February 2012
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Feb 29th
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Feb 28th
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Feb 27th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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Hey, hey
I’m leaving today for New England Champs at Vassar! I know most of the people following this tumblr are highschool fencers or older club fencers, but if anyone is going to New Englands on Saturday, you should totally track down the Tufts sabre team and say hi. Because I love meeting fencers and there are SO MANY of you following this tumblr that somebody must be going to New Englands too. ...
Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 17th
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Feb 15th
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flangefacemcgavin hat deine Frage beantwortet: therehavebeenstranger asked: Random question from… On the Leon Paul website, in their description of the V2000 X-Change Sabre Mask, they say the visor is 30% larger, meaning less target area In discussing this with random sabre fencers today, we figured out that a) visors aren’t conductive and b) that if you’re only hitting the...
Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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yorkshireladinlondon hat deine Frage beantwortet: therehavebeenstranger asked: Random question from… I think (in the UK) they’re conductive but not very well. As for the point thing, surely it’d just slip off the visor with the curve? Hm, okay. I wasn’t sure about the conductivity. I know I’ve gotten mask touches from people with visors before and never felt like it was...
Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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therehavebeenstranger asked: Random question from one sabre to another: What do you think about sabre masks with plastic visors? Do you consider it cheating or what? Or do you think they should be allowed? I don’t have strong feelings about visor masks as cheating! My understanding (correct me if I’m wrong) is that the mask is still conductive even on the visor, so it’s...
Feb 13th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 11th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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“Oh kommet ihr Fechter ( oder schmort in der Hölle :-) )”
– Things my former team captain says when trying to get people to come to practice. [Rough translation: Oh come all ye fencers (or stew in hell :-)) ]
Feb 1st
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