeeists are sloths. If you do any two weapons, though, foil and sabre are best suited to each other, due to the ROW issues.
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:55 pm
Velisarios I would say sabre. If you're planning on competing, then stick primarily with one weapon. I think sabre would benefit epee the greatest, because distance is a huge part of sabre, as is epee. It also teaches you to move faster, because epeeists are sloths. If you do any two weapons, though, foil and sabre are best suited to each other, due to the ROW issues. I don't mean to bash, but sabre is a slash. It never works out with the other weapons. But sabre is the most fun. Do foil and epee.
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