tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38159985967603590862024-03-18T23:53:21.050-04:00The Fencing FashionistaDocumenting the sartorial exploits of fencers with flair, in practice, in competition and on the podium.Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-34704699108014463162024-01-15T15:50:00.000-05:002024-01-15T15:50:29.162-05:00This is The Way<span style="font-family: verdana;">Just back from San Jose, and very happy to have found my way there at all, given that a few weeks previously I came back from practice with this:</span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibH4lkin4pHz5lziZVz6KO-cSoBN7QsOjl02gO8aLsvM7F7x7EKQdd8hFBPUU-mxEdIKnRfU7EmPlKcNXaIeWHj1cQZobcIwxXUOGLrzZjFrtBia2kIkVfJzmjVca-hHL1PI7tGTYx0upBjOcAYhL9LV1siR9mgJAM4z3L7h3iFwFuZbIukG4k4Aysm5f9/s4032/IMG_5956.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibH4lkin4pHz5lziZVz6KO-cSoBN7QsOjl02gO8aLsvM7F7x7EKQdd8hFBPUU-mxEdIKnRfU7EmPlKcNXaIeWHj1cQZobcIwxXUOGLrzZjFrtBia2kIkVfJzmjVca-hHL1PI7tGTYx0upBjOcAYhL9LV1siR9mgJAM4z3L7h3iFwFuZbIukG4k4Aysm5f9/w202-h269/IMG_5956.jpeg" width="202" /></a></div><p></p><br /><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Cl2VmE-KJAzLnnZo21TZJf_Tkdy4TiDaaZnGqbSOYEq2yLtD5f3tMjeBti1_J2No8Vs_9gkSp0pTymcwuwQC9gxSG8iI2qyrZt_bS43gJ-oOgKClydyvW7hxqgX-RciumTUKBZkcJJXt3GJ_CYOrIRfK999NNv0RF1q4tUl231EtkK951phT2a6hfYmT/s4032/IMG_6073.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Cl2VmE-KJAzLnnZo21TZJf_Tkdy4TiDaaZnGqbSOYEq2yLtD5f3tMjeBti1_J2No8Vs_9gkSp0pTymcwuwQC9gxSG8iI2qyrZt_bS43gJ-oOgKClydyvW7hxqgX-RciumTUKBZkcJJXt3GJ_CYOrIRfK999NNv0RF1q4tUl231EtkK951phT2a6hfYmT/s4032/IMG_6073.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank heavens for clever and helpful club mates. RFA's Coach John Tomasi 3-D printed a finger guard to protect the barely healed wound.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWee9cUWGl9st4yCbQILLLLtolpYsCpcypvdo3JM8zMx7me_BS6a698yx4Xy48lth_XYQFbfyW3Eq4ZG-ybZy4z_lrkm5CYCWOcS09vQwv4LuMxRndLViuDMkTFjTVW2a6LjCT-LimfdeSQQ5MeS2BW8zTNWaTKi6OVFgpllK9R0qECDKPtNwnK_aC7rL5/s4032/IMG_6139.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWee9cUWGl9st4yCbQILLLLtolpYsCpcypvdo3JM8zMx7me_BS6a698yx4Xy48lth_XYQFbfyW3Eq4ZG-ybZy4z_lrkm5CYCWOcS09vQwv4LuMxRndLViuDMkTFjTVW2a6LjCT-LimfdeSQQ5MeS2BW8zTNWaTKi6OVFgpllK9R0qECDKPtNwnK_aC7rL5/w175-h233/IMG_6139.jpeg" width="175" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Adding yet more tape to the impressive collection that holds my hand together. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9QZS1MglShrcWPzVSGNpMSZw-JAWXhUdzxSnnzi2BD1Jzs75UlXsAi_AemrvVMWUt1MdfwRyn96JAuShxp_kZVy0zY22ddAfqpO7kt12Mb3HXRH3BM1P5UFcYbJN3gjsAyCVqTc4OIatLJUfzXEa1ek69OcgMK8E4eY26GOytkBUtQNK8C1SQCDDnrf4/s4032/IMG_6073.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9QZS1MglShrcWPzVSGNpMSZw-JAWXhUdzxSnnzi2BD1Jzs75UlXsAi_AemrvVMWUt1MdfwRyn96JAuShxp_kZVy0zY22ddAfqpO7kt12Mb3HXRH3BM1P5UFcYbJN3gjsAyCVqTc4OIatLJUfzXEa1ek69OcgMK8E4eY26GOytkBUtQNK8C1SQCDDnrf4/w206-h275/IMG_6073.jpeg" width="206" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not that this distinguishes me from all the other ladies holding themselves together with adhesive. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And yet, despite all our braces and wraps, dents and dings, we all look splendid, IMHO, both in the big picture:</span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyS1EHpSXz45gMws0HjeRU9Pfboij-JH2APc8mE42rsVTsU2KzFlIVbmLPQ_1x5Sh1CRpdv3BWwA2aEbsMbG1TNX1Pn8B7Kd5UAGH4KuP0ItfOz8sjdsqr8gtrpu02A84C6pG9gS7tOVfXSiKpOkkdDN6TXXeSpB-tvOlHkEpeQsoAWz0TtHrisyd4KfQI/s4032/IMG_6106.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyS1EHpSXz45gMws0HjeRU9Pfboij-JH2APc8mE42rsVTsU2KzFlIVbmLPQ_1x5Sh1CRpdv3BWwA2aEbsMbG1TNX1Pn8B7Kd5UAGH4KuP0ItfOz8sjdsqr8gtrpu02A84C6pG9gS7tOVfXSiKpOkkdDN6TXXeSpB-tvOlHkEpeQsoAWz0TtHrisyd4KfQI/w221-h295/IMG_6106.jpeg" width="221" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Harriet Eckstein, Vet60WF</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">And drilling down to details:</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrJ5z2gMqoXMSeue0r6kGVG_a22t9Vox2O7A4Z4zWXlnd0fNmVm3RgYjaKSklGuYwQIPFCWe965i6rgB23IzfIRrEoDm3ssFV99ROE2xBiGj1AhlboIYlKFg9pRHijg5y4nmgvsOZ5LZIK-7x2OwOFFoy02d8rhznN6YIlGOUBv6smUFycKVR0yASvfI_/s4032/IMG_6105.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrJ5z2gMqoXMSeue0r6kGVG_a22t9Vox2O7A4Z4zWXlnd0fNmVm3RgYjaKSklGuYwQIPFCWe965i6rgB23IzfIRrEoDm3ssFV99ROE2xBiGj1AhlboIYlKFg9pRHijg5y4nmgvsOZ5LZIK-7x2OwOFFoy02d8rhznN6YIlGOUBv6smUFycKVR0yASvfI_/s320/IMG_6105.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before AND after fencing:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwGM06pbjF6SlfKZiwIpWOs74trOO9QFhEe9LprbOK2XF8vwv4_92doNrNMXUX5R2yqX8HJhFLIcuWJhk9cP_KdQoHflA_IzUGYzhSvTNI7FklThiQWhaIzdcskCyWvSojDJ_wnO0R6kiVFoRy-DQUYcPxTkw76I0j3ZPnyZp3l7CPWeq09U3xeeBu7HK/s4032/IMG_6101.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwGM06pbjF6SlfKZiwIpWOs74trOO9QFhEe9LprbOK2XF8vwv4_92doNrNMXUX5R2yqX8HJhFLIcuWJhk9cP_KdQoHflA_IzUGYzhSvTNI7FklThiQWhaIzdcskCyWvSojDJ_wnO0R6kiVFoRy-DQUYcPxTkw76I0j3ZPnyZp3l7CPWeq09U3xeeBu7HK/w300-h400/IMG_6101.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Sharone Huey, Vet 60 WF</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While I had limited time for fashion snapping, I did capture a few highlights, including dapper referees:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWslyPnYzD_1g1RAF1r0UYSjdcolxJZfqr99KS6AVzhQ1RqIMbV10p9P1HDyWvntJWmaqfo31TVP2yJUzF0xDMXmDlB1R0oZnyIBsW_MyWV8ssv_AsgjQpWn-K27kIwNVesMnPCpyYbuy25vRGuufKb65C_FpLYOuEH2Y8hVOePfvAbue_0eDwXXW35f3/s3599/IMG_6070.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3599" data-original-width="2997" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWslyPnYzD_1g1RAF1r0UYSjdcolxJZfqr99KS6AVzhQ1RqIMbV10p9P1HDyWvntJWmaqfo31TVP2yJUzF0xDMXmDlB1R0oZnyIBsW_MyWV8ssv_AsgjQpWn-K27kIwNVesMnPCpyYbuy25vRGuufKb65C_FpLYOuEH2Y8hVOePfvAbue_0eDwXXW35f3/s320/IMG_6070.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>And snazzy spectators. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4li9lN_eCjh5fS4cA0VX73OCJLM7ctGkXaJj8YpMRy2_u3amFXPwUmLReSo2rkYZzAMKoqwcCg6tqTCo7L8xJHNe9AC-RIABHAezrbCw8w-6VTf9Zcij8Tnk1XL5r7STIRVm7nd2GS6UkIzlCkfIOZaR5haHc52MGnh6Ix86MiVxGhhJhcTnA4tYLSi_/s4032/IMG_6107.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4li9lN_eCjh5fS4cA0VX73OCJLM7ctGkXaJj8YpMRy2_u3amFXPwUmLReSo2rkYZzAMKoqwcCg6tqTCo7L8xJHNe9AC-RIABHAezrbCw8w-6VTf9Zcij8Tnk1XL5r7STIRVm7nd2GS6UkIzlCkfIOZaR5haHc52MGnh6Ix86MiVxGhhJhcTnA4tYLSi_/s320/IMG_6107.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Points for comprehensive color <br />coordination including shoes, iPhone case, <br />headscarf, nails, and hair.)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Spotted on the strip, a smattering of competitors with red lettering on their lames. Many of us (including me) thought the letters had to be blue, but it turns out that, as of 2020, the FIE specifies that </span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px;">"</span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px;">A World Champion has the right to have his/her name and the abbreviation of his/her national federation printed in red. </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px;">An Olympic Champion has the right to have his/her name and the abbreviation of his/her national federation printed in gold." </em><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px;">(<a href="https://static.fie.org/uploads/23/119668-releve%20decisions%20cong%2019_ang.pdf" target="_blank">m.25.3 h)</a></span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px;"> </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's Joe Deucher flaunting the flames he earned by </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">taking gold in Veteran Team Men's Epee alongside teammates Walt Dragonetti, Fred Frank, James Newsome, Jon Normile, and Charlie Schneider.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(31, 31, 31);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4DmMiaWpc-7KMOTbj7TkMSYQwVpixoQt_VFcfoOpAYpXrThUtNWdGBYRgv8qvTX9g9NESNIBAlpvrkrIuV3RA0LkPBewuaUFge8shdF8o9lxP_SusfcdXwgE4FtaLWcDJ4OzEYed_zW6sX-pzcpXhbwKWblg14mpYcKkbhdq5dIoLFiDNAUFIsrcVq1S/s4032/IMG_6055.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4DmMiaWpc-7KMOTbj7TkMSYQwVpixoQt_VFcfoOpAYpXrThUtNWdGBYRgv8qvTX9g9NESNIBAlpvrkrIuV3RA0LkPBewuaUFge8shdF8o9lxP_SusfcdXwgE4FtaLWcDJ4OzEYed_zW6sX-pzcpXhbwKWblg14mpYcKkbhdq5dIoLFiDNAUFIsrcVq1S/s320/IMG_6055.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNxo8LLFkro-7hYKWrIhpdxKmQWWYMM7UuduA-S5xlCrsyDtIf8Bhq116p5QYEQpcd7rhU-l4t9EYlDcGcxXOgqcqglH75rn_Vc3JLcQqmymXSRIqmo6pHsHsQTMFxm655zZvP5FevID23bhVDfh2TLbHj_QhdIHr2YcH8g79dEHgUeZmC8JG6T2pV-bx/s4032/IMG_6060.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNxo8LLFkro-7hYKWrIhpdxKmQWWYMM7UuduA-S5xlCrsyDtIf8Bhq116p5QYEQpcd7rhU-l4t9EYlDcGcxXOgqcqglH75rn_Vc3JLcQqmymXSRIqmo6pHsHsQTMFxm655zZvP5FevID23bhVDfh2TLbHj_QhdIHr2YcH8g79dEHgUeZmC8JG6T2pV-bx/s320/IMG_6060.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Now Joe's lame lettering matches<br />his pants :P </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">On of the bestest things about vet competitions is the chance to out with friends.</span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEu0T56iMNXvzrv9nDHQ7thTK3Ls1CIx4ZbtKmKHuBfbcsfMaZBUbL0ZhxRhQt6x6CcYoXVJ-1vgd3DN-vFqDzVz-2IlZYqxyldf3_L-tM_s0CFB7HP80eQgpqx-iPcPl4ikxQgi1AsceQQYXRPMB9gQVtTqUDCYin6s446mpUv9IvR-B7j_1a25-Pme_a/s3562/IMG_6078.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3562" data-original-width="2847" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEu0T56iMNXvzrv9nDHQ7thTK3Ls1CIx4ZbtKmKHuBfbcsfMaZBUbL0ZhxRhQt6x6CcYoXVJ-1vgd3DN-vFqDzVz-2IlZYqxyldf3_L-tM_s0CFB7HP80eQgpqx-iPcPl4ikxQgi1AsceQQYXRPMB9gQVtTqUDCYin6s446mpUv9IvR-B7j_1a25-Pme_a/s320/IMG_6078.jpeg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(Note that the AI in the venue correctly<br />identified Georgie Love, Badger, and<br />Allison Treloar as "women" </span>🤣)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO46Xn1QOSSK1bPgAkTppcCO9vgYeLsodhV_2rN2DIdntuUF-iAAYrC0bqM2dkT5KqJhxOfjXHtZ44mGbm4v3HpI2q0gnwhRv9ecWvHtiFwokHtb3FS3R1l8VOzG17jZjvI4mD3iRGWaiAW-ZAFMbUAGmRCkVUU6OcE29sBDKhfyHTZ4Wolheu79cB4CzU/s4032/IMG_5616.