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Well i think the question says it all, so do you?
I am a Sabreur, So naturally i think Foil is CRAP and just don't like Epee.

Would just like to find ayone else interested in Fencing, and what level you're at.



!!!!!SABRE ALL THE WAY!!!!!

Well, I was captain of my college's men's foil team when I was an undergrad. I had never fenced before college. Half the teams in our league were club teams, like mine; the other half were division 1 NCAA teams. That was rather scary in the first couple of meets ("So, you've been fencing for 3 months, that guy's on scholarship and been doing it for 10 years. Good luck!"), but I channeled the power of beginner's luck and managed to actually defeat the guy who was the champion of the previous year. In reality, it was because I was such a total beginner that I wasn't reacting to his feints or whatnot like any experienced opponent would, and thus my actions were completely unexpected. It's been a few years since I've fenced, though.

I don't care. I fence foil. Been stuck on foil the past few years. It's a simple weapon.

Despite the constant bruises from overeager poking from opponents, I still rather foil.

Foilfoilfoilfoilfoil.

I took a class in fencing when I attended junior college, which I enjoyed. It was a sport I could have gotten into. I didn't play it long enough to weigh in on foil, sabre, or epee argument. Touche.

Oh, and as for the differences in the weapons: at least those of us with point weapons have more to our strategy than "charge forward and swing". ;) I respect epee a good deal, but your sabre people have bizarre rules of right of way that as far as I can tell basically boil down to whoever was moving forward.

Always wanted to that's for sure. I'm good with Chinese and Japanese melee weapons, and since certain aspects of ballet have origins in fencing i think i'd be pretty good.

AND i'd like to learn epee, foil, and sabre. I like to be well rounded.

I started learning to fence with a foil one year in college. My buddy had fenced for years and started up a fencing club on campus; unfortunately, he transferred the next year and the club didn't go any farther. It was too bad, too, because I really enjoyed the hell out of it.

I learned how to fence a couple of years ago. At the time we used sabre but I haven't really kept up with it too much since then.

I did foil for my first three years of undergrad but just wasn't feeling like I was getting anywhere or enjoying it that much. Switched to saber my last year and had a great time! Haven't found anywhere to do it where i am now but can't wait to get back home this summer to do some saber work

I agree the Sabre is exciting and a hell of a workout, the Sabre rocks. I also like the foil for the finesse.
The smaller target area makes the foil much more challenging.

I do have a love/hate relationship with electronic scoring though. I move up and down the piste a lot and
the wire is such a nuisance. I need a lot of lateral movement to get at those lefties too and I get tangled up sometimes. What are your thoughts on electronic scoring?

electronics- to me a nuisance. its just one more thing to go wrong. its hellish for foil when somehting goes wrong- which it is inevitable IT WILL.
and wearing a Lame, that annoyes the hell out of me, it restricts movement.

Yes, I prefer "White Picket" Fencing

Dropped out of middle school to train foil for a couple of years. Was good, and eventually realised that that was the main reason I did it. Got sick of the pressure to comit, and quit. Never looked back. All said, though, it is a choice sport.

What's your district? I was Great Lakes, from 1991-1999