I don't understand fencing.

[Baitball Blogger]

I was expecting fancy footwork and ballet caliber movements, and all it is, is an exercise in lunging. It seems to me that the person with the longest arm reach has the advantage over their opponents. Hurling is more exciting to watch.

[GumboYaYa]

1. LOL, if you expect the Three Musketeers it will be disappointing.

But the blade does matter. Foil is point, thrust and lunge. The target for scores is smaller. Epee is heavier with a bigger target area, but the real fun is with the sabre. It is more of the slashing moves people expect in sword fighting and requires more quick and violent attacks. Sabre is called the soldiers sword because it is closer to everyone's conception of doing battle with a sword. Sabre target is basically anything above the waist.

I fought all three blades, but I loved the sabre.

[livetohike]

9. Thanks for the explanation! n/t

[zuul]

2. Yep, it's nothing like 'The Three Musketeers' damn it.

I watched a match (???) yesterday and a rather petite American woman was kicking ass. I fell asleep before the end so I don't know if she won.

[Harker]

3. Hurling or curling? n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

10. It's debatable.

[Harker]

11. Just wondering...

I love a thrilling curling match, but hurling really touches home with my inner Irishman.

[Wounded Bear]

12. Maybe one leads to the other...

[Harker]

13. Perhaps for some.

Hurling on the ice... not fun for anyone.

[Tomconroy]

4. "Stick them with the pointy end!" - Anya Stark

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[Orrex]

5. I myself couldn't decide between stockade and picket

Ultimately we went with chain link.

[underpants]

6. I just waiting the landscaping and deck repair being added

They’ll have it on a big screen at Lowe’s

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. Or screen door building.

[genxlib]

7. It's not as much fun without the taunting

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. +1

[jpak]

8. I just watched a fencing match and Hurled

[Ocelot II]

16. I took fencing to satisfy a college PE requirement.

It was kind of fun. I got to pretend to stab people.

[Generic Brad]

17. It's quite simple really. Just sell stolen goods

[malthaussen]

18. You Tube has some videos of actual duels that took place in the 1900s in France.

You'd be very disappointed to see how the "real thing" compares to stage fencing.

-- Mal

[Pharlo]

19. Are you, perhaps, implying that Johnny Depp's performance in the

'Pirates of the Caribbean' is something less that history in its most pure form?

[jmowreader]

20. Fencing is super easy to understand

You go to Home Depot. You tell the guy in the lumber department you wanna put up however many feet of fence you need. He sells you shit you've never seen before in your fucking life, and so much of it you know you'll never use it all. You and the three friends with F-250 pickup trucks you bribed with the promise of quantities of beer haul it all home. Three days later you've used it all and have made a nice looking fence. Then on Tuesday the woman who has to put up with your buddy Sam called: "Hey, I know my husband only has two brain cells left but I need to check on something: I know you promised him a six-pack of beer if he'd help you bring your fencing home from the store...but for some reason that dumb fuck thinks you promised him a six-pack per hour. You didn't, did you? No? Okay, that's what I thought. We still grilling at my place this weekend?"

That shit with the swords they do at the Olympics isn't meant to be understood.

[Wolf Frankula]

21. There's two basic types of fencing.

Olympic fencing is done on a strip with limited weapons and targets. The weapons are foil: thrust only, limited target, epee: thrust only full body target, and sabre: cut and thrust, limited target. Classical fencing is done in the round with full body targets. The weapons are schlager, a broader bladed epee, and sabre. Both are cut and thrust. And unlike in the movies, never spin around in reach of your opponent. You will be skewered.

Wolf

Who prefers the schlager.