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO46Xn1QOSSK1bPgAkTppcCO9vgYeLsodhV_2rN2DIdntuUF-iAAYrC0bqM2dkT5KqJhxOfjXHtZ44mGbm4v3HpI2q0gnwhRv9ecWvHtiFwokHtb3FS3R1l8VOzG17jZjvI4mD3iRGWaiAW-ZAFMbUAGmRCkVUU6OcE29sBDKhfyHTZ4Wolheu79cB4CzU/s320/IMG_5616.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Hanging with my Rockville Fencing Academy<br />ladies. From left: Lynnette Whitt, Badger,<br />Gemin Channing, Esperanza Alzona.)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's my report from the January NAC, my friends. Until next time, leaving you with this thought from fellow fashionista Allison Thurman: fence with joy...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7vyxQbTkZb5OP9M5uN5m3FMGWwCWF3eVsKoohdTyJrD4leKN5YcPG2QpTwipjRsaqI0AgXkW73mqVbj-OkQeCmcE2PcTLN2QIqtydCKSC4H4Xf7iQxj1BkLELCs7hc_2562zqGdgngHVmxJ_BOq2IG3TY7fJm_yfkjD7cVfqS90N483o9kVv7rjZf51iH/s4000/20240106_174603.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7vyxQbTkZb5OP9M5uN5m3FMGWwCWF3eVsKoohdTyJrD4leKN5YcPG2QpTwipjRsaqI0AgXkW73mqVbj-OkQeCmcE2PcTLN2QIqtydCKSC4H4Xf7iQxj1BkLELCs7hc_2562zqGdgngHVmxJ_BOq2IG3TY7fJm_yfkjD7cVfqS90N483o9kVv7rjZf51iH/s320/20240106_174603.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div>Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-1629471433970279332023-07-10T06:51:00.002-04:002023-07-10T11:44:12.426-04:00Hot StuffIt maxed out at 115 degrees in Phoenix last week, as over 5000 fencers descended on the city for Summer Nationals. Believe it or not, we were lucky, as the forecast for the coming week peaks at 120.<div><br /></div><div>While the venue was blessedly chill, the fashion and the fencing were blazing hot. As you cool down from the efforts of the 2022-2023 season, here are some highlights from the competition.</div><div><br /><div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Best Team Fashion </span></h3><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I love the team events because so many folks use it as an occasion for costuming. This years the fashion award for team is a tie between...pirate crews?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The Mid-Atlantic Marauders, a veteran women's epee team, were on-brand with plumed tricorn hats . </span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffK_Y-L5CDNatWBJMC0D8EIHIN4932ryVZnJdB37Bf6Jq0RPDyKjRt1L-AhHxWXFohICt9WxZbiXSVywg5Thx8VpZtFg1LW45CSoFOdAoLq6KBuSQbEdMfBJjtDx63UykonASWDy5roxEo0bbzVnBlU32gI2cCqRaJ3C9t2LqSf_c-dSrVrYWq4EOHMrg/s4032/MidAtlantic%20Mauraders.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffK_Y-L5CDNatWBJMC0D8EIHIN4932ryVZnJdB37Bf6Jq0RPDyKjRt1L-AhHxWXFohICt9WxZbiXSVywg5Thx8VpZtFg1LW45CSoFOdAoLq6KBuSQbEdMfBJjtDx63UykonASWDy5roxEo0bbzVnBlU32gI2cCqRaJ3C9t2LqSf_c-dSrVrYWq4EOHMrg/s320/MidAtlantic%20Mauraders.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;">Left to right, head coach Jeff Safko of Modern Duelists Fencing Academy, Charlotta (Lotte) Bowie, Marie Lawson, Klaudia Shick and </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;">Nicole Polanichka.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">They received bonus points for wearing one wood-grained sock each (see what they did there?) and for bringing a Jolly Roger flag to the strip:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUs2asQM2261dGFlykF8kNTOBMKvYo4PwdE6kmABAcjrJdLnfKMWAe1xlqCbvUjd-_FEbUu3u2X8mIBvgwi7AtXdXNdggh14ghjOZ2tJTX6LD7Pqt37r0cyIdoC7qlab1qm218o9BXXk7EEU2qImpmBMt1_jzSPAnKJWMbMl63q5BWZzIiD6xsslnIDAUe/s4032/Pirate%20flag.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUs2asQM2261dGFlykF8kNTOBMKvYo4PwdE6kmABAcjrJdLnfKMWAe1xlqCbvUjd-_FEbUu3u2X8mIBvgwi7AtXdXNdggh14ghjOZ2tJTX6LD7Pqt37r0cyIdoC7qlab1qm218o9BXXk7EEU2qImpmBMt1_jzSPAnKJWMbMl63q5BWZzIiD6xsslnIDAUe/s320/Pirate%20flag.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">In foil, the pirate theme was picked up by "Three Elle's and An ARGHH!</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZU5sh7VjsOBpDIXuRpFTnQ0kIRD-jxhEkxo-tQbQPevCukgL-U1PeqaY2MmlYn5fJxg2YY7OiAE5HQK4YeFZgUDuHo3mJfyTkaIAtVLJRVo_XQhMD0GT7kWSWeTPzs1-X3oRFX5BlVYJ8RJXugM-oqBnWec8LKnsQAxEE_urO2k7crwJqOCJW7h18ee8a/s4032/3Elles%20and%20an%20Arrgh.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZU5sh7VjsOBpDIXuRpFTnQ0kIRD-jxhEkxo-tQbQPevCukgL-U1PeqaY2MmlYn5fJxg2YY7OiAE5HQK4YeFZgUDuHo3mJfyTkaIAtVLJRVo_XQhMD0GT7kWSWeTPzs1-X3oRFX5BlVYJ8RJXugM-oqBnWec8LKnsQAxEE_urO2k7crwJqOCJW7h18ee8a/s320/3Elles%20and%20an%20Arrgh.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Left to right: Monisha Tasker, Margaret Fagan, Monica Morrison and Bonnie Hennig-Trestman.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><div class="w-100 pl-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding-left: 3rem; width: 1104.671875px;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span face="-webkit-standard" style="text-align: center;">Their red sashes and eye patches enabled them to maintain their tie with the Marauders.</span></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Fashion Head to Toe</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Rachel El-Salah demonstrated that you don't need to be a pirate to rock a stylish hat. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFgcQFoRZKncXegu4XT-lAPwF35ABqO14yO3SbRXDkFO69O8SJbEYwf7wYjjFbA4lySefQ1F9nKbWDYfmAU2B2leoPXJK8CbZzzTcrkQ2BuUhv-qGwPCMJXMdSU-2yT8ErjIiWdaLw-QPWwvimUytVNwLAu88wdgr8C7CmqyNmPPuEJBhhcjlRzSldioP/s4032/Rachel%20E-S%20in%20hat.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFgcQFoRZKncXegu4XT-lAPwF35ABqO14yO3SbRXDkFO69O8SJbEYwf7wYjjFbA4lySefQ1F9nKbWDYfmAU2B2leoPXJK8CbZzzTcrkQ2BuUhv-qGwPCMJXMdSU-2yT8ErjIiWdaLw-QPWwvimUytVNwLAu88wdgr8C7CmqyNmPPuEJBhhcjlRzSldioP/s320/Rachel%20E-S%20in%20hat.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">In retrospect, I have to ask, Rachel, what's with the heavy (non-sports-specific) gloves. It was ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN DEGREES OUT!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Much as I love hats, I concede that sometimes hair does even better uncovered, as demonstrated by Laura Mahelani Maychrowitz from the East Bay Fencers Gym. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fKKBQ8y8pQDRWhHSUdpPfiLtJNGTvWIh6txmAaaEXNv9Yq2HnnU3Nq33p2jTOwipY8OyEFkA2MlVJaknH9GioaweRlXYiRSlktEOWVAjA59UtF3UYCzZuwV2jdA2SZmDbAK0_21ILKzEzQtxI3aFSlZCLSIZXeiMPB3maTJ6nbZsIbe2sYlSGm80mpoZ/s4032/East%20Bay%20Mohawk%20front.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fKKBQ8y8pQDRWhHSUdpPfiLtJNGTvWIh6txmAaaEXNv9Yq2HnnU3Nq33p2jTOwipY8OyEFkA2MlVJaknH9GioaweRlXYiRSlktEOWVAjA59UtF3UYCzZuwV2jdA2SZmDbAK0_21ILKzEzQtxI3aFSlZCLSIZXeiMPB3maTJ6nbZsIbe2sYlSGm80mpoZ/s320/East%20Bay%20Mohawk%20front.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlDlstQN1vIFkTKR6-gufuLRAWrhlilildvAi7YZnK690CLzf8cgH8ZeJ5HSVhpJrPhJnZdljDscdGOtkOtD-gJDwGk3OEdTi_g_ToElofNjoiS_mq5ZqFZXk5XScHZSevnMfsbsRDQycCqXjSoJS1VcFEx6EIisGQ3brLHut8AXEQehrqOc771arDNKB/s4032/East%20Bay%20Mohawk%20back.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlDlstQN1vIFkTKR6-gufuLRAWrhlilildvAi7YZnK690CLzf8cgH8ZeJ5HSVhpJrPhJnZdljDscdGOtkOtD-gJDwGk3OEdTi_g_ToElofNjoiS_mq5ZqFZXk5XScHZSevnMfsbsRDQycCqXjSoJS1VcFEx6EIisGQ3brLHut8AXEQehrqOc771arDNKB/s320/East%20Bay%20Mohawk%20back.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">T-shirts are a great way to make a statement. See, for example, Harriet Eckstein </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6d6ykGMFCA19sIrpH5CnQFcvkeGNDYITEfnQgE6k04VaceMPL9crWxaHoluB2gax1gsvsmzlx-wdN5kGL4JncHbCKNvt0ywnm-2Vo5B6WOqN9a8cPcitMStU4670j5M8R8I-93LVQwFoo3SZtCtbtewCv4R3dFz1SGIWofIUeyPorjHM0xfXNP02qXPzE/s4032/Harriet%20E%20Tshirt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6d6ykGMFCA19sIrpH5CnQFcvkeGNDYITEfnQgE6k04VaceMPL9crWxaHoluB2gax1gsvsmzlx-wdN5kGL4JncHbCKNvt0ywnm-2Vo5B6WOqN9a8cPcitMStU4670j5M8R8I-93LVQwFoo3SZtCtbtewCv4R3dFz1SGIWofIUeyPorjHM0xfXNP02qXPzE/s320/Harriet%20E%20Tshirt.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>and Melissa Woundy <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASE4AvuqajEchECRR1P05N0xuk1XduU3eRmR2THzqgM_MJe3nuFsu-U6RLjkl5Xpf8yGpe0PLngT6FZjWXiEa4hBC5WCE9iK3eZf-4y-Z1nvw7M4idXNnuQp3X5FWL9gEpgY3kfN4sIItTe5zfr6U0VNvmPxQZgYo1x_H0EVoX4ARBLfGqHnUQFImpPuW/s4032/Melissa%20W%20tshirt.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASE4AvuqajEchECRR1P05N0xuk1XduU3eRmR2THzqgM_MJe3nuFsu-U6RLjkl5Xpf8yGpe0PLngT6FZjWXiEa4hBC5WCE9iK3eZf-4y-Z1nvw7M4idXNnuQp3X5FWL9gEpgY3kfN4sIItTe5zfr6U0VNvmPxQZgYo1x_H0EVoX4ARBLfGqHnUQFImpPuW/s320/Melissa%20W%20tshirt.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>My club mate Esperanza Alzona modeled July Fourth fashion</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsT6O1ORlfTCDcBAsW7CR7Ea0aQzT6wMkGuT3TLn3AnznPqD45BONpIvKY3DU0vnw4OqOmBkp2cUwTc1Q6cOxtklNheEm-0yOpfMEntt3Sa3thIqAUfr-uxdDi5VtQf2ec4vgeYXasgZLiom6lb2U-9CINqdq6_rpGDRHAGikJJ733LDDauWK53Ddo9NLP/s4032/RWBEsperanza.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsT6O1ORlfTCDcBAsW7CR7Ea0aQzT6wMkGuT3TLn3AnznPqD45BONpIvKY3DU0vnw4OqOmBkp2cUwTc1Q6cOxtklNheEm-0yOpfMEntt3Sa3thIqAUfr-uxdDi5VtQf2ec4vgeYXasgZLiom6lb2U-9CINqdq6_rpGDRHAGikJJ733LDDauWK53Ddo9NLP/s320/RWBEsperanza.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div>Fellow fashionista Allison Thurman spotted the best shoes--on a referee, of course--totally classy wing-tips (extra credit for wearing sans socks):</span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnO0fHGky64EEjUXm2f_jF7sWm-V8WzqJegH64jyQ6iZCSuu0LFE636vHDYK7bVrdgYUZOKNV36-4t-c1YWByAP9Qt44mfH6ZTYTXEgHEK_WwI5gd0cnHocWzym0_oBIEHlYdyKA6HzOVu-SDunH-2abTBjGr2wYt9CDfEgj2cN58w8QRBuUG56U3Lgrxc/s4000/SN23%20wingtips.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnO0fHGky64EEjUXm2f_jF7sWm-V8WzqJegH64jyQ6iZCSuu0LFE636vHDYK7bVrdgYUZOKNV36-4t-c1YWByAP9Qt44mfH6ZTYTXEgHEK_WwI5gd0cnHocWzym0_oBIEHlYdyKA6HzOVu-SDunH-2abTBjGr2wYt9CDfEgj2cN58w8QRBuUG56U3Lgrxc/s320/SN23%20wingtips.