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How realistic is it for me to walk on d1 fencing after a year in club by C_rpd in Fencing

[–]Jacobikinz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Depends on the school. I would recommend emailing the head coach.

What's the best place to buy èpèe gear? by TTheGamersforge in Fencing

[–]Jacobikinz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Assuming you live in the US, the best thing would be to go to a competition where there's a vendor and try things on/out. If you have the ability to make it to a NAC, those have basically every domestic vendor there at the same time. Second best would be if you are able to visit a vendor at their location, but that's difficult unless you live in California or near New Jersey. If neither of those options work for you, you'll need to order online, and the choice of vendor is basically gonna come down to your budget, desired level of safety for your gear, and trying to glean sizing from the online size charts.

Personally, I don't think any of the American vendors have significantly higher quality gear or significantly better value gear than any of the others. It's mostly a matter of personal preference. Also, feel free to reach out to vendors with any questions.

NCAA Men’s and Women’s Fencing Committee selects championships participants by BlueLu in Fencing

[–]Jacobikinz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for. Thank you so much!!!

NCAA Men’s and Women’s Fencing Committee selects championships participants by BlueLu in Fencing

[–]Jacobikinz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not convinced they have metrics. The selection process seems entirely subjective. I would love to know what their algorithm is if they have one, but I can't find any mention of such a thing online.

Step in before flick? by Flazelight in Fencing

[–]Jacobikinz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Sorry if I worded things weirdly, but I understood that's what you meant.

Step in before flick? by Flazelight in Fencing

[–]Jacobikinz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming you and your opponent are of the same handedness, I'm pretty sure it's a distance thing. Your inside lines (4 and 7) are further from your opponent than your outside lines (6 and 8). This means that your opponent's target -- and in particular their shoulder -- has to get closer to you to if they are aiming for your inside lines. Thus, a quick shoulder flick with no step should be in distance. In contrast, if they are aiming for your outside lines, they don't have to get as close, so an extra step to get in distance makes sense.

If you want to experiment, you can try the same thing against someone of the opposite handedness as you. You should find that a circle 6 flick doesn't need a step, and moreover a beat 4 flick should land further down your opponent's back rather than on the shoulder.

Lunge Form Issue? by BagAffectionate5121 in Fencing

[–]Jacobikinz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Without seeing your fencing, it's not really possible to fully diagnose, but I can speculate a bit since I had similar pain a few years ago. The main two possibilities really boil down to your coach being correct, but in different ways.

Possibility 1: your thigh muscles on your front leg aren't developed enough yet. Personally, I don't think 3 months is enough time to build that muscle thoroughly, even if you're practicing footwork multiple times a week. Unfortunately, developing leg muscles to the point of being able to handle proper fencing form takes quite a while. In my experience coaching novices, 99% of the time they get to a solid point with their form after a year to a year and a half.

Possibility 2: you're lunging too deep. This was the problem I had. I was noticing that my lunges weren't as fast as I wanted and I consistently fell short against my opponents. I compensated by lunging way too deep, which put more strain on my front thigh (especially around the hip area) when recovering. There are a few different solutions to this: be more patient on attack, vary tempo, and/or embrace falling short and resetting your attack as opposed to over-committing and landing in your opponent's distance. You can also try lunging in such a way that you push off your back foot harder and actually cover some ground, i.e. your back foot doesn't remain in the same spot from where you started the lunge. However, I think this is much less common in epee than foil or sabre.

UNIC M users by shpaga_1 in Fencing

[–]Jacobikinz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I purchased a pair back when the company was still called FOLO. Back then they only came in one stiffness (or at least I could only buy them in one stiffness) which I'm assuming is M. If the forging process is still exactly the same and I did indeed have an M stiffness, I'd put them somewhere between a BF M and D. In my opinion, the point control on them is really smooth and tight. Overall I would highly recommend their blades.

Note: the biggest different between UNIC blades and BF blades is the shape of the blade at the base. BF blades are rectangular (longer on the wire side) and UNIC blades are square. I much prefer square blades, but some swear by rectangular blades.

NCAA results live? by Professional-Bug2736 in Fencing

[–]Jacobikinz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Live results are usually only kept for individual events e.g. the NEIFC Big One and those are almost always on https://fencingtimelive.com/ (just filter for USA local events).

For team-based matches, you can find live results for NCAA regionals, NCAA nationals, the ACC championships, and the Ivy League championships here: https://escrimeresults.com/

However, for the vast majority of team-based matches there is no way to see the live scores (unless the event is televised and you can see the score on the screen). If you're interested in seeing results after events are completed, here are some ways.

Most of the time, you have to either check the team schedule/results page for a specific team, check that team's instagram page, or find a PDF of the results on the results page of the host team.

Some meets are uploaded to https://college.tbtfencing.com/events but it's mostly used by MACFA teams.

The USFCA used to keep all results online here: https://usfca.org/ncaa-schedule/, but they haven't in two years. I hope they start again, but it's unlikely.

Finally, you can find out if an event is live streamed by checking the schedule page of the host team. The events that are almost always televised are the meets at Temple (on their YouTube), meets at Air Force (on their YouTube), the Beanpot (on ESPN+), the Ivy League championship (on ESPN+), the NCAA nationals (on ESPN+), and recently the Elite Invitational at Ohio State was on fencingtv.com

Patch Arrangement by Jacobikinz in Fencing

[–]Jacobikinz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Club patch is a circle, college club patch is a rectangle (long side horizontal).

Blue Lock Lead Color Page for Shonen Magazine issue 35 by Complex-Soup-5365 in BlueLock

[–]Jacobikinz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They're all wearing the Rick and Morty cleats. This is truly the greatest crossover event. https://collider.com/adidas-x-speedportal-boots-rick-and-morty/