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----------------------------------------------------------- From: PostpaidPBH Message 1 in Discussion Last night in Pembroke, we had the chance to fence foil on a box with the new timings. For those of you which don't know these are the details for foil: For a hit to register the point of the foil must stay depressed for 15ms. (This is 3 times as long as the previous timing). After a fencer has hit, his opponent he has 300ms (a little less then a third of a second) to hit him back otherwise the second hit will not register. What did we find was the effect of this? Well to start with, we couldn't get a flick hit to the back to register at all. Even with fencers standing there and letting us try, it just would not register. Secondly bent arm attacks and riposts were just not working out for us. There were a few problems at the start. There were several hits which we believed should have registered did not. On releection we think that was due to our foils not being taped up sufficiently. Important note for anyone fencing with new timings: TAPE UP YOUR FOIL! Previously a badly taped foil might have lost you 1 hit in 50 or so. Now it's more like 1 in 10. We added tape to out foils and thinks seems to work better after that. Bit tired this morning though. Myself, Yevgenny and Kevin must have fenced for about 2 on the new box. Boys with new toys. ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/IrishFencingForum/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
