I did do fencing when I was younger, though it’s a long time ago now. Never did saber though, I only did épée and foil.
I do find it fairly easy to follow, but maybe that’s my experience talking. It’s a fast sport but there is slow motion replays to help the viewers catch what happens. I will say there are occasional confusing ref calls, but that’s part of the sport.
The novelty factor of Patrice was a breath of fresh air for me with his unorthodox moves. That jumping parry-riposte to clinch bronze was something else.
Oh yeah, neat! I also did sport fencing a long time ago. I still fence, but have moved into HEMA rather than sport fencing. And even when I was doing modern fencing it was never with electrics.
Still, I honestly found it quite difficult to watch. The replays were never slow enough and it’s so fast live that it’s just hard to keep track. The more I watched the better I got at it, but it was never as good as I feel making calls live.
Really interesting. I’m curious, how much experience do you have with fencing previously? Do you find it easy enough to follow the sport on TV?
I did do fencing when I was younger, though it’s a long time ago now. Never did saber though, I only did épée and foil.
I do find it fairly easy to follow, but maybe that’s my experience talking. It’s a fast sport but there is slow motion replays to help the viewers catch what happens. I will say there are occasional confusing ref calls, but that’s part of the sport.
The novelty factor of Patrice was a breath of fresh air for me with his unorthodox moves. That jumping parry-riposte to clinch bronze was something else.
Oh yeah, neat! I also did sport fencing a long time ago. I still fence, but have moved into HEMA rather than sport fencing. And even when I was doing modern fencing it was never with electrics.
Still, I honestly found it quite difficult to watch. The replays were never slow enough and it’s so fast live that it’s just hard to keep track. The more I watched the better I got at it, but it was never as good as I feel making calls live.