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><h3><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Space Savers</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Fashion aside, we spotted a couple of practical adaptations to the challenge of keeping gear </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">organized and out from under foot. This tripod could easily be replicated with three lengths of PVC pipe and a </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">collar cut from a larger diameter pipe. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvu62c5zVAKE1Nz-8wkvcL3exN-yG0gMHUvhiGW4lpZSbstrMkz_vBP7uuz5YDDIhISzeyAK0HYL8HTEhLCQMHtWNFpJoR1OEggMyD6vcjd_mfd27ZZd6EEZzuBwVeg-CMZOliKb0OdpF71_nnmigwSQPx0_gmM3MJllcbXGO_-3T3zlmByDH5oA-tBD5/s4032/Epee%20tripod.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvu62c5zVAKE1Nz-8wkvcL3exN-yG0gMHUvhiGW4lpZSbstrMkz_vBP7uuz5YDDIhISzeyAK0HYL8HTEhLCQMHtWNFpJoR1OEggMyD6vcjd_mfd27ZZd6EEZzuBwVeg-CMZOliKb0OdpF71_nnmigwSQPx0_gmM3MJllcbXGO_-3T3zlmByDH5oA-tBD5/s320/Epee%20tripod.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I'm intrigued by the rolling closet that is Leon Paul's <a href="https://www.leonpaulusa.com/the-apex-bag.html" target="_blank">Apex Bag</a>. I'd like to hear from a user how well the velcro-attached "shelves"stay secured. (The dividers in my horizontal LP "Classic Team" bag are forever coming loose, and they are not holding any weight.)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6hka6xR7BvJHafxF_a8XuiyFqXH3SYhVP_oCnpJhieL_obpUk_LAibUwBWprHtiDK-J5RPGSe-zb_aiiJMrOcPPctkp0T4Sc_mioFh0M8pQDc6gKXhJZAqdalBAzobN9oDy01LRy-a2FYqAJ875N3Khu7Eu1k5DEq2wDDIG3EQ0QV4bBaoQ8o0wbenwh/s4032/Leon%20Paul%20upright%20bag.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6hka6xR7BvJHafxF_a8XuiyFqXH3SYhVP_oCnpJhieL_obpUk_LAibUwBWprHtiDK-J5RPGSe-zb_aiiJMrOcPPctkp0T4Sc_mioFh0M8pQDc6gKXhJZAqdalBAzobN9oDy01LRy-a2FYqAJ875N3Khu7Eu1k5DEq2wDDIG3EQ0QV4bBaoQ8o0wbenwh/s320/Leon%20Paul%20upright%20bag.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3>Fencing Keeps Us Young</h3><div>People sometimes assume I fence in a younger vet decade (I'm vet 60). When that happens, I tell them I inherited my fencing DNA from my college coach, Henry Harutunian. Henry is 90 years old and doesn't look a day over 70. Coach was in Phoenix mentoring Bill English, another vet Yalie, and I was thrilled to hear him yelling at me during pools.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHxxMmZoZQkwENmG3TgxXbrGw44G4_g9uMVdGaM8-nKOluHOH8KY2-EsW8ACgBtFEPVuvKx1gydzbeN_Jaz1GldQ2tdlX-y9J0hHNF9qwmjMzFxTejF29Y4hs3bI_YgUIaP6PeyyZY37MI533CTWWUjyRtBHi-bLrcjp5t6mfYTZgd_tXEfJxM7r2IDmw/s3088/Coach%20H.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHxxMmZoZQkwENmG3TgxXbrGw44G4_g9uMVdGaM8-nKOluHOH8KY2-EsW8ACgBtFEPVuvKx1gydzbeN_Jaz1GldQ2tdlX-y9J0hHNF9qwmjMzFxTejF29Y4hs3bI_YgUIaP6PeyyZY37MI533CTWWUjyRtBHi-bLrcjp5t6mfYTZgd_tXEfJxM7r2IDmw/s320/Coach%20H.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>He also helped me thread a replacement body cord up my uniform during my bout with Georgie Love. Here's Coach doing the same for a Yale teammate in 1979.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCuhs6KeHdtwYIM8oanrLSAdoqLyQpcAXjsP2GLIBFTbmNTO-K8OYtrmm_4Z0158ARPzNziT53r5Fm8_JpollOUmEeGKJoEp727wg4tA2lVBYyzrM8CUQbVUhoS_xJ5r9zH4raAQUpPa0eXhl5FT29ovS4wxiIALl00aNtJVtsvBbHPccxBNqXSGkWRyQT/s3264/Coach%20H.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCuhs6KeHdtwYIM8oanrLSAdoqLyQpcAXjsP2GLIBFTbmNTO-K8OYtrmm_4Z0158ARPzNziT53r5Fm8_JpollOUmEeGKJoEp727wg4tA2lVBYyzrM8CUQbVUhoS_xJ5r9zH4raAQUpPa0eXhl5FT29ovS4wxiIALl00aNtJVtsvBbHPccxBNqXSGkWRyQT/s320/Coach%20H.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Yup, that was a time warp</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Until We Meet Again</h3><div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you, ladies, for all the hugs and smiles and warm regards. Until next time, whenever that may be, may I leave you with the thought expressed by this Phoenix mural:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIl11ZedwmYFYdF7DE-WMUWjV41J99bo0sgW5DSv9asY-jPo_ovXFim9QqTFfj27xfJGM88s8bdQiO9fHH3Rwa4yqP7N1tqgeFiHocNafXcO9Ov-70gzsmFX2cd24LRy90zsx82Gs16YMLZEiSCORRvyKY0thqGFpgYkv3NPmJT_zPAdu2V_2g5faqkbR8/s4032/URAmazing.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIl11ZedwmYFYdF7DE-WMUWjV41J99bo0sgW5DSv9asY-jPo_ovXFim9QqTFfj27xfJGM88s8bdQiO9fHH3Rwa4yqP7N1tqgeFiHocNafXcO9Ov-70gzsmFX2cd24LRy90zsx82Gs16YMLZEiSCORRvyKY0thqGFpgYkv3NPmJT_zPAdu2V_2g5faqkbR8/s320/URAmazing.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Salute</div><div><br /></div><div>Badger<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com2Phoenix, AZ, USA33.4483771 -112.07403735.1381432638211564 -147.2302873 61.758610936178847 -76.9177873tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-27821599182699248762022-04-17T18:36:00.001-04:002022-04-17T19:38:49.913-04:00Vet Armor Part 2: Taking it to the Max<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In part two of this series, Allison and I share detailed instructions from a former clubmate (who prefers to remain anonymous). It is actually her "extreme armoring" that sent us down this rabbit hole. Below are detailed instructions, and photographs, of anon's modding technique.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>"As a female fencer who's chronically vitamin D and K deficient with leaky vessels and trouble clotting, I've had to improve upon the gear. I'd get a synthetic FIE jacket that has a bit of room in it but is a good fit because as long as it stretches, it'll be fine for a sewing project. </span><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">The easiest jackets to sew onto are the lightest of LP and Allstarr Startex. The harder, thicker ones are Negrini and PBT to get the needle through. I use quilting needles. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">I make an accurate pattern using the jacket onto sewing pattern paper, cut out neoprene of the desired thickness using the pattern, wrap white athletic mesh around the neoprene, sew the mesh onto the neoprene and sew the mesh onto the jacket. Don't use anything other than athletic mesh because they will break or absorb sweat to increase weight. Cotton or silk do not work well. Get a yard or two of the white mesh online or at a local sewing store. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">The best way to get neoprene is to buy waist protectors/ lifting belts and sweat belts at sports stores or Amazon. They differ by thickness and McDavid works for me. Look for the ones that don't have material or hardware on them. Cut off the piece that has the rough velcro. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've tried other materials than neoprene, including the expensive shin protector materials that LP sells but nothing is better than neoprene. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, you could use a sewing machine for the chest/ shoulder, but the arms require hand stitching. I know because I took it to a fencing mom who's a professional seamstress once and it cost over $375 for all the hand sewing so I sew it myself now and it looks almost professional. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">A well sewn neoprene piece will last as long as the jacket and I've had mine for 10+ years. You'll just need to reinforce where the mesh attaches to the jacket but nothing has ever ripped before. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'd recommend putting the work into a new quality jacket because it takes me 30+ hours to sew on all the pieces but if you're aiming to sew on just one or two where the guys are battering you, it'll be an afternoon project. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the collarbone and chest above the plastic protector and right bicep where we get hit often, I'd recommend 2 layers of neoprene wrapped into the mesh. For other places I'd recommend only 1 layer to not inhibit your flexibility, especially during infighting. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have pieces around the chest/ collarbone, right bicep, inner left bicep, left hand watch/ wrist/ right shoulder for flicks, right thigh and hip bone. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">For my knees and shine, I wear very loose compression braces made of neoprene. A 25 year old guy did a horizontal coupe missing my lame entirely, landing on my shin and breaking it two years ago. My coach got hit so hard on the hip bone every night at practice when he was on the national team his bone died and is permanently numb so definitely worth it to protect whatever parts you wanna keep. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">When you sew, stitch close to the stitch line to minimize thread appearance. Take larger 0.5-1cm stitches on the inside and take tiny, barely visible stitches on the outside. Use safety pins to secure the piece before sewing. After you've sewed a piece onto the jacket or pants where it holds up, try it on in the on guard stance, move a little to make sure the piece covers exactly how much of your body you want to protect. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Use a synthetic thread, if you have a synthetic jacket. Do not use cotton thread, even if it's very thick because they don't last. I use Coats & Clark eloflex double threaded. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last month a blade bounced off my chest protector and broke a bone in my left hand so now I wrap it. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">The guys have given me bone bruises around the ankle that have shown up on x-rays so I put either a piece of neoprene or cut out of a foam shoe insert underneath my socks around the front ankle for their 7 and 8 parries/ searches."</span></li></ul><div><br /><div>
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwcmrf9JGNYREis3DmTDQroTn_bIAC_U6BnlVHc1MNYQFUcCSpBJyvG_DJ3Nct_78Ap9uIabUVo5gaEAd-tU8bd2y1OylE_2BMqE1LNAkim4g8A4xHe0GTewUV48LokN0NrVVMgBPAPKp7rbk5CbqU6U85OdBin-SRrFAJ2luxeYlWdnUeW8IWtKGLzQ/s4032/unnamed-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwcmrf9JGNYREis3DmTDQroTn_bIAC_U6BnlVHc1MNYQFUcCSpBJyvG_DJ3Nct_78Ap9uIabUVo5gaEAd-tU8bd2y1OylE_2BMqE1LNAkim4g8A4xHe0GTewUV48LokN0NrVVMgBPAPKp7rbk5CbqU6U85OdBin-SRrFAJ2luxeYlWdnUeW8IWtKGLzQ/s320/unnamed-12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We find this project inspiring, if a bit intimidating, and are working on various ways to simplify the approach. That might be the subject of a future post, after some experimentation. Meanwhile, please do weigh in with your own pictures and descriptions of vet armoring!</span><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></span></div></div></div>Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-61197931246196212522022-04-02T13:38:00.001-04:002022-04-02T17:49:07.200-04:00Vet Armor Part 1<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The other Sunday, at RFA's Vet ladies' practice, we were trading notes on minor injuries. Emergent themes: how to assure the doctor/nurse they don't need to call protective services; how to tell a skin bruise from a </span><a href="https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-to-know-bone-bruise" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">bone bruise</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (ick); and (as a logical segue) various ways to reinforce or supplement one's gear to avoid the prior issues.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Face it, fencing uniforms are designed to avoid grievous bodily harm (Punctures. Death.) They do a pretty shoddy job of protecting skin and bones, particularly older skin and bones, from significant, even debilitating, trauma.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Hence this post, the first in a series exploring various ways Vets are modding their uniforms to preserve their <u>own</u> functionality as long as possible. Part 1 will share a round-up of ideas currently in use by Allison, me or our club mates, as well as some examples I've collected at NACs over the years. Part 2 will be a deep dive into the "extreme armor" created by a former RFA fencer. With your assistance, Part 3 will consist of <u>your</u> examples, contributed via comments on these posts, or on the Vet Women's Fbook group. Please share!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Let's start with gloves: actual fencing gear with extra features or deployed in non-standard ways.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here's an example of the first: two fencing gloves that offer extra protection on the knuckles. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEXnp7E5DIUHn0j7Ey3pZRV6z1nV1y9Jl4UWS-xOUm2GIf1jkWwIuCYOMInQ4iYISOsgsWSWSTauZg1QVh9iJg4tUxbtg9YbOAi41650TyNos09PFHdt57lX-D1NrYOZnmgGJV_GLsKmluzW3EzpAvWRX1nBLQkZ8AaAZnuRzHHSh651yv1y86TJCQw/s2592/IMG_2618.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Red Linea Nitro glove with heavy padding on the knuckles" border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEXnp7E5DIUHn0j7Ey3pZRV6z1nV1y9Jl4UWS-xOUm2GIf1jkWwIuCYOMInQ4iYISOsgsWSWSTauZg1QVh9iJg4tUxbtg9YbOAi41650TyNos09PFHdt57lX-D1NrYOZnmgGJV_GLsKmluzW3EzpAvWRX1nBLQkZ8AaAZnuRzHHSh651yv1y86TJCQw/w239-h320/IMG_2618.JPG" title="Linea "Nitro"" width="239" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjc8oOdcnQH9qJnSfnQXKe9PDhHikfeCrZHNRiIkUjrwk7BvuQAxgULu7TpSCk1vd5Sh3tzTDn1_VOfchqEpR7mzHW7m3VCq_xMdt6Rg4UTIlIUBS9LshRBO1Zsie3-klSHfPauKGqnHYLy-zkxyoRHZuqvBeSo3FYD9O8CU_TLRzASRQdZS4J6izDg/s300/G3LN3__29463.1384811191.1280.1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Green Linea Octane in profile, showing hard plastic armor at the knuckles" border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjc8oOdcnQH9qJnSfnQXKe9PDhHikfeCrZHNRiIkUjrwk7BvuQAxgULu7TpSCk1vd5Sh3tzTDn1_VOfchqEpR7mzHW7m3VCq_xMdt6Rg4UTIlIUBS9LshRBO1Zsie3-klSHfPauKGqnHYLy-zkxyoRHZuqvBeSo3FYD9O8CU_TLRzASRQdZS4J6izDg/s16000/G3LN3__29463.1384811191.1280.1280.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are both by </span>Linea: the <a href="https://thefencingpost.com/glove-linea-nitro/" target="_blank">Nitro</a> (red) and <a href="https://thefencingpost.com/glove-linea-octane/" target="_blank">Octane</a> (green) are available from the Fencing Post. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While these glove provide some added protection, they are not fool-proof. I was hit <i>between</i> the fingers when wearing an Octane, and the impact split open the skin (requiring 5 stitches.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then there is the question of protecting the <i>back</i> hand, particularly if one has a tendency to, shall we say, put it at risk. Here's a picture I took many years back at Baltimore Fencing Club (now defunct). This fencer is "covering her bases" (as it were) by wearing a glove on her back hand, as well as keeping said hand firmly shoved into her breech's pocket. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IJJfoC5HpSl9wdk7X9jK76mGjLrrMjPtmuvxosFZczVZTALozbG9BmdFw8u0q5c_ej30iLcrSq9lNQQ0CbBL2xN2LWHBSo6pAHH2kq8CHndZXJFxqbxu8QF9pk1LhgfA46xHP8qGLoL7lth4C-mPej5nEkCWWOsZZa2srh7VZXXPCYX-s2udVCJ3ig/s2592/IMG_1788.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fencer in full uniform from the back, her gloved off hand in the rear pocket of her knickers" border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1935" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IJJfoC5HpSl9wdk7X9jK76mGjLrrMjPtmuvxosFZczVZTALozbG9BmdFw8u0q5c_ej30iLcrSq9lNQQ0CbBL2xN2LWHBSo6pAHH2kq8CHndZXJFxqbxu8QF9pk1LhgfA46xHP8qGLoL7lth4C-mPej5nEkCWWOsZZa2srh7VZXXPCYX-s2udVCJ3ig/w239-h320/IMG_1788.JPG" width="239" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On to legs. Before I met Joe Deucher, I did not realize that fencing knickers came in a full-length option. (Not to mention cool colors.) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEFRmOqSHtZEpNtgqkBdmUOQzGYZptrBBNmkqkT7qG8VD4Q4FRctvTtHcNTC8njOsOvFNcfaNgJxRMU36KnCOA3ZXF8ag1BtHK3mo9E2PWjOg8KhPr0EczxgoSFp8CTaHuih4qhSk9x66xFufT9kFpftHsdB6-Lb2_dJwwfAdQEbArOLe_eRXG4vCEA/s3264/IMG_3960_2.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Man in full fencing uniform, including full length red knickers" border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEFRmOqSHtZEpNtgqkBdmUOQzGYZptrBBNmkqkT7qG8VD4Q4FRctvTtHcNTC8njOsOvFNcfaNgJxRMU36KnCOA3ZXF8ag1BtHK3mo9E2PWjOg8KhPr0EczxgoSFp8CTaHuih4qhSk9x66xFufT9kFpftHsdB6-Lb2_dJwwfAdQEbArOLe_eRXG4vCEA/w224-h298/IMG_3960_2.JPG" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzTOprfQZE_KCmWFzEvVF32pznUfwtnQ3PL-08SklUCOQf-S1p3WLz_kwNxyXkUi8jxPw7EvcDnwMpOJNdJ3ZXHE5x91Cl8z_zjJiRdKumnty81LIXS3PoJODiVv1cPDmcGB90nHjbFehdiMdCLP_rK3iVrXUku5n5bm90zxDQA4hXJVQUMwLdA0FnQ/s1600/IMG_3958_2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="rear pocket of red knickers showing Triplette's 350N competition grade tag" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzTOprfQZE_KCmWFzEvVF32pznUfwtnQ3PL-08SklUCOQf-S1p3WLz_kwNxyXkUi8jxPw7EvcDnwMpOJNdJ3ZXHE5x91Cl8z_zjJiRdKumnty81LIXS3PoJODiVv1cPDmcGB90nHjbFehdiMdCLP_rK3iVrXUku5n5bm90zxDQA4hXJVQUMwLdA0FnQ/w233-h310/IMG_3958_2.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><br />Joe's knickers (rated 350N) were manufactured by Triplette. I can see where a layer of competition-grade padding over the sock would help at least a bit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Next up, my own go-to extra armor: soccer shin guards, which can be inserted into the sleeve jacket to protect against hard hits to the upper arm (*ahem* epeeists fencing foil, you know who you are), or into the sock of the lead leg to protect against low-line parries that turn into shin swipes. They are cheap ($10-$25 range), effective, easy to take in and out, as needed, without completely disrobing. Some models have perforations that provide a bit of ventilation. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsQ__NWYSb8kBJ_6xhbFkIAyHHxyqCHzbnrzxx4ROVLbmVawL59pFP5-qblUy4Vj5AM0yXovZ-UQifQVHmCWmAxT-Wo92CWgUIgTpN_EsQ-fGjkPFEbA4G3v7L6kEVYq2B5TnotxgaVgYCW3Z-m7P7To-mUARyBKccIyA4YOlW1g9kHPyZFsIhs526w/s4032/IMG_3871.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="Soft, foam-padded interior of Nike shin guards" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsQ__NWYSb8kBJ_6xhbFkIAyHHxyqCHzbnrzxx4ROVLbmVawL59pFP5-qblUy4Vj5AM0yXovZ-UQifQVHmCWmAxT-Wo92CWgUIgTpN_EsQ-fGjkPFEbA4G3v7L6kEVYq2B5TnotxgaVgYCW3Z-m7P7To-mUARyBKccIyA4YOlW1g9kHPyZFsIhs526w/w240-h320/IMG_3871.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsS2A71Toxh5NdlH5Roea7ZwT9kwu1Fh41_gUUIRLvnlM9_-ukpN5KrjUysSS1_cOeUafC58LwQO8jelEIX1fgkt1RIVrZ0VLRy5W_KGZFNn7eLgZB_GqBjALkFifta2ldG9u1CmuY8LrTDbJIoQjRARfzwdbt2zADQWP4YTOG54cyj2qhfE0wOx2Saw/s4032/IMG_3870.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hard plastic exterior of Nike shin guards" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsS2A71Toxh5NdlH5Roea7ZwT9kwu1Fh41_gUUIRLvnlM9_-ukpN5KrjUysSS1_cOeUafC58LwQO8jelEIX1fgkt1RIVrZ0VLRy5W_KGZFNn7eLgZB_GqBjALkFifta2ldG9u1CmuY8LrTDbJIoQjRARfzwdbt2zADQWP4YTOG54cyj2qhfE0wOx2Saw/w240-h320/IMG_3870.jpeg" width="240" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div>I briefly experimented with a roller-blading knee-guard ton my lead leg. Too bulky to fit under my knickers but certainly valid for practice. It might be competition-legal if you covered it with a sleeve (for example a sock or stocking with the foot cut off). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg082RHKfGMzYNeVdHgNqcf9vnqYE-VS_c1rMA3nl99k2AZLFM8oeRKcpPyPyqiZ7Rlpbm9hBUP5ma24nLXhEnxai0QCXAmqFmwkOiv08gGoFlAIQAJBboTYR-Q-NFqVjBsv3sQ6zpG2Rg0unO7wOTbeDJHvRT7azWQdM7WKWpsG50hl58pXZqA8XD-MA/s4032/IMG_3873.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bulky black plastic knee guard with elastic straps" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg082RHKfGMzYNeVdHgNqcf9vnqYE-VS_c1rMA3nl99k2AZLFM8oeRKcpPyPyqiZ7Rlpbm9hBUP5ma24nLXhEnxai0QCXAmqFmwkOiv08gGoFlAIQAJBboTYR-Q-NFqVjBsv3sQ6zpG2Rg0unO7wOTbeDJHvRT7azWQdM7WKWpsG50hl58pXZqA8XD-MA/w320-h240/IMG_3873.