Foil - Michael Marx and one of the longest lunges ever

fencing.net - In this clip, Marx (r) faces off against highly accomplished fencer David Littell. Littell is an Olympian, so, Walter left in one of his touches. But this clip is mostly about MMarx. (The last action is for Marx. That odd shoulder/head bob before Marx attacks -- didn't that used to be called an ollie-oop? The way Marx uses his upper body, I haven't seen (or rather, noticed) since Romankov.) In the end, it was Marx, Pavese, Littell, Yu placing 1..4. And I'm not absolutely certain about the 1990 date... it was writ on the vhs tape.

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[SuperCaligirl13]

hes my coach and when he first started coaching me (i was new to fencing and like 8) he knocked my foil right out of my hand and it almost broke a mirror

[kramarics]

@babybearduck I am, actually. The last lunge, in itself isn't that long. But he starts the attack from far away, that's true.

[babybearduck]

@kramarics you're not a fencer, are you?

[Blad0506]

normal lunges... not that long.

[heyrobin1]

well.. one of the last lunges anyway... at the end of the marching attack at 1.26

[heyrobin1]

It's wired. Just hard to see as the video quality is not great. There are extension lights about a yard above the table in the background. Also, it is a grounded metalic strip as well. The last lunge in the bout, I'd guess, is supposed to be the really long one.

[hockeyfan2218]

mmmkay but this is a usfa sanctioned bout (notice the icon in the back) and thy have used wired systems for like 20 years soo yeaa and this isnt a casual bout claerly

[bobmegee]

casual fencing bouts dont always use wires....hence how non electric "dry" foils exist

[turbotag]

I had the pleasure of fencing against Michael when he was coaching at St Mary's in South Bend in the late 80's/early90's. He had the longest lunge-redouble I had ever seen and it was FAST. Even though I fenced for Tri-State U. Michael was always helpful to others offering coaching and advice. His advice to me about directing I refer to even today.  A class A1 individual I am glad to see he is coaching.

[bbwbb2]

He,s in the triangle area now I think .