Anyone out there who fences? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

GrayWolf · 09-07-2003, 08:39 PM

I must know.

Slims · 09-07-2003, 09:22 PM

Hey, I have tried this before, and only had a couple responses. Hopefully more fencers will notice this time.

And yes, I fence, but you know that.

GrayWolf · 09-08-2003, 05:45 AM

*cry* We're such a lonely breed.

firebirdta · 09-08-2003, 02:15 PM

I've always been interested in fencing. How does one go about starting? Information such as equipment, training, cost would be much appreciated.

doctorphibes · 09-08-2003, 02:53 PM

I used to fence, in HS. Gave it up in college.

<b>Firebird</b>, just check in the local yellow pages, usually there will be a club or two in the area.

firebirdta · 09-09-2003, 06:49 AM

Will do, thanks a lot.

noodles · 09-22-2003, 12:09 PM

(digging this out of retirement)
i fence.
in fact i just got my confirmation for the div2 north american cup in kansas city next month. too bad i broke my (fencing) wrist. i'll be out of it till next year

mml · 09-22-2003, 12:47 PM

Fenced in college, I was never really competative, but I enjoyed it. It's been years since I have, I actually got into it because some girl I met said she thought fencing was facinating and I told her I knew how. Went out the next day to start learning how. It never worked out with that girl, but I had fun fencing for the next few years.

ForgottenKnight · 01-09-2005, 04:53 PM

I not only Fence, I run my college's fencing club.

cameroncrazy822 · 01-11-2005, 04:45 PM

Not anymore, I'm on probation.

spooky1 · 01-16-2005, 11:54 AM

I fenced a little back in College, but that was almost two decades ago. I still have my foil and mask though.

noodles · 01-16-2005, 12:12 PM

almost two years later, i still fence.
i still run my college club and we just finished hosting a collegiate team tournament this weekend.

greytone · 01-16-2005, 03:50 PM

I fenced a little at the end of college. Of course that was 14 years ago......hadn't really realized just how old I was getting. For the most part I was limited to foil, but I did pick up the epee for a tournament when my college wanted a warm body. I actually held the weapon for the first time minutes before I advanced in the tournament. Maybe I should have stayed with it, but there was not much opportunity in med school.

drakers · 01-19-2005, 08:06 PM

Sorry, can't say that I fence, I'm too scared my ass might get scared (and I don't mean the emotion but getting cut). Just for those smartasses out there.

noodles · 01-19-2005, 08:17 PM

fencing is safer than most any other sport. the major injuries are repetitive stress injuries due to doing something incorrectly and it putting a strain on the body. you very rarely get any injury that will leave a scar (though i do have a few, i'll explain if you're interested). really, everything is engineered to be quite safe.

09-07-2003, 08:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
GrayWolf Tilted	Anyone out there who fences? I must know.

09-07-2003, 09:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
Slims Eccentric insomniac Location: North Carolina	Hey, I have tried this before, and only had a couple responses. Hopefully more fencers will notice this time. And yes, I fence, but you know that. __________________ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence

09-08-2003, 05:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
GrayWolf Tilted	cry We're such a lonely breed. __________________ They are too young when you start worrying that they might be too young. 18 is my lowest limit. I'm going to be 25 next month.. No piece of ass is worth getting pounded in my own. - Johnny Rotten (I laughed for so long when I read this...)

09-08-2003, 02:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
firebirdta Crazy	I've always been interested in fencing. How does one go about starting? Information such as equipment, training, cost would be much appreciated. __________________ "Even if you prove me wrong, I'm not going to believe you." - A. McGill

09-09-2003, 06:49 AM	#6 (permalink)
firebirdta Crazy	Will do, thanks a lot. __________________ "Even if you prove me wrong, I'm not going to believe you." - A. McGill

09-08-2003, 02:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
doctorphibes Crazy	I used to fence, in HS. Gave it up in college. <b>Firebird</b>, just check in the local yellow pages, usually there will be a club or two in the area.

09-22-2003, 12:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
noodles Psycho Location: sc	(digging this out of retirement) i fence. in fact i just got my confirmation for the div2 north american cup in kansas city next month. too bad i broke my (fencing) wrist. i'll be out of it till next year __________________ This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves. Nietzsche

09-22-2003, 12:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
mml Adrift Location: Wandering in the Desert of Life	Fenced in college, I was never really competative, but I enjoyed it. It's been years since I have, I actually got into it because some girl I met said she thought fencing was facinating and I told her I knew how. Went out the next day to start learning how. It never worked out with that girl, but I had fun fencing for the next few years. __________________ Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -Douglas Adams

01-09-2005, 04:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
ForgottenKnight Jesus Freak Location: Following the light...	I not only Fence, I run my college's fencing club. __________________ "People say I'm strange, does that make me a stranger?"

01-11-2005, 04:45 PM	#10 (permalink)
cameroncrazy822 Junkie Location: MD	Not anymore, I'm on probation.

01-16-2005, 11:54 AM	#11 (permalink)
spooky1 Psycho Location: MD	I fenced a little back in College, but that was almost two decades ago. I still have my foil and mask though.

01-16-2005, 12:12 PM	#12 (permalink)
noodles Psycho Location: sc	almost two years later, i still fence. i still run my college club and we just finished hosting a collegiate team tournament this weekend.

01-16-2005, 03:50 PM	#13 (permalink)
greytone Junkie	I fenced a little at the end of college. Of course that was 14 years ago......hadn't really realized just how old I was getting. For the most part I was limited to foil, but I did pick up the epee for a tournament when my college wanted a warm body. I actually held the weapon for the first time minutes before I advanced in the tournament. Maybe I should have stayed with it, but there was not much opportunity in med school. __________________ I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing. Robert A Heinlein in "They Do It With Mirrors"

01-19-2005, 08:06 PM	#14 (permalink)
drakers Psycho Location: IOWA	Sorry, can't say that I fence, I'm too scared my ass might get scared (and I don't mean the emotion but getting cut). Just for those smartasses out there.

01-19-2005, 08:17 PM	#15 (permalink)
noodles Psycho Location: sc	fencing is safer than most any other sport. the major injuries are repetitive stress injuries due to doing something incorrectly and it putting a strain on the body. you very rarely get any injury that will leave a scar (though i do have a few, i'll explain if you're interested). really, everything is engineered to be quite safe.