On A Different But Similar Note, In Riposte When Adrien And Kagami First Fence, They Start Off Using

On a different but similar note, in Riposte when Adrien and Kagami first fence, they start off using épée techniques and fencing épée but then as soon as they unhook it’s shown that they are using sabres and then they start using sabre techniques, which is just- no. It changes the target area, the weapon they use, and the freakin’ RULES! (Sabre and foil are military sports, épée is made for dueling and has a WHOLE ton less rules)

But none of this matters because before and after the bout they didn’t salute, shake hands, NOTHING????? You can get disqualified for that in sabre?? And I know it’s not that big of a deal because it’s fencing in a cartoon and even then it’s a fencing CLASS not a competing but come on they’re claiming to be the best fencing school in Paris and they don’t even do the basics when it comes to manners we learned this stuff our first day

OK SO DIFF ANON BUT whenever Adrien is show fencing in s1 he's using an épée, HOWEVER the techniques he uses (in fencing or as Chat Noir) are actually sabre techniques (it wouldn't actually work in a real match but shh it's a cartoon) so I'm guessing he practices both

that’s actually really interesting omg??? 

Guess who just went to their first

PRIDE

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

I saw my friends neck get cut open and my reaction was

Huh

That’s what that looks like

That’s a lot of blood

At least I’ll be able to describe it in my writing now

…….yep

literally everything always feels like a performance to me. i’ll be uncontrollably sobbing and will suddenly be like wow i would’ve won an oscar for this

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.

can we stop mocking queer people who are really excited and decked out in rainbow and crazy at pride events? why is there a stigma around "baby gays"? it's good that someone's excited and proud of who they are. celebrate that. hype them up. at the very least let them just be happy without your snotty ass commentary.