Sengra

One thing I really learned in fencing is treating your sword/blade as a part of yourself. Once you get used to the weapon, your movements become natural. You no longer feel uneasy with your stance. The first time I ever held a fencing blade,I felt really uneasy, but once you get used to it, you become more relaxed, your reactions faster and you have better point control.

A rapier is also good...fast and quite effective in counter attacks...^_^

really? Capoeira in street fightere...maybe i need to play games more often...have not played for quite a while now..^_^

Mr Mike, What you did was just natural for a father in my opinion. I'm still single (only 18), but I know how my father would react if someone did that to me when I was still little (although i'm a boy). 4 years ago, we had this particularly violent policeman as a neighbour, and he would threaten you with his M16 for doing a simple thing, like looking at him (he did it to an engineer, don't ask me why, but men like him get away with their misdeeds). I usually ignore him, although constant gunfire becomes annoying. He usually shoots at 'trespassing' cats (two of my cats died). It happened that a stray cat was walking on the common fence, and he fired. Both my grandmother and mother was there. My mother was shocked and was almost hospitalized while my grandmother become really quite for the rest of the day. I knew what was on her mind. She lived through World War2, and like many Asian countries, my country was heavily bombed by both sides. Maybe all the sounds of war came back to her. Now when I learned this, I wanted to charge into his house and kill him. My father works outside the country, and I am the older son. Though I was 14 then, I wanted to kill him, rip apart his entrails. I want ed him to know how the two cats I've buried with their entrails out felt.Luckily I was calmed and stopped by a close girlfriend. That thought still scares me... I never thought myself possible of thinking such things. I was the academic type, a dork if one might say. From that day on, I trained myslef in the MA, armed and unarmed...and eventually I will enter the military...I became a changed person..I want to rise into the ranks, overtake him. Then I'm gonna 'remind' him of my two cats and the shock he brought to my family...

how about chuck norris movies?

I never expected that the landlord and his wife were MA masters..^_^..in retirement..hehehe

nice!!!...i'm a mmorpg fan...^_^...it certainly can give new meaning to 'getting my black belt'...

I got an Epee(fencing sword with big guard), but in a real fight its useless...unless you break the blunted tip..

know your weapon...^_^

Even in competitions, for example in a fencing tournament, one can only use ''tricks'' to a less experienced player. Especially in Epee, your opponent would only counter every move you make...

Fencing evolve dfrom rapier fighting, and as the rapier was a tried and tested military weapon, fencing really counts as a martial arts.

Need to knead Ned's knead

faint, double back, then fleche...recover back, forward, fleche...

But I think the martial arts were really designed to be effective in real battle situation...fencing evolved from rapier fighting...

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well, in fencing, swords are classified by how they are used, the scoring and the valid targets... we have the Epee, Saber and Foil...

Martial artists are those who live by the set of principles their art teaches. Every art has a set of guiding principles that can be used not only on the mat, in the dojo or in fights. Many principles can be used in daily events, even in careers...^_^....A Martial Artist must know his art, no doubt, but he must also apply what he learned to the very thing that gave birth to the martial arts....life...

The first episode 'Curahee' I think...^_^ When Winters was talking to Nixon when D-day was postponed...

^_^...Fencing is a western martial arts...

We only use workout clothes in our Aikido PE class...But the Judo class here have uniforms though..

well, 6'5" is pretty big for Philippine standards...average Filipino height is about 5'5"-5'10"...^_^

ZRR40, I'm just curious, your quote "It's happy hour somewhere in the world"... Band of Brothers? Well, Arnis is being taught here in PE classes, it's very much useful in emergency situations...^_^...I'm actually taking it next sem...

wow...^_^

Hello...what other Filipino styles do you practice?

You sound like Musashi..