Fencing vs Ballet

a 5 min video for class consisting of a bit of fencing and a bit of ballet

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Sports

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• fencing
• ballet
• class
• video
• dancing
• fencers
• dancers
• feet

[NekoTayTai]

Ya, no problem. Fencing has just changed over the years. All 3 of my coaches are Russian as well. I have another video that i think is titled IBM Fencing that I uploaded on youtube. Those are two of my coaches fencing, though it is a bit staged for the commercial. They still are pretty strict about my form (I am not in this fencing vs ballet video). However, the majority of women's epee has turned into having little tricks in their fencing rather than form.

[click212]

Están todas muy gordas y con mala linea.

Both ballet and fencing forms have been historically perfected by the French, ergo, the names of the steps and passes. These are sloppy and poor examples to make a point.

I am still waiting to see a fencer use the none foil arm as a propeller and held horizontal to the shoulder with the forearm perpendicular to the floor. Also the position of the feet and knees as in ballet need to be over the foot with back straight.

[NekoTayTai]

Well, today in Olympic fencing it is pretty much impossible to use the classical style and still be successful in tournaments.

[pinoypride333]

Amy from Soul Calibur 4 is a fencer and her moveset consists largely of balletic qualities...try youtubing it

[NekoTayTai]

oh! thats really interesting!!! i'm going to go look now!

[NekoTayTai]

ahaha that would be hilarious!

[Ladysonoma]

Yes, yes, very good video.. It's true, both are so similar.

[SwordsmanMercenary]

I hate the new pistol grip swords that are popular today, call me old fashioned but I want the hilt of a sword to look like a sword hilt not a gun

[ForeverBloomingRose]

I danced classically for eleven years before I tried fencing. What struck me as amazing was that, as soon as we were shown the en guarde position, my fencing master correctly pegged me as a former dancer. The discipline and form in both is extremely similar, and was actually a big upper-hand for me as I learned fencing!

side note: I fence epee. I don't think you could pay me to try fencing in shorts. ;)

[SikizuYukia]

I think that in the first part of the video, the girl's en guard was horrible. If you look in the mirror with a good en guard, you shouldn't see your arm at all. Also, the footwork looked a bit sloppy. What was with that blond girl how was screaming? I think that the point that was put across is that fencers are loud, sloppy, a bit lazy, and like to show-off, and that ballerinas are graceful and creative. Was that the intended point?

[clarence2121]

ballet duhh!

[petoboiboi]

@belias360 they do not look similar in any way and i can think of only one excercise in ballet that you might use in fening only as a stretch. ballet footwork is SO different to fencing footwork

[belias360]

@petoboiboi Because you can. Historically, ballet techniques and footwork were used as warm-ups for fencing. Hence, why they look similar in terms of form.

[roskildelaca]

one of the worst clip ive seen...

[petoboiboi]

how can you compare the both sports

[mooseface97]

theres a girl in my fencing club that does both fencing and ballet.