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>What about the torso? Here vet epeeist Lori Radich models an Easton "TorsoTection" boy's baseball chest protector, which features polyester padding sewn into a spandex, pull-on shirt.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwOYqgzOT2ogPbo0FpmDkcvv1JqYnuEdzGCobgJRDy7ixhe0ibSLCZfeODVfuR3cQWPPdBuRp6TdfFJn-OS69UPZ5pvv8-fsHPs4cD2hC25GKdcITo75L2VpVcKlL1vRv_aDqpPI3iCPBj4L88DcLYK0r0odGIHJCeMbscdEx-Zbchd0M1WDMYrlINg/s2592/IMG_1893.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="Easton TorsoTection baseball chest protector, showing sections of padding sewn on to spandex base" border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwOYqgzOT2ogPbo0FpmDkcvv1JqYnuEdzGCobgJRDy7ixhe0ibSLCZfeODVfuR3cQWPPdBuRp6TdfFJn-OS69UPZ5pvv8-fsHPs4cD2hC25GKdcITo75L2VpVcKlL1vRv_aDqpPI3iCPBj4L88DcLYK0r0odGIHJCeMbscdEx-Zbchd0M1WDMYrlINg/w239-h320/IMG_1893.JPG" width="239" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Turns out there are a lot of potentially useful padded undergirding manufactured for other sports. See, for example "<a href="https://www.nike.com/t/contact-support-training-forearm-shivers-RWcF9P/N1000833-091?nikemt=true&cp=73534995896_search_%7C%7Cu%7C13453675436%7C124833567073%7C%7Cc&gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=CjwKCAjwxZqSBhAHEiwASr9n9M3GNkr4dU07MMIDLMZ1kR4idD0YicpJKJACZM2MFOgOWwMu7BPcdxoCzssQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank">Nike Contact Support Forearm Shivers</a>"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QQ7Lj70tcZWwyIX-FZ7F8UiGmVXlF7yyt2q8AI9xNsrXbkN1E9RCyRWTSSN4sbfxtcsokkt6CjiJV7yLGZQpFBBtdJ7QsQW3t1cTBUyz9m7OPcZioznB86ExPphLKKudyrEqszuTpLVynrCWnjIIS88loAUBmnokQuFtEyKGEEb3x_XKBQSghxh8Vw/s2000/20NIKUNKPRSTRNGFRFTA_Black_Black_White.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="Nike forearm shiver, stretchy tube with hard plastic padding on exterior" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1100" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QQ7Lj70tcZWwyIX-FZ7F8UiGmVXlF7yyt2q8AI9xNsrXbkN1E9RCyRWTSSN4sbfxtcsokkt6CjiJV7yLGZQpFBBtdJ7QsQW3t1cTBUyz9m7OPcZioznB86ExPphLKKudyrEqszuTpLVynrCWnjIIS88loAUBmnokQuFtEyKGEEb3x_XKBQSghxh8Vw/w176-h320/20NIKUNKPRSTRNGFRFTA_Black_Black_White.webp" width="176" /></span></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And, from the realm of motorsports, the "<a href="https://www.motosport.com/Alpinestars-Nucleon-Flex-Pro-Shoulder-Protector?variant=APNP0C4-X001-Y002" target="_blank">Alpinestars Nucleon Flex Pro Shoulder Protectors</a>" </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1VpqGXzQZzMFATE-P1gjOdoE32HdhuXJkUymKQwcplqTIz92VePdj4gZKfwL9shCCsbrEYlRBR7N4wwNSn7sbqn5NsQyNNkZzrP4D-cI6PLVADrIVOpPGcpT8BhICXfRQfpCnu4erfq7J7mYkyj3BgRL2uAi0v9tmts9KvtNiAErajgq3JxxbHZnuQ/s440/X001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="Alpinestars molded plastic shoulder guard with textured exterior" border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1VpqGXzQZzMFATE-P1gjOdoE32HdhuXJkUymKQwcplqTIz92VePdj4gZKfwL9shCCsbrEYlRBR7N4wwNSn7sbqn5NsQyNNkZzrP4D-cI6PLVADrIVOpPGcpT8BhICXfRQfpCnu4erfq7J7mYkyj3BgRL2uAi0v9tmts9KvtNiAErajgq3JxxbHZnuQ/w320-h320/X001.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">After getting popped right on the head of the shoulder joint recently, with two weeks of resulting soreness, this might the extra piece of armor I try next.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Alpinestars also makes <a href="https://www.motosport.com/product/?cc=us&gclid=CjwKCAjwxZqSBhAHEiwASr9n9AL0bVKfuYR53mHbj67qW6Stjo3iFUK3Fe6HjS7rwV4H9oepv5bBNhoC848QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&key=Alpinestars-Bioflex-Hip-Protector&pssource=true&segment=badger&utm_medium=pla&utm_source=google&variant[APNP06D]=APNP06D-X001-Y002&variant=APNP06D-X001-Y002" target="_blank">hip protectors</a>--I am wondering if I could position one over the front of the hip bone--another massively painful place to get hit--perhaps nested in a pocket sewn into my knickers, or into the compression shorts I wear under my uniform.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CcDhSwVWKt0piWu5APFp_gvGTQh6EVQeJl2MBB_ydvRYicjEXZvoSuRJpJXlV16yQlBccDxGy1gd8_DjCjVOjyFgtEF3BhclIKRQIy6y0DAwoe0GftXgqrAVFLSfgJNAX5jtjkCnEgJ9MN4OOrwqbPJHj2prTUNBtLjCox7He6CC56ijhzkY9ppPoQ/s440/X001-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="Alpinestars kidney-shaped hard plastic hip protectors, textured exterior padding" border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CcDhSwVWKt0piWu5APFp_gvGTQh6EVQeJl2MBB_ydvRYicjEXZvoSuRJpJXlV16yQlBccDxGy1gd8_DjCjVOjyFgtEF3BhclIKRQIy6y0DAwoe0GftXgqrAVFLSfgJNAX5jtjkCnEgJ9MN4OOrwqbPJHj2prTUNBtLjCox7He6CC56ijhzkY9ppPoQ/w320-h320/X001-2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">That's what we have so far, in the club and in our notes. Stand by for the second installment of this series (a.k.a "how to channel your inner Michelin Man") and please do send us pictures and descriptions of your own additional armor. You can leave comments on this blog, or on the corresponding post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/vetwomenfencers" target="_blank">USFA Women's Veterans Fencing</a> group in Facebook. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Be well, and stay unbroken.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Badger</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><br /><p></p></div>Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-38614416149471535392022-01-15T16:49:00.000-05:002022-01-15T16:49:31.086-05:00Looking Back to Look Forward<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Hello Ladies</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">It was so great to see some of you in San Jose last week. Your smizing eyes, your laughter, and your camaraderie was a balm to my pandemic-weary heart.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAsgAUXV2DpzxA3HO_jmXMJhzRAjdOsZaNpRS3-XAeW6_1m2uFp1t7ACXg99EfLb-7mpVflw9lJfekxHbiREkBcCWzDOy_pKKaimkA5DXJQi1nN4evPAEHNwtxHlOGbJoxltR9yhIA6x_IiVlCAr1fOnspNhzMoi7n7Bj9UyCP61uCqhdnba-TMn4M=s3008" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2020" data-original-width="3008" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAsgAUXV2DpzxA3HO_jmXMJhzRAjdOsZaNpRS3-XAeW6_1m2uFp1t7ACXg99EfLb-7mpVflw9lJfekxHbiREkBcCWzDOy_pKKaimkA5DXJQi1nN4evPAEHNwtxHlOGbJoxltR9yhIA6x_IiVlCAr1fOnspNhzMoi7n7Bj9UyCP61uCqhdnba-TMn4M=w320-h215" title="Marie Lawson at the July 2021 NAC/National Challenge" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Marie Lawson at the July 2021 NAC/National Challenge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Between the masking, distancing, and the fact that many folks spent as little time as possible in the venue, I did not get any new pics for Fashionista. So today's posts is a nostalgic look at some of my most-beloved images from the past.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">One of my all-time favorite outfits is Pam Guntrum rocking color-matched boa and head scarf at the 2018 Portland NAC, patriotically complemented with a red water bottle and foil tape. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH7SJBd-Z322uKpgU3Ggv7Ak7bUZjWOGKYUqfPmuzW6oLBlTC2_ghQTVsNZyWWBcpDyXd126N71EMo0h5kanjEDJQ_Alyh6KNRIYGAIAFAXeViwDXj3yub_h2aQ1frmQ9rIgaWg0I1fap1wd3sJoJBIdrbqDiIbtS1w9hjJCd9qOdh99aGWTWtfTzi=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH7SJBd-Z322uKpgU3Ggv7Ak7bUZjWOGKYUqfPmuzW6oLBlTC2_ghQTVsNZyWWBcpDyXd126N71EMo0h5kanjEDJQ_Alyh6KNRIYGAIAFAXeViwDXj3yub_h2aQ1frmQ9rIgaWg0I1fap1wd3sJoJBIdrbqDiIbtS1w9hjJCd9qOdh99aGWTWtfTzi=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Pamela Guntrum, 2018 Portland NAC</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br />Looking back over my files, I realize I have far more photos of vet women heading into or out of the venue, since I'm usually preoccupied with, you know, ACTUALLY FENCING on the days of my events. Fortunately, you are genius at accessorizing.</span><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhqYXYP7gMqM7aU8AoHXMy4wjILeZtJfx74EKdpMRmRHssYN8D5eKRi139PBR2mWxOVNpphGFYauA8Qv4dsagvMgCl2ig8TkKsRyV7309t_8AdmDjPEDHCU6nNuMM0EDC96TIvXa4dQeuRcqmml7paoeN8AfIiuZ-NsYKQsN2rbJaeypSN_GKK3rbD=s3264" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhqYXYP7gMqM7aU8AoHXMy4wjILeZtJfx74EKdpMRmRHssYN8D5eKRi139PBR2mWxOVNpphGFYauA8Qv4dsagvMgCl2ig8TkKsRyV7309t_8AdmDjPEDHCU6nNuMM0EDC96TIvXa4dQeuRcqmml7paoeN8AfIiuZ-NsYKQsN2rbJaeypSN_GKK3rbD=s320" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaY2J-dFpHWdp-0iFKGGcb4K6X3TDK5QvPnY498faf6sPy3eWIkC8gP-rGxJVZxQF10NotFRWbkiua0YyjjKX5s9WQ0ncbPWK-EblX_b4rhC3GgUlzZDFqi8KJZQC3yUn8ZcKa2PzATCVy6LUkgRRtIyUpWhaNtuLXG8zTJfNCSmjiVpqIUlhGQF6g=s3264" style="clear: right; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaY2J-dFpHWdp-0iFKGGcb4K6X3TDK5QvPnY498faf6sPy3eWIkC8gP-rGxJVZxQF10NotFRWbkiua0YyjjKX5s9WQ0ncbPWK-EblX_b4rhC3GgUlzZDFqi8KJZQC3yUn8ZcKa2PzATCVy6LUkgRRtIyUpWhaNtuLXG8zTJfNCSmjiVpqIUlhGQF6g=w240-h319" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhqYXYP7gMqM7aU8AoHXMy4wjILeZtJfx74EKdpMRmRHssYN8D5eKRi139PBR2mWxOVNpphGFYauA8Qv4dsagvMgCl2ig8TkKsRyV7309t_8AdmDjPEDHCU6nNuMM0EDC96TIvXa4dQeuRcqmml7paoeN8AfIiuZ-NsYKQsN2rbJaeypSN_GKK3rbD=s3264" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Waiting in the armory line, or gearing up, is a good time to document how fashionably bad-ass you are.