1:07 is my favorite. He gets a welt on his shoulder because he tries to riposte way late after the box has already lit up, then collapses to the ground and does the exact meme hand gestures that everyone makes fun of italians for, then Wagner comes over and shakes his hand while he does it. 😂😂😂 Some of these fencers should do improv comedy.
yeah, i did not get Wagner either. the only appropriate reaction, in the absence of the immediate black card, would have been another attack from the right.
That's the thing, he doesn't hold the shoulder that got hit, he holds the one that nothing touched. And it would be easier to hold the one that got hit, because he would do it with the hand that doesn't have a sword in it
I fence foil. It's like "Oh fencing, it's so regal and graceful." But no, the amount of times I've tripped on myself while fencing is way higher than it should be.
guys yes, all good, but please petition for underwear being INSIDE the pants. Even Superman can't pull that look off anymore, and white on white is just a disgrace
Dude....gthe effing WORST at Summer Nats this last season were the Div I women's epeeists. I was armoring in Alliance's booth the entire event, and no one else even came close.
I was at a National open last year and foil was on the same day as men’s sabre. It was SO distracting hearing all of the screaming all of the time during my bout.
What I would really love to see is the referees behaving this way after making a call. Attack is parried, riposte yes. Touche. Whaa... Whaa... Oh yeah! My call! I rule this strip! Whaaaaa... Just to see the look on the fencers faces.
You know, in football, _real_ football, that is, not egg throwing, you could show me footage from right after somebody scored and I could tell you which team it was. Here I have absolutely no clue who scored unless I see it on the scoreboard changing because both are just screaming like madmen. This is better.
I practice sport, classical, and HEMA. I love all three of them...but if a fencer tried to pull some of this stuff in a HEMA or a Classical tournament... Let's just say it wouldn't fly. Not allowed to talk under arms (on strip to fence basically) without express permission from the director (classical's ref) or scream. I find that there's a point where the other two disciplines have tried to divorce themselves from sport to their detriment. But, when I see stuff like this, I am happy for some of the more strict rules. 🙃
Sabre is the last fencing discipline to have been “electrified”, and it is probably the one where the decisions of the Referee are the most delicate to call. The habit of outrageous gestures of victory to influence the Referee’s decision has been known in Sabre for a long time, and it seems to have continued in spite of electrification.
Everyone's concept of fencing: "It's a refined sport for badass gentlemen." Reality: Whiny babies that make professional footballers/soccer players look mature by comparison
If it is a bad ref at a local competition, screams can be very effective in persuading a new and unexperienced referee that you owned the point. At the level shown here though, it is only emotional.
Some of the editing got a bit in the way at the middle, but very nice cuts and some real skill on display. The fencing was great too! For real though this was fantastic, I loved the thrown mask as a transition from one clip to the other.
Yellow/red card the perpetrators. Such behaviour should not be tolerated . Back when I fenced sabre 50 years ago such activities were considered unacceptable, unsportsmanlike and were penalized. Unfortunately, such behavior reminds me of on-field football louts.
...so it's feminine? It just feels like dramatic sabre fencer behavior to me. They're just celebrating their win or being sad about their loss, it has nothing to do with gender.
