They sold black widows and slingshots... I'm surprised you can't remember this shop .... kids used to come out the pictures and gander at all the **** in it. When I bought my sword I had to write a name and address in a book and that was that....I bet now you can't do that.... I wrote a fake name etc anyway.
Have you ever stood on a roof weilding a samurai sword in your boxers at 3am ? .. I'll level with you I felt fear because one didn't run away for a while.... I think he may not have seen where I was and then ****ed off when he realised where my voice was coming from.
Given how good you are at fencing mate, any chance you can replace a couple of posts from my back garden as they are on their last legs?
That was duelling lol - fencing was basically developed as a way to practice. However, the point on my épée is designed to only register a hit once it has been depressed sufficiently far and at correct pressure to draw blood if we were using sharps. Have seen plenty blood spilled over the years, mainly due to broken blades, I could likely punch a broken blade through a car door to give you an idea
I have to say despite it having something to prevent being made in to a kebab on the end psychologically I think fear would be a problem for people for quite a while. I mean I like a bit of boxing and the instinct for people to look away is a massive obstacle, so I'm assuming that is similar?
So we have one guy who's pretty much a fencing expert - lets call him Zorro And we have some radgie in his breeks with a blade - lets call him Tonto The Cult chooses Zorro for it's team The bed wetter's can have Tonto Makes up for us having a ginger wig wearing tranny I suppose....... As was Gentlemen
To an extent, the mask helps obviously, but some people simply don't like being hit - it's a contact / combat sport so things happen - you have to accept it or don't bother
I can relate to that mate. Similar discipline to martial arts. All well and good hitting punch bags & focus pads, or kicking thin air to improve your technique, but you really need to know what it feels like to both make and take impact. Even if the ultimate aim is to avoid conflict, if you do get stuck with no choice then you need to know what it's like to be hit and to defend/block, as well as how to attack. Sometimes you get hurt in training and in competitions. All part of the learning.
