fencing etc..
Feb. 12th, 2003 10:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonWent out to The Other Fencing Club as my usual was cancelled this week. I ended up borrowing equipment and fenced electrically the entire time.
It was.. er.. interesting. Again. Again I was stuck with the too-tight lamé (the vest that registers the electric scores), necessitating a "Scarlett O'Hara" moment where I sucked in and zipped up as fast as possible.
I don't like the drag from the electric line, and I don't like the incessant screaming whistle from the score boxes skewering my eardrums. Other than that, I could get used to it. I do notice that it's hard to fence the same way though, and even other fencers become more aggressive when "hooked up" than not - I got a couple of hard hits in the ribs that will almost certainly leave a mark.
Funny discussions on the way back regarding having live cannon in the yard and why it's important to make chain mail just a little too big.
It was.. er.. interesting. Again. Again I was stuck with the too-tight lamé (the vest that registers the electric scores), necessitating a "Scarlett O'Hara" moment where I sucked in and zipped up as fast as possible.
I don't like the drag from the electric line, and I don't like the incessant screaming whistle from the score boxes skewering my eardrums. Other than that, I could get used to it. I do notice that it's hard to fence the same way though, and even other fencers become more aggressive when "hooked up" than not - I got a couple of hard hits in the ribs that will almost certainly leave a mark.
Funny discussions on the way back regarding having live cannon in the yard and why it's important to make chain mail just a little too big.
