Useless Skills

[Banya]

Awesome, Del, I also fenced sabre! 
In regard to differences among fencing weapons, the epee is sort of a larger, heavier foil, and when fencing epee, anything goes.  You can stab the chest, wrists, face, legs, feet, anything.  In foil, it only counts if you stab the chest and head, which are all protected by the incredibly thick helmet with a chest pad.  In sabre, however, you touch your opponent with the side of the blade rather than the tip.  There are three positions, so you can strike your opponent's head or either side of his/her torso.  The arm also counts, which explains the wrapped hilt on the sabre.  I had a lot of fun fencing, but the team wanted every social activity to be centered around drinking games, and that's not my ideal social activity.   

[Hickory]

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