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlSfvvmextiXf0FZujhGXaLTJXi9fCW1x3vIvJ83zz2s2d0-qLXcd0c5w0SHYjLsMPEMEJaHfyQ8gxVi-O-H8k5PdMmimH4SZt0ISn65GWdPocWvmP5ruaki-4-9hIMQTmH4SD017YJzYp2V_rzzxEAoNcNMyr3owQ3t0qaPc0ewK0mXmMmgrtZ3z_=s4032" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlSfvvmextiXf0FZujhGXaLTJXi9fCW1x3vIvJ83zz2s2d0-qLXcd0c5w0SHYjLsMPEMEJaHfyQ8gxVi-O-H8k5PdMmimH4SZt0ISn65GWdPocWvmP5ruaki-4-9hIMQTmH4SD017YJzYp2V_rzzxEAoNcNMyr3owQ3t0qaPc0ewK0mXmMmgrtZ3z_=s320" width="240" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguHEx2QQy6g8C2PJaQu_9UC0E72FrTFj0Iofw1q4f1FkYEcZ3o1IwIf9HhxzjYxVcw7I9E945ezPBsPwP3enxaX57FqltYFAwhOszWVgdRnatBT4etu0BP-K3R5006wbKwOEkbr-0hWcw3Sj_rV3bNU3Pd8whiVuRRuuxYURQMvwgSScqczzoJq_z1=s3264" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguHEx2QQy6g8C2PJaQu_9UC0E72FrTFj0Iofw1q4f1FkYEcZ3o1IwIf9HhxzjYxVcw7I9E945ezPBsPwP3enxaX57FqltYFAwhOszWVgdRnatBT4etu0BP-K3R5006wbKwOEkbr-0hWcw3Sj_rV3bNU3Pd8whiVuRRuuxYURQMvwgSScqczzoJq_z1=w239-h319" width="239" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I occasionally am able to capture you flaunting your style between bouts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEij_XeeLQ_d7TcMHQVHWZ6QoYdnj0C_3l68AyTwyJeU42xtGrCv-jnlQrTj3K3xYmBwyauVqS2U_N_eFbrLq73ZfX2gYvQJzYBcNO1ueYxj54jsVEFrHONMOMYQJo3lbuRXTuQem9V0wNDu3Oe5uQLxmeYEgnhrg0C10zCCe41WQeXK_EfAwljY7vSN=s2448" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEij_XeeLQ_d7TcMHQVHWZ6QoYdnj0C_3l68AyTwyJeU42xtGrCv-jnlQrTj3K3xYmBwyauVqS2U_N_eFbrLq73ZfX2gYvQJzYBcNO1ueYxj54jsVEFrHONMOMYQJo3lbuRXTuQem9V0wNDu3Oe5uQLxmeYEgnhrg0C10zCCe41WQeXK_EfAwljY7vSN=w322-h322" width="322" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSpsO0pJmZuOLoGcDudZrP9nEeSdNzVga5qT8AwS9ZPe7fG-ek2S1c8wfKgzMZtKjaS119ocsk8Ihwa3F78t0k_ejNR4hcZ1t0WONwYCKtImBo4CF6gDWFssfkoDB2GiJYjni1TmYpd0oP7Ewz5jxiMfizS40mcIXS0-NuPFZAkzmlEWMiGI2y6ErW=s320" width="240" /></a></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">LOOK AT THOSE SMILES. I miss them so much.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the rare formal post-competition gathering, you clean up good. (Below, Val Asher, right, with Brazil's Claudia da Costa, at 2019 Vet Worlds.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUU1l32nb4p7BnEPzXPA1q16Rax_hnqIzVqvXOAL3ktbTZUN25S4qz-QH_1wFhg2b5KtASFLPWfM9F6rY_x159Ugy9k-RLTqng5iSsUkmbQLJ9cpW4fni-vJaWjHfUpd2T9weTAAKVYDSKuJmLYQj1vb-JVeg1jO31kGxhEsJLkkla7rMFbtPd79N8=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUU1l32nb4p7BnEPzXPA1q16Rax_hnqIzVqvXOAL3ktbTZUN25S4qz-QH_1wFhg2b5KtASFLPWfM9F6rY_x159Ugy9k-RLTqng5iSsUkmbQLJ9cpW4fni-vJaWjHfUpd2T9weTAAKVYDSKuJmLYQj1vb-JVeg1jO31kGxhEsJLkkla7rMFbtPd79N8=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I particularly treasure the time we spend socializing and touristing before and after the events.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEip_J4VO1GVy_wOsso-nBUagfO4by01sh3o9h2faNA2wdSfZm5zW-EO_ZB7B5PWL94VHR4t-aU_vezIhUpjRp0iSIZyiL_4ToSCgg0ETC4GbJ93EH1jY4iqVlCXBRXIU0Bx1i4QXkRtYTR2IIfT-w3tYoLT5NgzaeXNJVue6V9Nw3RqjZfQdOnLsJMN=s960" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="960" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEip_J4VO1GVy_wOsso-nBUagfO4by01sh3o9h2faNA2wdSfZm5zW-EO_ZB7B5PWL94VHR4t-aU_vezIhUpjRp0iSIZyiL_4ToSCgg0ETC4GbJ93EH1jY4iqVlCXBRXIU0Bx1i4QXkRtYTR2IIfT-w3tYoLT5NgzaeXNJVue6V9Nw3RqjZfQdOnLsJMN=w640-h421" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With my teammate Gemin Channing at the Utah Museum of Fine Art, <br />Salt Lake City NAC, December 2019</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">And remember, you don't have to wait for a national event to hang out with a badger! If you are in the vicinity of DC/Southern Maryland, drop by Rockville Fencing Academy for some bouting and we can head out for drinks and dinner afterwards.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHdpBk6KztUaxh6z24Dx858TpbuPXXIN4MymCNNghehwd2VoHXN6ZoWanTRTkn6_K0KwbJBE8Vi7oZ8LYOCJHwLLbC0xJnK3WjXVZd1WeUAwx0OxyX8KkH9NVK8xtNoU8ENBIAvMoecYevWp_u_8ziNYwCfVILv-o4Eg7YvRHH0kVLlrn7VltkT2f1=s1280" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHdpBk6KztUaxh6z24Dx858TpbuPXXIN4MymCNNghehwd2VoHXN6ZoWanTRTkn6_K0KwbJBE8Vi7oZ8LYOCJHwLLbC0xJnK3WjXVZd1WeUAwx0OxyX8KkH9NVK8xtNoU8ENBIAvMoecYevWp_u_8ziNYwCfVILv-o4Eg7YvRHH0kVLlrn7VltkT2f1=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Pam Dressel, center, and Anne-Marie Walters at Al Carbon in Rockville, MD</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>If you have a plushie mascot, bring him/her/it along, and we can take selfies.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi06WzznUcdcppMkbfdAMnEPyJOUMIYhU6iv681_X2rv_18OpWyIKkfBA37xWKJi3doiBf-7aMDHML3q_dBl9BvDosvvu6v5oOfyG6SYG3rCW0ZRFiILiFGnJ86jDdMrOJY-j79eCLjgKFxwuvqjw_HWdylQdAOtaW9ezJINKDSnU2d2l2eznNEls_D=s2164" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1693" data-original-width="2164" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi06WzznUcdcppMkbfdAMnEPyJOUMIYhU6iv681_X2rv_18OpWyIKkfBA37xWKJi3doiBf-7aMDHML3q_dBl9BvDosvvu6v5oOfyG6SYG3rCW0ZRFiILiFGnJ86jDdMrOJY-j79eCLjgKFxwuvqjw_HWdylQdAOtaW9ezJINKDSnU2d2l2eznNEls_D=s320" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With RFA coaches Katherine Guernsey (Tabby)<br /></span><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and Liz Searles, n<span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124;">é</span><span style="text-align: center;">e Blankenship (aka The Dormouse)</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Looking forward to seeing you in Richmond in a couple of months. Stay safe and be well.<br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br />Salute, and hugs</span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Badger<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><p></p></div>Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-26260875923828475982021-07-09T16:15:00.000-04:002021-07-09T16:15:19.345-04:00Salute, Masks, En Garde<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">It was wonderful to see so many of you again in Philadelphia! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Even though, most of the time, I could only see half-faces</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxrxkhcM8vj_lbFI3Y_Q0YmvnTcVAK9zzDsDXLYjCe8w99fWxYQMPN2n4YczQa1N3DnSQtt0tG1D-F4GGgLNihxGliRJK43qk7Pn30ztt7Lsmghux6YJdqxUEm6BHGD3eF338GCmONsE/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47cc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxrxkhcM8vj_lbFI3Y_Q0YmvnTcVAK9zzDsDXLYjCe8w99fWxYQMPN2n4YczQa1N3DnSQtt0tG1D-F4GGgLNihxGliRJK43qk7Pn30ztt7Lsmghux6YJdqxUEm6BHGD3eF338GCmONsE/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47cc.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Quite an ingenious and fashionable selection of (COVID) masks there were. Above right, my teammate Gemin Channing sports an "Air Queen."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-NHl-r4nECPqQ8Zn8evqSVyPAdlKfq0OlPmQ2rtUxsWudXuKHS8XUO5PILmJo7N1KoIAW221bUkQmkWa11_PQHHAlS5gTjC0CAVASwy8rS7yA92OTZFQlXhjmh4ofjOr8F4BpqNlZBg/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47cf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-NHl-r4nECPqQ8Zn8evqSVyPAdlKfq0OlPmQ2rtUxsWudXuKHS8XUO5PILmJo7N1KoIAW221bUkQmkWa11_PQHHAlS5gTjC0CAVASwy8rS7yA92OTZFQlXhjmh4ofjOr8F4BpqNlZBg/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47cf.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Very light, good breathability, and holds fairly flat to the face (minimal obstruction to a fencer's field of view.)</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Here's an ingenious solution to the problem of glasses fogging, courtesy of Marie Lawson, of DCFC:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlivHEMurF0N2ZmjZWBQuEYhJvxR45psuKKCHyo7M1HIPug90UcstchN8K2WZfkbozvlQUx3hlbBYrKDV24w9iXNOoly-b_0qQb79CpuTXbrWRop_Zplhk7aecEAIE9nK3fz9C0UhwIw/s1000/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47fb.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlivHEMurF0N2ZmjZWBQuEYhJvxR45psuKKCHyo7M1HIPug90UcstchN8K2WZfkbozvlQUx3hlbBYrKDV24w9iXNOoly-b_0qQb79CpuTXbrWRop_Zplhk7aecEAIE9nK3fz9C0UhwIw/w239-h319/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47fb.jpg" width="239" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9ONpNvrPPz4196VHRkCw6oieAQehqsEqXGYp6GImOhCyR4E0CEY6riLQfBrT8QSb3DI8XOgrQPfXPuTd31oYIhZELYsUOiDDfV-W8ZCbk5tGFN3clna8CeK6rInV9BkJV7g4jgeEndQ/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47d4+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9ONpNvrPPz4196VHRkCw6oieAQehqsEqXGYp6GImOhCyR4E0CEY6riLQfBrT8QSb3DI8XOgrQPfXPuTd31oYIhZELYsUOiDDfV-W8ZCbk5tGFN3clna8CeK6rInV9BkJV7g4jgeEndQ/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47d4+2.jpg" /></a> <br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">She uses #M Micropore tape to seal off the top of the mask. (Sticks to the mask, painless removal from the skin. Yay.)</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Many people went for style points:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuIte95_OS_Q1ZfGARtCUuG0yrTmJQxKt5TVnj6OQ_WArfouVG4Uii_HO1eWA9nMKKMUVsd-75RwKjDiv2aKfEp1TWE2oIRPMayc3S3H8WEQiGh3Xr3kxMfNCf8ZX4xZTu-z0KUoPLN0/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47dd.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuIte95_OS_Q1ZfGARtCUuG0yrTmJQxKt5TVnj6OQ_WArfouVG4Uii_HO1eWA9nMKKMUVsd-75RwKjDiv2aKfEp1TWE2oIRPMayc3S3H8WEQiGh3Xr3kxMfNCf8ZX4xZTu-z0KUoPLN0/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47dd.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDxVTXJnzYh4fFeY6GmqjJ8VdktTKlFgX8PxgyVVKV3IO9bG-m2z0FuE5WTGSwfRudrncJVOxkFXlVRaQu5Vwk5j0v2icitvClphteNlksf6TaV97vj0qySbsnrcE_dARFAdLZZ_X5Js/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47d7.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDxVTXJnzYh4fFeY6GmqjJ8VdktTKlFgX8PxgyVVKV3IO9bG-m2z0FuE5WTGSwfRudrncJVOxkFXlVRaQu5Vwk5j0v2icitvClphteNlksf6TaV97vj0qySbsnrcE_dARFAdLZZ_X5Js/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47d7.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Pinstripes are always classy<br /><br />At the other end of the spectrum, RHINESTONES<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzker2Lc9PrlOedUfpJ0f6WqG7RL0tGE_9VbJ1LwrbztVTIsW5vYy15Z1n2DlHD2L7EyLVA0aLG2L2k_8v_4mB0ueFVZaVLghG13uMXGCVxQolzoheH4P82rxEAPce9AqGOOd1qU6eCQ/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47cd.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzker2Lc9PrlOedUfpJ0f6WqG7RL0tGE_9VbJ1LwrbztVTIsW5vYy15Z1n2DlHD2L7EyLVA0aLG2L2k_8v_4mB0ueFVZaVLghG13uMXGCVxQolzoheH4P82rxEAPce9AqGOOd1qU6eCQ/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47cd.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This "<a href="https://www.airgami.life" target="_blank">Airgami</a>" mask promises "Won't fog your glasses. Won't fall off your nose.
