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Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)xmas74
(29,676 posts)this, to me, is pretty awesome. You know exactly where your opponent is from with that mask. And maybe, just maybe, a few more Americans might actually pay attention to fencing for a change.
Occulus
(20,599 posts)I don't recall seeing those before in Olympic fencing.
slampoet
(5,032 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)They don't actually get to kill their opponent because of recent cowardly rule changes. Instead, contact is detected electronically.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I suppose next you'll want to know how they keep the horses from drowning during water polo. Same killjoys got rid of horses in that formerly fun to watch sport.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)But I think it should be against the rules.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,194 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)burrowowl
(17,645 posts)Big Orange Jeff
(262 posts)nt
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Impractical as hell. The best mask, for visibility, is just white.
Yup, did once fence at a pretty high level and still have my foil. I drill with it from time to time, great exercise.
Oh and the inpractical part goes for all involved.
That said, apparently the technology has overcome the easily twenty reasons you would not do that a generation ago.
Check my visceral reaction to being a purist.
Piece of trivia, the metallic piece looking thing records the hits. You're dragging cables, slight tension. Before any competition we trained with those suckers for a couple of weeks. Doing it without them, usual training, feels very different.
Big Orange Jeff
(262 posts)nt
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Just dated myself.
That is definitely an improvement.
Marinedem
(373 posts)Didn't know they were doing this.
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Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)here's the British fencing team: