#the sport is filled with the Narratives that I love. the teammate-rival. a duel of strategy. the etiquette. how fucking FAST it is

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Since that sports rpf breaking the containment post is making the rounds… does a fencing fandom exist on tumblr I REALLY need to know because every time I search it up here it’s either picturesque houses with wooden fencing or fanart of fence the comic…

I fenced recreationally for about 5 years, and because that was done rather unwillingly, I never actually got into the sport (as in I didn’t watch it whatsoever which is bad I know). However now that I’ll never be the one on the piste again it’s becoming increasingly compelling to me…

#the sport is filled with the Narratives that I love. the teammate-rival. a duel of strategy. the etiquette. how fucking FAST it is #the blade being an extension of yourself. taking care of it. the raw exhilaration of a victory (all those mask off Getty pics. god) #lifting yourself to glory nine minutes at a time. letting nine minutes and 14m of space decide your career. #also last year I watched a kvariety episode ft. the Korean men’s sabre team who had just won gold in the Olympics. their story is amazing #em speaks #additionally I will not name names but I used to know a guy who was good enough to be a part of team [redacted] #but he was tragically juuust not good enough to make it to the biggest competitions and the fact that he was poor didn’t help #I still think about him every so often. I hope he’s doing well he was the greatest he deserved the world #what tags do i put #fencing #foil #sabre #epee