Won't collapse onto your mouth. Won't muffle your voice." (Extra points for the pun.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bats, because...oh heck, why not?</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4Vpm2wHNPSOLZKAk8B38SCrEwA5Rjh2FSUAueRoqjZSs3Ast8TPoQd1z_CsmCivO-N6uLrecq9xcR-AnE6pC2A5urqcIM0PbZnp0tosp5xjfA989Mj3S0t7o39RiD3JdLeOivkolfOU/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47d3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4Vpm2wHNPSOLZKAk8B38SCrEwA5Rjh2FSUAueRoqjZSs3Ast8TPoQd1z_CsmCivO-N6uLrecq9xcR-AnE6pC2A5urqcIM0PbZnp0tosp5xjfA989Mj3S0t7o39RiD3JdLeOivkolfOU/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47d3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">A little political messaging was, shall we say, on point.</span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijA-iLiN2rAEyqos6XzEM07JjbJf1n3mfjWXDUiS8mMwqs4S9BSt0gL3m3gDyDF9L9brS2uF7q1RVlM4cWzRqzbeu8VYQMMZ_qaH_pAyBg_xvzHcLTq62FaooxuBAWW5cTt4y9yzvDuDw/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47e5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijA-iLiN2rAEyqos6XzEM07JjbJf1n3mfjWXDUiS8mMwqs4S9BSt0gL3m3gDyDF9L9brS2uF7q1RVlM4cWzRqzbeu8VYQMMZ_qaH_pAyBg_xvzHcLTq62FaooxuBAWW5cTt4y9yzvDuDw/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47e5.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOctOI0w3GFjOo9oAUEq76b2os88998N1LzIcKtAio1sYW04eM6mWpVUnZRlJB_EhIFlubSazmu3-18BBuqGKsQQlWGTL_TeCYnCKxxVLesIxWQDgHAnXO2xvzqLQBgpKaPD3AyZxjyA/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47d2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOctOI0w3GFjOo9oAUEq76b2os88998N1LzIcKtAio1sYW04eM6mWpVUnZRlJB_EhIFlubSazmu3-18BBuqGKsQQlWGTL_TeCYnCKxxVLesIxWQDgHAnXO2xvzqLQBgpKaPD3AyZxjyA/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47d2.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Some masks were even fencing-specific.<br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7_P6yqO7Anz8hfoQhWzXJcFhNJNos0_iscOU6hvDPcEcZHRGcnHae103NccepOCvobl-hcell9rMOsQUaXrmg3VArHTP1oFWmVWs19Pg_Sx7dvufZioKeU_UumTvyjPtrsl1EskpfOo/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47e3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7_P6yqO7Anz8hfoQhWzXJcFhNJNos0_iscOU6hvDPcEcZHRGcnHae103NccepOCvobl-hcell9rMOsQUaXrmg3VArHTP1oFWmVWs19Pg_Sx7dvufZioKeU_UumTvyjPtrsl1EskpfOo/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47e3.jpg" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Notice all the "smizing!" (Eye smiles.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think we were all a little nervous about the first national vet tournament since December 2019. Nothing to boost confidence like channeling your inner super hero.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6v_yu2YuRs8jUEU0568jPWLsIiR4PB52bpZkg1ajjt6SsI3RqD_IYkmdQdcekOUZ41JQPS9u0G0FEdcJCF5Q7ta6G0-5Zr17NdaMmF5uisdUHKdh2kyvUX5iga2rZB0tf-CmdASiuQM/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47d1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6v_yu2YuRs8jUEU0568jPWLsIiR4PB52bpZkg1ajjt6SsI3RqD_IYkmdQdcekOUZ41JQPS9u0G0FEdcJCF5Q7ta6G0-5Zr17NdaMmF5uisdUHKdh2kyvUX5iga2rZB0tf-CmdASiuQM/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47d1.jpg" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">After ~17 months of socially distanced, home-bound training, I know many of us struggled to convince our muscles to return to the strip. My teammate Pam Dressel introduced me to a miracle device to help with that challenge:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoywKOhe151PQrfsx-LhUV7l5fMpmbFH7HCZFHmjK8AkH_UBR5OayzaXMYkG4C4ITgmvJVCPN3BM-J1jeO-_9TjKm1MYdIvdLLE487wIDBAfZA4s_yhi78qOZXLoW1SWELUUFVEkvw82Y/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47fa.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoywKOhe151PQrfsx-LhUV7l5fMpmbFH7HCZFHmjK8AkH_UBR5OayzaXMYkG4C4ITgmvJVCPN3BM-J1jeO-_9TjKm1MYdIvdLLE487wIDBAfZA4s_yhi78qOZXLoW1SWELUUFVEkvw82Y/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47fa.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFGia_MNtHiWo48jZcaHFt55sTrZ0n1TDQetku1G873Oa9J9xOpeWmNf-7e1fZY-CCxZ-k7RN-nWvCMPslg4MEBqbhHdzD5-QBp9tU_y7Eoh6cgeDQFT8l28sUuEGTEILYZWTIEfLRg4/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47e7.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFGia_MNtHiWo48jZcaHFt55sTrZ0n1TDQetku1G873Oa9J9xOpeWmNf-7e1fZY-CCxZ-k7RN-nWvCMPslg4MEBqbhHdzD5-QBp9tU_y7Eoh6cgeDQFT8l28sUuEGTEILYZWTIEfLRg4/w271-h203/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47e7.jpg" width="271" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">This, my friends, is a </span><a href="https://lifeprofitness.com/products/sonic-handheld-percussion-massage-gun" style="font-family: trebuchet;" target="_blank">Sonic Handheld Percussion Massage Gun</a><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">. Highly recommend. (Listing for $119.99 over at LifePro.) </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Speaking of socially distanced home training, I bet these "fencing arms" were a 2020 best seller for <a href="https://blade-fencing-nyc.com" target="_blank">Blade Fencing</a>:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkAwpfmX7PJLmxnDpBBcezWbTpS7Oo-Vja01KEiSnEKnSm4uVqretKzKUv4O6qpg9jrTk6HLaJzG9UmN6dwvT5beapXLsISCPDVVbDq2dfrqZVhoRGMrLd654oXA37USoXZR1Z8yw8Y8/s1024/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47ee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkAwpfmX7PJLmxnDpBBcezWbTpS7Oo-Vja01KEiSnEKnSm4uVqretKzKUv4O6qpg9jrTk6HLaJzG9UmN6dwvT5beapXLsISCPDVVbDq2dfrqZVhoRGMrLd654oXA37USoXZR1Z8yw8Y8/s320/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_47ee.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">(Maybe they sold out--I couldn't find these arms on their website)<br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Here was my own (involuntary) style statement for the event: </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-YjO9Y7MqjnbJfvSPqABzyffwBW-Qgh48NtBWepJxvzImcKOU6emRT06i1Ipy4wk7YvbVIzi3qAw7haV1XkPw-tF28yfWDNvqk8nX5iB9H9Uyu2ILWqCl2jHwcVUeVosv2Z0XnVeP2Q/s4032/IMG_3025.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-YjO9Y7MqjnbJfvSPqABzyffwBW-Qgh48NtBWepJxvzImcKOU6emRT06i1Ipy4wk7YvbVIzi3qAw7haV1XkPw-tF28yfWDNvqk8nX5iB9H9Uyu2ILWqCl2jHwcVUeVosv2Z0XnVeP2Q/s320/IMG_3025.jpeg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Mismatched shoes, one my normal size 7 1/2, the other a 9 to accommodate a broken big toe and attendance padding. The emergency shoe is a <a href="https://www.blue-gauntlet.com/Kempa-Attack-BLUE_p_4289.html" target="_blank">Kempa "Attack,"</a> with a nice wide toe box. Have to say, it is quite comfy. They may be my next pair of "normal" competition shoes. In a smaller size. (If you are in the market for a very slightly used pair of size 9s, let me know.)</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">See you in Atlanta?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div>Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-37131280884943157272020-12-16T10:00:00.001-05:002020-12-16T10:00:06.883-05:00Mask Review: RFA's mask (post 4 of ?)<p>After a long hiatus, I'm back with another adventure in sports masks!</p><p>Along with t-shirts, sweats, and patches, clubs now have a new place to put their logo: in house-branded masks. Full disclosure: this one is from my home club. My coach found it through a wholesaler that designed this mask for use by basketball players: a sport that doesn't require a heavy mask worn over it.</p><p>So of course I had to test to see if it could work under the sweatier, messier confines of a fencing mask.</p>
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_9oRyLUPwxGMAx-L5c8weSjbMYwejGdV8-GN_MPf3biYfEZdaFf_fTuCxc7ozZcXKVlp3SUAg6lcsXJE-xnsnVkbiQ0dn6HqMT6R9N525R5bvUID7MDdTOUdfvmP7t7HTDLbwQjd1JA/s2048/RFAMask.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_9oRyLUPwxGMAx-L5c8weSjbMYwejGdV8-GN_MPf3biYfEZdaFf_fTuCxc7ozZcXKVlp3SUAg6lcsXJE-xnsnVkbiQ0dn6HqMT6R9N525R5bvUID7MDdTOUdfvmP7t7HTDLbwQjd1JA/s320/RFAMask.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>Specs:</b></p><p>Filter Pocket: no</p><p>Ear loops or ties: ties - extremely sturdy ties of doubled-over bias tape</p><p>Nose wire: no</p><p>Sizes: one</p><p><b>Fashionable? </b>Plain, black, elegant, with logo in the corner, this goes with all your sports gear (but probably pairs best with other RFA-branded items).</p><p><b>How is it on the strip?</b></p><p>Test run: 100 lunges against target wearing this mask under my fencing mask. </p><p>This mask has minimal shaping and 2 sets of ties make the fit easy to customize. Once I found a configuration that worked it had the best fit with the least interference with low-line visibility that I've tried yet! </p><p>There's no filter pocket but the fit is tight enough to hold one in place - it didn't shift at all. The mask stayed tied on when I put on and took off my fencing mask. Still no nose wire, but when I added one of my stick-ons there was absolutely no fogging of my glasses, a definite plus in my book.</p><p>The fabric is thin enough that I recommend a filter, but I did have problems breathing through it. This suggests the fabric isn't designed to breathe, at least not with the extra filtering I require for confident use.</p><p><b>Verdict:</b></p><p>Pro: flexibility of fit, sturdy ties, subtle style</p><p>Con: thin fabric, no nose wire or filter pocket, breathing difficulties</p><p><br /></p>A. Thurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14860226095206604322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-43419670258452597452020-09-30T12:11:00.000-04:002020-09-30T12:11:45.901-04:00Mask Review: Errea Italian Sportswear. Post 3 of ?<p><em>This guest review was contributed by Maggie Brasted, a club mate of Allison and Badger from Rockville Fencing Academy. Maggie found the sport of fencing and entered her first competition at age 50. Prior to that, she had never participated in competitive sports. As an oxymoron (a beginner in the “veteran” age category), she fell in love with fencing and the community of fencers . She has competed in Veteran and Senior foil and epee at local, regional, and national events. She is also a rated referee in foil and epee who, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, worked frequently at events in Capitol and Maryland Divisions.</em>
</p><p>Mask: Errea Italian Sportswear brand</p><p>Purchased from: <a href="https://aofwear.com/products/errea-sport-face-masks/">https://aofwear.com/products/errea-sport-face-masks/</a> for $20 plus shipping</p>
<p>I found through Facebook Veteran Fencing groups post from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/artoffencingapparel/">https://www.facebook.com/artoffencingapparel/</a></p>
<p>Specs:</p>
<p>Filter pocket: No</p>
<p>Ear loops or ties: Ear loops. Edge binding on mask form loops.</p>
<p>Nose wire: No</p>
<p>Sizes: Two—Adult and Youth. Very stretchy knit fabric could fit a wide range of face sizes.</p>
<p>Fashionable? In black or blue. I bought the blue, really blue and white, which looks sharp with coordinating colors. The black is solidly black and would match most fencing mask mesh.</p>
<p>Fit: Very stretchy single layer of knit fabric fits me snugly and comfortably. When it first arrived, I thought it was too small until I stretched it out in all directions. I think it can stretch to fit a wide range of face sizes. Youth size may also fit smaller adult faces. Nose wire does not seem needed to keep in place due to snug fit of stretchy fabric.</p>
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<p>I have worn it both with and without a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Protection-Homemade-Lipstick-Increase-Breathing/dp/B08CSD3JZ2/ref=asc_df_B08CSD3JZ2/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459649020628&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13755881037970173905&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007782&hvtargid=pla-935554517236&psc=1">“mask bracket” or “lipstick protector”</a> frame underneath. Either way, it fits snugly and stays in place. I very much prefer with the frame as that keeps the mask from sucking into mouth and nostrils. I find it easier to breath freely during exertion and my speech is easier to understand with the frame. The mask holds the frame in place very well without much fiddling once I have it on.</p>
<p>How is it on the strip? I have not been back in the salle to fence since the beginning of the pandemic. My experience with this mask has been while biking, working out, and doing solo footwork practice.</p>
<p>Biking is the most demanding of these. I biked over the same routes with home-made 3-layer cloth masks and the Errea mask, both with and without the frame. I found I could breathe best in the Errea mask with the frame. When climbing hills in the home-made cloth masks, I struggled for breath and had to rest and take the mask off much more than with the Errea mask on the same hills.</p>
