Once A Blade Broke So We Stopped The Bout Right And Then We Realized That It Has Broken In TWO Places

Once a blade broke so we stopped the bout right and then we realized that it has broken in TWO places because when we held it the way it should be it was shorter and we searched and searched for the third shard of broken saber

We never found it

I feel like there aren’t enough shitposts about fencing. This sport is fucking wild man, I have 80 million problems and my weapons and body cords breaking on the strip are all of them. All the weapons have rivalries against each other, epees have to listen to the sabers and foils bitch about right of way and their refs being shit… I feel like there should be some more shit about a dumbass sport on this dumbass website

I added chapter 6 of Friends on the Other Side. I hope y’all like it!!

Ft. I love Carrie and she deserves a redemption arc

Psst.. Sorry to bother you, but I saw your tags on that one queer culture post from awhile ago, and like I'm currently trying to learn about/am researching fencing!! I haven't been able to find much sadly, and I know like nothing about sabre, so I was wondering if you'd be fine with telling me about what it's like?? This has low-key become really interesting to me lately, and I'd love to hear stories from an actual fencer if your fine w/ that!! /gen /pos

ABSOLUTELY!!!! I could talk about fencing for HOURS!!! Not sure exactly what info you’re looking for but Im so glad you’re interested!

I’ve been fencing for about 3 years and have been fencing competitively for about 2 years. I started after my dad told me to pick a sport and I said either horseback riding, archery, or sword fighting, so he found a fencing club near us. This is just my opinions and experiences.

Ok so first things first: 3 types of fencing

1. Épée (which I began with, learning the sport, the simplest)

2. Foil (which I know barely anything about tbh)

3. Sabre (my pride and joy, my sport, my love, easily the best kind fight me)

Sabre can use both the edge of the blade and the tip (though mostly edge) anywhere from the waist up.

Fencing positions (advances, retreats, lunges, etc.) can feel really weird or awkward at first, but now I will stand almost in engarde position without realizing it.

Fencing is a bit more of an individual sport than most, but it still requires at least two people to work and you don’t want to just keep fencing the same person (I actually have a whole thing about how different benders from A:TLA work with different fencing styles and personalities if you’d like to see that).

Some of my experiences: there’s not too many girls until you get to the upper classes. Fencing is kind of a small world (at least two fencers from my fencing club are at the Olympics this week and our coach casually pulled out a Sabre from the 2016 rio Olympics at one point which was kind of insane). Manners are key. If you do not have proper manners and respect, you will be dismissed. One of the best fencers in my class was kicked out after they used the n-word.

Fencing, for all it’s armor and safety precautions, CAN still be dangerous. They’re still swords. There are accidents. Most of the time this means a bruise or cut, but there was one time when a blade broke mid-lunge as it went under a mask and cut someone’s throat. It was an accident and both the person hurt and the person whose blade broke were a bit traumatized by it. Impressively, the girl who was hurt is starting to fence again.

I’ve found that whenever I’m feeling really bad depression-wise, fencing can pull me out of it.

For me, fencing is about perseverance and dedication. It’s hard, but fun, and I have improved so much over the years. I love it.

A:TLA Benders as Fencing Styles

Water - Change

-fluid

-uses opponents momentum against them

-distance/makes opponent feel short

-switches up moves

-can be both offensive and defensive

-adapt quickly

-gentle, but can be vicious when they want to

-will check that opponent isn’t hurt

-well-rounded

-balanced

Earth - Substance

-strong

-hold their ground

-face challenges “head on”

-confidence

-perseverance

-hard-working

-tries hardest to win, even if their opponent is much stronger

-reads opponents movements

Fire - Power

-aggressive

-fast

-strategic

-strong attack (will leave bruises)

-energetic

-loud/uses voice to intimidate opponents

-offensive

-strong-willed

-competitive

-emotion-driven

Air - Freedom

-defensive

-distance/fall short

-fluid

-fast

-uses many different moves

-unpredictable moves

-calm

-uses the entire strip

-long attacks

-changes rhythm

-hesitates

Guess who just went to their first

PRIDE

Wait wait wait let me roll with that

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