when i was a kid in fencing club i was the first one to get the hang of the priority rules associated with the marching attack and i drove everyone else CRAZY with it. i feel like this is baby fencing club rumicoded behavior since she's a #mastermanipulator
Yes definitelyyy
In my au, Rumi has had a sword in her hand since the second she could walk. She was absolutely the terror of her local club
I think when she starts teaching Zoey and Mira, she'll definitely really cheeky with priority rules. She'd be really strict with it so they really learn it. Like she'd be bouting with Zoey and they'll both touch but Rumi is like "so actually you see you slightly pulled your arm back so u lost right of way so actually that was mine" and Zoey's like "this is why I do epee, what is this bullshit💔"
(Side note but I love doing absence of blade against beginners bc they simply do not know what to do and it's rlly funny)
highlight of my night was when my fencing partner was told to pick up the speed in drills and i YELLED “IM SO SCARED” and then she hit me, sending my coach into a fit of laughter
Born on 29 December 1953 in Würzburg, Bavaria, West Germany, Thomas Bach is a German lawyer, former foil fencer, and Olympic gold medalist. He has served as the ninth and current president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013, the first ever Olympic champion to be elected to that position. Bach is also a former German individual foil champion, and former member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation's executive board.
The group were celebrating Altara making it to the finals, but Triston, her ex, decides to spoil the mood by getting drunk and causing a scene in the club. Later, Vivian and Altara make a promise to eachother to face eachother in the final, and Altara intends to keep that promise, but first, she needs to get through the finals and defeat Aelia Aurelius, the crimson queen, a fencer from Tevinter who had a reputation for hitting too hard when she scores points and being a bit of a bully on the piste.
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"Come on, your bout is in five minutes, let's get you suited up," Lucanis says, his hands resting on her shoulders gently. She looked up at him and grinned.
"Ok, can you help?" She asked with a cheeky grin, making him blush.
"Mi amore, if I help you, you're going to be late for your match." He whispered in her ear, and she nearly melted at the gravely purr.
"Maker, your voice should be illegal." She comments, making him chuckle as they walk to their booth to grab her gear. There is a changing room set up near the piste area.
"Remember, Aelia hits hard, but she isn't that flexible, use that to your advantage." He says as she's changing into her uniform.
"Don't worry, I will," she says, pulling back the curtain. Her pure white uniform looked good on her, they had swapped out her lame for a custom one like Lucanis, adding a little flair. her face guard had her rose insignia painted on it.
The Cantori Diamond was making a show of the finals, using the stage and LED screens to introduce the competitors before they walked down to the piste, their insignias would be projected on the screens behind them, their name in bright lights.
The crowd was earning it up. Enjoying the theatrics of it all. Antivan's were known for putting on a show and being extravagant.
Lucanis takes her hand in his and pulls her close, pressing his forehead to hers.
"You've got this, I know you can win." He says softly, she smiles, kissing him. A wolf whistle breaks them apart. Lucanis blushes slightly.
"Wish me luck." She grins at him, making him laugh.
Reminder that no one in their right mind will think any less of you for not saying please or thank you, saying can I instead of may I, or calling them by their name instead of sir or mam.
HOWEVER, If you watch me take of my mask, stand in basic position, and salute you properly, and don't at least kind of salute me back I will hit you off target on porpoise.
A fun video of a martial artist trying another olympic fencing discipline.
Not everyone has to enjoy this or that form of olympic fencing but it can also be amazing for some, and there's some amazing pedagogy and athletes within it.
For anyone who hasn’t yet seen the following links:
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Some advice on how to start studying the sources generally can be found in these older posts
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Remember to check out A Guide to Starting a Liberation Martial Arts Gym as it may help with your own club/gym/dojo/school culture and approach.Check out their curriculum too.
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Fear is the Mind Killer: How to Build a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience by Kajetan Sadowski may be relevant as well.
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“How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills” by Rob Gray as well as this post that goes over the basics of his constraints lead, ecological approach.
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Another useful book to check out is The Theory and Practice of Historical European Martial Arts (while about HEMA, a lot of it is applicable to other historical martial arts clubs dealing with research and recreation of old fighting systems).
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Trauma informed coaching and why it matters
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Look at the previous posts in relation to running and cardio to learn how that relates to historical fencing.
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Why having a systematic approach to training can be beneficial
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Why we may not want one attack 10 000 times, nor 10 000 attacks done once, but a third option.
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How consent and opting in function and why it matters.
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More on tactics in fencing
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Open vs closed skills
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The three primary factors to safety within historical fencing
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Worth checking out are this blogs tags on pedagogy and teaching for other related useful posts.
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And if you train any weapon based form of historical fencing check out the ‘HEMA game archive’ where you can find a plethora of different drills, focused sparring and game options to use for effective, useful and fun training.
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Check out the cool hemabookshelf facsimile project.
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For more on how to use youtube content for learning historical fencing I suggest checking out these older posts on the concept of video study of sparring and tournament footage.
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Consider getting some patches of this sort or these cool rashguards to show support for good causes or a t-shirt like to send a good message while at training.
