Fencing

Is fencing Jow Forums? I'm genuinely curious, what does a fencer's workout routine look like? How long would it take someone to master fencing?

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Cool sport but it doesn't really require any strength. It's all about reaction time and agility so being able to squat lmao3pl8 with tree trunk legs isn't going to help.

Cool sport, gay people. Some of them are cool fags I still hang out with, rest are a bunch of faggots who deserve the plague.
Gave me strong as fuck legs, but deformed my body. Ultimately an endurance sport. It peaked before the world wars, you fenced with real sabres and got actually cool facial scars back then, nowdays it's just a shell of its former self. I like boxing more desu senpai.

It's gay as fuck

Nah, it's pretty shit for gainz. It's not even great cardio.
t. did fencing for 3 years

Do HMB. You fight in full plate aka 20kg of steel and actually need to down opponents in the buhurt so weak shits can't get anything done.

epee is BARELY a sport
foil and sabre are for faggot trannies and might as well use pool noodles. the "athletes" do not workout although fencing is ok for cardio, flexibility and fast twitch. It's more of a game that requires timing, initiative and technique. if you are strong and learn to fence you will crush, mangle and hurt normies and become hated.

>t. top competitive junior epee fencer in canada

Plebs will say "is not good anymore".

this, heavy fighting is based. the people that do it are IRL larpers and can get pretty cringe but ironically the actual fighting is the funnest thing ever

>wear 50-70lbs of metal armor
>huge oak shield
>sword that is basically a bamboo baseball bat
(would kill someone with a headshot ez if unprotected)
>decide how hard a killshot is
>do this while lean and having 1/2/3/4 lifts
>fucking MURDER the larpers

way more fun than fencing

are you sure you aren't autistic?

>Ultimately an endurance sport.
Delusional. It's just point sparring.

I have been thinking of doing it for fun but I tested my reaction time and its a bit below average. Am I screwed or are there more important factors in fencing?

Where do I get armor and start?
I bench lmao1pl8 but I maxed agility

>at fencing comp
>it finishes and i'm just doing practise against this qt
>afterwards she says "you're really good"
>my brain gets stuck between saying "thank you" and "you too" so i end up saying nothing
how do i fix this bros?

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I used to do Battle of Nations-style historical fighting, tournaments, weekend-long wargames in the woods. I really wanna go back to doing that. I miss sparring with qts. I miss my youth. God dammit, I wasted my 20s.

>you fenced with real sabres and got actually cool facial scars back then

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You dont need fencing m8, just buy a few lightsabers and have full blown duels with your friends. Try to duel prequel style with acrobatics and shit, cartwheels, jumping on furniture etc and its fun as fuck

I've been trying to learn how to backflip just to add to my autism level but they're a lot more difficult than you would think

Found the German.

Oh no, that's completely real. von Bismarck was a big fan of that type of fencing. I think it was in one of the Flashman Papers, where they force Harry Flashman to duel one of Bismarck's cronies, expecting him to take a few strikes and receive a few wounds. And he just runs the fucker through the heart instead.

>not knowing that G*rman autists would fence and show off their fencing scars to the pure girly down the street.

Anyone fence in the Dallas area?

Been fencing for close to 10 years on and off. I practice three days a week. I do a pretty basic routine of compound barbell work 3x5 with a handful of accessories AxBxAxx plus cardio on days I don't practice with one rest day per week.

It's a good competitive outlet for me. Took the place of vidya.