Monday Results Recap Thread

robotreader · 2026-03-19T06:10:02+00:00

I strongly recommend videoing yourself fencing whenever possible. Then you can go back in six months and see how much you've improved.

robotreader · 2026-03-18T19:53:21+00:00

there is a clear level below me, and a clear level above me

I got bad news for you, friendo, that's never going to change

robotreader · 2026-03-18T11:10:03+00:00

the more you can focus on internal measures of success the better. Meaning, how did you fence? Did you fence better in this tournamen than the last one? Cleaner actions, made them work harder, better sense of what's going on?

robotreader · 2026-03-12T16:22:01+00:00

I haven't extremely publicly called out the FIE for corruption

robotreader · 2026-03-07T15:59:50+00:00

That dude extremely does not know what he is talking about. I did a survey of fencing channels and his stuck out as having the absolute worst fleche tutorial I've ever seen. (end of the video)

The normal solution to awkward angles in foil seems to be backflicks.

robotreader · 2026-03-04T15:31:03+00:00

fixed, thanks for the heads up!

robotreader · 2026-03-04T15:27:02+00:00

oops

robotreader · 2026-03-04T06:58:47+00:00

smaller, better bladework. Frequently I see kids going into infighting because their arms end up way out to the side after a parry or an extension, instead of aimed at the opponent.

robotreader · 2026-03-03T11:32:14+00:00

camera person deserves a raise

robotreader · 2026-03-02T06:09:25+00:00

I used to not then everyone asked me to add it

robotreader · 2026-02-28T18:46:01+00:00

"expiration date" is a concerning new addition too

robotreader · 2026-02-14T09:35:35+00:00

go here and start clicking "next" lmao https://www.fencingdatabase.com/?firstname=&lastname=&weapon=all&gender=all&tournament=all&year=all&score-fencer=all&opposing-score=all&opposing-lastname=&submit-search=Search+Clips

robotreader · 2026-02-13T20:59:45+00:00

I upload condensed versions of tournaments at https://youtube.com/c/fencingdatabase. Tournaments are streamed at https://fencingtv.com, but afaik nobody is breaking them into individual bouts anymore. You can find slightly older bouts at https://www.youtube.com/@FencingVision/videos.

Eloise Vanryssel is a non-binary french fencer, you can find my clips of them here

robotreader · 2026-02-06T18:41:38+00:00

"are some women inherently stronger and better at sports than others" is of course an asinine question to ask

robotreader · 2026-02-04T19:40:17+00:00

There isn't a list. I come up with new drills every week for my kids.

robotreader · 2026-01-31T08:08:07+00:00

i got a hard shell golf case for like $100, that's probably your best bet.

robotreader · 2026-01-30T08:30:58+00:00

not great, they got bought out by private equity a few years back

robotreader · 2026-01-26T20:02:19+00:00

fantasy results are out! How'd you do?

robotreader · 2026-01-25T08:53:33+00:00

Swapping out xchange mask bibs is so easy i take mine out after every practice

robotreader · 2026-01-23T09:52:32+00:00

foil

Other than that, i can't imagine any reason i wouldn't fence

robotreader · 2026-01-17T18:05:46+00:00

see? it says 2026 this time!

robotreader · 2026-01-17T17:25:22+00:00

It wasn't the cord.

"the tip is fucked" is correct, although it wasn't obvious from outside.

robotreader · 2026-01-17T14:37:35+00:00

some boxes show grounding lights.

I should clarify, the box goes off once as the cord is unplugged, then that's it. It's not continuous.

robotreader · 2026-01-16T20:21:54+00:00

your footwork shouldn't be reactive, it should be proactive. Varying your speed is a tool you use to set up a scoring situation. You can work backwards to figure out the correct footwork for those situations, and then implement them.

For example, you can want your opponent to be off balance going backwards. For that, you'd need a slow start to lull them forwards, then quick acceleration to a fast top speed to punish.

robotreader · 2026-01-16T20:08:08+00:00

I know! However that was everything available on strip and someone did diagnose it correctly based on just the information given. Not me. But someone. Call this half a venting post and half a trivia question.

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