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- Jaybird in reply to LeeEsqIgnoredon Open Mic for the week of 9/16/2024Best of luck with that. Diversity is a strength you should be more willing to embrace.
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Almost all fencers start with foil. After that initial time, I fenced epee and never considered foil or saber. (I once swore a mighty oath to never fence saber again, and have stuck by it for a half-century now.) Foil has right-of-way rules, which are subject to the referee’s interpretation. Trying to outwit your opponent is hard enough, I don’t need to complicate it by adding a referee’s interpretation of the rules.
At least you can ask politely for explanations. More than one referee got tired of my “Ma’am, could you please explain why you called that sequence parry-reposte for my opponent, rather than a beat attack and continuation for me?”Report