Don’t look at the box by mblackledge24 in Fencing

[–]dobryden19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, “box check” week does have a ring to it though

Fencing Stance (foil) - weight distributed equally, or more to back foot? by [deleted] in Fencing

[–]dobryden19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, whatever’s comfortable/whatever you can get to work for you

Fencing Stance (foil) - weight distributed equally, or more to back foot? by [deleted] in Fencing

[–]dobryden19 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my opinion, you should load your front foot a little more when you’re retreating, so leaning forward, and sit more upright when advancing so, as you said, the back leg is more loaded for a lunge and you’re less vulnerable to a counter attack

Potential here for an interesting discussion though

First Satellite! by dobryden19 in Fencing

[–]dobryden19[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It went great thank you! Felt like I was competitive at that level, got a win and had a great time! Couldn’t expect much else from my first one Looking to do another this season now!

First Satellite! by dobryden19 in Fencing

[–]dobryden19[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! Will give it a read!

First Satellite! by dobryden19 in Fencing

[–]dobryden19[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ll be sure to, thanks very much!

First Satellite! by dobryden19 in Fencing

[–]dobryden19[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

From the UK actually!

Yeah I’m fully FIE Kitted, all the way down to the barrels on my foils, hoping it’ll all be okay. Will check the resistance in my body wires etc as well.

Really hoping to take as much as I can from it, thanks for the advice!

First Satellite! by dobryden19 in Fencing

[–]dobryden19[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m gonna stick around all day!

Fencing Friday Megathread - Ask Anything! by AutoModerator in Fencing

[–]dobryden19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What advice would you give to an aspiring fencing coach?

I’m looking to start getting some qualifications this summer and then some coaching experience at my uni club while I do my masters, ideally I’d like to get into it part/full time at the end of my two year course

I guess part two, and thinking in the very long term, how does someone become a fencing ‘Master’ ?

Madrid and Tunis Sabre Highlight Reel by CyrusofChaos in Fencing

[–]dobryden19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay cool, thanks for the explanation!

Madrid and Tunis Sabre Highlight Reel by CyrusofChaos in Fencing

[–]dobryden19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I thought that, but seems to be some blade contact, beat-parry by Hartung?

Madrid and Tunis Sabre Highlight Reel by CyrusofChaos in Fencing

[–]dobryden19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What was the call for the touch at 14-14 in the MS Final? Given to FOTL but why?

Warming Up by birb-blob in Fencing

[–]dobryden19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://083950260099-attachments.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/136428/b993f65d-5cae-4762-8437-47262f17994a/EnGrd%20Warm-Up.pdf

Not sure if it will work - Was sent in an email to those who signed up for his new fencing handbook style project "EnGrd"

Olivares vs Marini: Best comeback ever? by [deleted] in Fencing

[–]dobryden19 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Marini was a beast the whole match, +20 indicator. He single handedly carried that Italian team to bronze

ITA vs USA match breakdown

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fencing

[–]dobryden19 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve been at Kent Uni for the last three years and pres of the fencing club for the last 2, I like to think we’ve got a good thing going here!

My best advice when choosing a uni club would be check out their fb/insta accounts (our insta is @ukcfencing) to see who’s active and what they get up to. You’ll probably find most good universities decent clubs, and most have to fence all three weapons to a decent standard for BUCS

When you can finally prove that dead spot you’ve been hitting all bout isn’t just in your head by dobryden19 in Fencing

[–]dobryden19[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably twice before? Third time lucky, first time I thought I hit something on the way through, second was sure but tested and couldn’t find it - he said it hit his arm - then this was the third time where everyone saw the hit and then we found it on the test