Fencing never appealed to me much. Especially when people used to do it in duels to the death. I mean, all you're really doing is showing off how good you are at following the rules of fencing. If you're simply trying to kill them instead of following some sort of fencing code, then you have the upper hand with no training at all.
Yeah, some of the rules tend to really **** me off. I'll be going in my grand over-head strike, only to have the teacher remind me that "your rear foot is not permitted to pass your front ankle".
Wow, what an excellent rule! Imagine that in a real duel. "HEY! You can't stab him to death if your foot isn't in a certain place!" I think this just draws more attention to the fact that nobody seems to fight each other with real sword nowadays, which is a shame because it would be fun to watch a fight to the death between two guys who have to follow a million dumb fencing rules.
Yep, that's my grandma... :P
Never liked foil much, sabre always appealed to me more...
Fencing never appealed to me much. Especially when people used to do it in duels to the death. I mean, all you're really doing is showing off how good you are at following the rules of fencing. If you're simply trying to kill them instead of following some sort of fencing code, then you have the upper hand with no training at all.
Yeah, some of the rules tend to really **** me off. I'll be going in my grand over-head strike, only to have the teacher remind me that "your rear foot is not permitted to pass your front ankle".
Wow, what an excellent rule! Imagine that in a real duel. "HEY! You can't stab him to death if your foot isn't in a certain place!" I think this just draws more attention to the fact that nobody seems to fight each other with real sword nowadays, which is a shame because it would be fun to watch a fight to the death between two guys who have to follow a million dumb fencing rules.
THATS how ELDER lIFE SHOULD look like