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  • io ho la maschera di quell'incontro..che bellezza!!!

  • Baldini is a fucking roider.

  • the announcer is terrible..

  • @nxsbrute how so?

  • l'ennesimo fenomeno del fioretto italiano!

  • I always found lefties easier to beat for me, and I'm right handed...

    Iwonder why?

  • @hanaporter sometimes it's how it is. I'm left handed so righties are easier because I dont practice against left handed fencers very often at all. It's a preference rly, some ppl find it easier, most don't however because they practice against righty-righty a lot

  • @hanaporter there target isnt as covered up so with right hand u cover more of ur body

  • I'm gonna start fencing in January.

    I am also left handed, are there any advantages to that like in baseball?

  • Sort of, what happens is as a lefty you'll learn to (primarily) fence righties, this means you'll get used to the openings on a righty, however you'll find against another lefty, you'll find you won't be able to do the same things. Essentially, you'll be used to fencing righties, lots of them, they won't be used to fencing you.

    I'm in sort of the opposite situation, I'm right handed but the guy I fence most and my coach is a lefty, so I'm used to fencing lefties in the same way.

  • @chippy922 There are less lefties in fencing than rightys. With enough practice, the advantages become negligible. But many fencers who start of fencing have difficulties with lefties.

  • @chippy922

    Right-handed fencer must change their style of fencing when they face left-handed fencers. Left-handed fencers are not common, so they have a clear advantage. For me it's like this at least.

  • Very interesting sports! :)

  • the french style instead is more upon intercepting the rival's blade by hitting & deflecting it round with a circle movement ( in french " cavitation" ) and then attacking. So it's exactly the opposite of what in ur comment : Italian style is suited to get more directly to the target in any assault , the french one instead is based upon continuous moves of the blade everywhere

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  • As for the different styles of fencing

    you seem not to have any idea of what you're talking about and your comment looks so bizarre D !

    In fencing the 2 different styles were innitially due to the different type of grips and so to the different positions of fingers & nails in the various defence / attack moves . Generally talking the Italian style is much upon preparation - interception and counter attack ,

  • Blad0506 France showed the technics

    and Italy showed more , so ....

    If we look at Olympics all time classification , we see Italy quite comfortably ahead of France , since 1952 in every Olympics ( out of the 1980 boycotted one) Italy has always been the main team , each time leading even by far France in won medals, so your statement of France being the best country for many years is really senseless and totally untrue , 'cos the best country has always been Italy .

  • Both countries avoid from taking seriously and competing at their best in womens sabre : they let it all to  underdogs like usa , just to keep them happy and illuded to count something in Fencing ! ;-)

    Funny seeing some "expert" from the USA who every so often makes bizarre & funny judgements when he probaly didn't even know fencing existed till a couple of days before ..... D !

    americans how typical

  • " His win " was for the title of world champion in the most technical & difficult weapon inside fencing program .

    Foil is fencing at its best , it's not like farcical womens sabre ( a weapon created to make weak countries like USA win 1 or 2 medals , so they would have quitted crying & being naughty 'cos they couldn't win anything in fencing ) which is

    the fencing for primitives with clubs .

    In the major fencing countries Italy & France woemns sabre is considered a joke , a fake weapon .

  • For god sake... finally someone has a brain...

    I can't believe people doesn't seems that Foil is the mosht technical weapon of fencing.

    Foil is and always will be... the best :)

  • too bad his win was for nothing us foils a joke

  • thats baldini...i bet hes the best

    IRAQI fencer

  • @ausamafencing What are you talking about? He's from Italy.

  • @michwng I think that he is talking about himself using that as a signature.

  • Good for Baldini

  • Italy !! Best of the world in Foil , best country in Fencing history

  • You forgot france ! :)

    We are one of the best country in fencing, this is the country of fencing you know .

  • France showed the technics... and was the best country for many years, but seem like italy has been performing a different style of fencing and it's working great for them.

    We practice the french style, which consist in moving the point only, not the italian style, where they do lots of flicks and move their arm everywhere.

  • le pechoux is still my favorite fencer :D. Im also left handed too

  • nice

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