Is anybody here into fencing?

[nemafakei]

Pff. Round here, you can get medals for turning up, particularly if you're female, and/or a sabreur, and/or under 18.

[chatfsh]

Yes, my coach informed me that it really wasn

[nemafakei]

Don't worry about embarrassing yourself in tournaments as far as winning or losing goes. So long as you know to listen to the president and which lines to use, you'll be fine. Fencing in competitions also gives you experience that simply can't be replicated - what distinguishes the good players from the mediocre is largely the number of competitions they've played in. On the other hand, that's an entirely irrelevant concern if all you want to do is have a bit of fun and get some exercise. With almost every tournament I've entered being at least an hour's drive from home, and some being hundreds of miles away, I understand completely about the time question.

[chatfsh]

My tournaments are a whole whopping 10 minutes away. :)

My issue is that if I'm going to compete I would not want to make a poor showing.  So either I go at it full throttle, or I just keep it to fun and exercise.  As much as I enjoy fencing and will hate disappointing my coach, I think I'll have to keep to fun...for now.

In addition to working full-time, I'm trying to complete my second novel.  So fencing takes 3rd place to the other priorities.