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<p>I also tried my Leon Paul Exchange fencing mask over the Errea mask at home to see how well the Errea mask is likely to stay in place during fencing. Donning and removing my LP mask was smooth and the Errea mask stayed put.</p>
<p>I note that while biking in the Errea mask my sunglasses fogged up quickly. I had to abandon wearing sun glasses when exerting myself. Thus, I would expect fogging to occur when fencing with glasses.</p>
<p>Verdict:</p>
<p>Pros:</p>
<ul><li>Stays put when putting on fencing mask and taking it off.</li>
<li>Comfortable snug fit.</li>
<li>Does not significantly impair breathing during exertion compared to home-made cloth masks.</li></ul>
<p>Cons:</p>
<ul><li>Only one layer of fabric and no option for filter may impact the mask’s ability to act as a barrier to virus particles. Perhaps a layer of some kind (i.e., a coffee filter) could simply be placed between the mask and the separately purchased frame to enhance filtration.</li>
<li>Glasses fog up.</li></ul>
Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-14536659977728632982020-09-13T12:08:00.000-04:002020-09-13T12:08:17.830-04:00Mask review (2 of ?) Radical Fencing's active dome sports mask<p>Radical Fencing is always at the forefront of innovative, stylish fencing gear, so it makes sense they'd be one of the first vendors to offer a mask. Sure enough, their mask offers high-tech antimicrobial fabric and secure straps. But how does it stand up in action?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTLWIlIa4KpuVVsslkz3xJxKi0AK9t3L-n4NyY0UvyT9Qg18hc4HOpJIsE-PQYPFoZS8D-ppl6exablWh92rrwK1P0343ftU6VvI6lRuLXCInMTg4gWa0Jk07ZWvikNBGKKXfbR1RyiE/s2048/radicalfencingmask.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="White oval fencing mask on gridded background, approximately 6 inches wide by 5 inches high, with thin elastic straps" border="0" data-original-height="1505" data-original-width="2048" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTLWIlIa4KpuVVsslkz3xJxKi0AK9t3L-n4NyY0UvyT9Qg18hc4HOpJIsE-PQYPFoZS8D-ppl6exablWh92rrwK1P0343ftU6VvI6lRuLXCInMTg4gWa0Jk07ZWvikNBGKKXfbR1RyiE/w320-h235/radicalfencingmask.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ISjLGKyeB6YOIqiZaARewyaBTdX-fmGOAsgQKuCSmoEdBBrVF9biM5Kd4PXZ4aWc6s9u2NiyoKeaX6ArDZ1ef7_QiCeuMrF08_mc6dpdX2yxFeBfCLflfvbN4rzmlaNtRePW1ugD7_0/s2048/blackradicalfencingmask.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="same mask, same dimensions, but in black" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ISjLGKyeB6YOIqiZaARewyaBTdX-fmGOAsgQKuCSmoEdBBrVF9biM5Kd4PXZ4aWc6s9u2NiyoKeaX6ArDZ1ef7_QiCeuMrF08_mc6dpdX2yxFeBfCLflfvbN4rzmlaNtRePW1ugD7_0/w320-h240/blackradicalfencingmask.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>Specs:</b></p><p>Filter pocket: yes, carbon filters included</p><p>Ear loops or ties: 2 elastic bands that go around the head, one adjustable</p><p>Nose wire: not at the time I ordered, though it's now an option</p><p>Sizes: one size</p><p><b>Fashionable?</b> in basic black and white (as well as special colors to-order) it goes with just about anything. In my opinion, the white one looks like an old-fashioned "bullet bra" cup when worn with anything other than a fencing uniform, though!</p><p>Fit: the stiffer, rounded shape stands away from the face so it's not going to stick to your mouth and nose. The straps are more secure and the adjustable side is a nice touch. I have a small head and short hair so I couldn't tighten them enough to fit me but you may not have this problem. I will likely replace them with something tighter and wider, as the elastic is very narrow.</p><p><b>How is it on the strip?</b></p><p>I wore this with one of the filters that came with it and did fifty lunges. It didn't stick to my mouth when breathing, which was nice, and though thick it's not bulky or hot. As mentioned above the elastic was too long for me so I couldn't get as tight a seal as I wanted. Removing my fencing mask pulled Radical's mask out of place. The fabric boasts water resistance, but I don't sweat much so this feature ended up untested. Like the Adidas (and I suspect, all other masks) it cuts off your low line periphery.</p><p><b>Verdict:</b></p><p>Pro: dense but lightweight, comfortably "cups" your face without sticking to it, comes with its own filters.</p><p>Con: elastic may be too long for some wearers, nose wire costs extra</p><p>[Comments from Badger: Fashion-wise, the black version is VERY Darth Vader. Complete with sound effects, as with the filter in place, I find my breathing is somewhat obstructed. Because mask stands away from the face, it also blocks my downward field of view more than lighter, flatter masks. Like Allison, I find that the straps are too long, even at their shortest setting, but I've dealt with that by making a small knot in the strap.]</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjfwts7o6evD60C2haEm2oBbfpjDXq8a_dHj1Mdzj-RnujsflKjOxdsv7VXb0w2cNxYadpBh_YkQTU7wRAp48X9sMGnbpmIoZdU1DKpPqJDLaInQ7BPAWPT4NciWEY1EvGvnqZfHrL1DB/s2048/IMG_2109.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjfwts7o6evD60C2haEm2oBbfpjDXq8a_dHj1Mdzj-RnujsflKjOxdsv7VXb0w2cNxYadpBh_YkQTU7wRAp48X9sMGnbpmIoZdU1DKpPqJDLaInQ7BPAWPT4NciWEY1EvGvnqZfHrL1DB/w240-h320/IMG_2109.jpeg" title="Also, it's a little big on me" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[Badger: Also, it's a little big on me.] <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Have you tried the Radical Fencing mask or other sport/fencing masks on the strip? We'd love to hear your thoughts!</p>A. Thurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14860226095206604322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-82853933716798196802020-08-18T16:33:00.003-04:002020-08-18T16:33:40.197-04:00mask review: the Adidas sport mask (1 of ?)<p>It didn't take long.</p>
<p>Well, I guess it took SOME time. Like many people I scrambled to make masks out of quilting cotton and whatever else I could find just to have <i>something</i>. But by five months(!) into the coronavirus pandemic, almost every clothing vendor offered some sort of mask. This includes fencing and other vendors of athletic wear.</p><p>I'm not ready to go back out onto the strip, but in anticipation of future days I've been slowly accumulating a collection of sports masks. This post is the first of several reviews of what's currently on offer. Keep in mind that anecdotes aren't data so your mileage may vary widely. Also none of these are paid promotions, so you're getting my unfiltered opinion. [Badger says: "unfiltered." Heh! I see what you did there.] </p><p>The first to arrive via increasingly slow mail was Adidas' sport mask.</p>
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<p><b>Specs:</b></p><p>Filter pocket: yes</p>
<p>Ear loops or ties: ear loops</p>
<p>Nose wire: no</p><p>Sizes: medium (top/blue) and large (bottom/black)</p><p><b>Fashionable?</b> It's compact, sleek, and the logo, while visible, is subtle. It's minimal enough to be appropriate for strip, street, and restaurant (when they open back up).</p><p><b>Fit</b>: I favor sport masks for every day because most are either shaped or made out of stretchy materials that give a tight seal around the face, and the Adidas mask is no exception. It comes in two sizes but I didn't notice much difference between them. However, my husband found the large too tight around his ears to be wearable.</p><p>The ear loops are just an extension of the stretchy binding around the edges. They hold the mask tight to my face, but I'm not sure how long they'll last before tearing or stretching out of shape.</p><p>The filter pocket is a nice touch. Adidas doesn't offer a filter but I strongly suggest you use something because the mask fabric, while tightly woven, is fairly thin.</p><p>My one reservation about structure is the lack of a nose wire. I haven't worn my contacts since the pandemic started and unless a mask conforms tightly to my nose I get the dreaded glasses fogging. I fixed this by adding my own nose wire, available from multiple vendors on Etsy. One side is sticky so no sewing is required.</p><p><b>How is it on the strip?</b></p><p>As a test run I wore the size small with a carbon filter and stuck-on nose wire under my fencing mask and did 3 minutes of footwork. I don't sweat much, so I can't say how well it holds up when damp. It didn't hinder breathing as much as I expected, and while I was huffing and puffing more than usual it was manageable. It cut off my low line peripheral vision, but I think this is probably a risk with any mask.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-hcUsaPFfz8RKuUCmAJbDpG-HTfjcD-w5GJSi1lyQaHSklF7gR0LZYAZrLhV6k57hRbDeiXU_TZOQwfmjiKkf6_htYo4FSpVdsvKSr0oQfDqVl6Nl8s_1AMxIbrGykN-uLc-AVV_XfA/s2048/adidaswithnosewire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-hcUsaPFfz8RKuUCmAJbDpG-HTfjcD-w5GJSi1lyQaHSklF7gR0LZYAZrLhV6k57hRbDeiXU_TZOQwfmjiKkf6_htYo4FSpVdsvKSr0oQfDqVl6Nl8s_1AMxIbrGykN-uLc-AVV_XfA/s640/adidaswithnosewire.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p><b>Verdict:</b></p>
<p>Pro: lightweight, snug fit, pocket for your filter of choice, can fence in without suffocating</p>
<p>Con: thin fabric, flimsy ear loops, no nose wire (this last one easily fixable), unknown endurance when wet</p><p>Have you tried the Adidas mask or another fencing mask on the strip? What did you think? We'd love to hear from you!</p>A. Thurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14860226095206604322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-27935826935280094652019-12-15T09:05:00.001-05:002019-12-15T09:05:22.822-05:00K(NAC)kered<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was the view out my window last Friday:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So for the next three days, this was my best friend:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was not the only one gasping for breath in the trapped smog, the result of a temperature inversion that apparently is pretty common in Salt Lake City December through February. W</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ish I could have added yet another piece of gear, an extra (clean) air supply. That might look like this?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Note to USFA--maybe avoid holding NACs in SLC during the winter months? Please?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Problematic breathing aside, a good time was had by most (if not all). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On to the fashion coverage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This gentleman seemed to be geared up for the <i>October</i> NAC, but whatever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Baltimore Fencing Center's Pam Dressel models mask-cords-as-fashion-accessories:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(Note the new Coaching Credentials, including spiffy lanyard, which have the added benefit of letting you check in at all competitions for the coming year and eliminates the need for the stupid adhesive admissions wristbands. Which itch. And fall off.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">While colorful, this seems like a great way to put a hole in your club jacket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Epeeist Michele Bodon (Northwest Fencing Center) gets bonus points for not only creatively mismatched socks, but mismatched <u>shoes</u>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Russ Cain, also of BFC, sported the latest functional fencing accessory--the "brain hat." Guaranteed to improve your strategic thinking between bouts. (Wait, might it fit UNDER the mask?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vet Foil fencer Anne-Marie Walters shows off her World Veteran Fencing Championships t-shirt. (Anne-Marie has fenced in every Vet Worlds competition from 2006 on. #WOW.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Referee power fashion. (If being an official isn't intimidating enough, wear skulls.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally, a diptych of Vet Women fencers, courtesy of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On the left, Gemin Channing, my teammate from Rockville Fencing Academy. That's me on the right. (We wanted to pose with our foils, but smuggling them into the museum seemed...problematic.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Follow the new <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fencingfashionista/" target="_blank">@fencingfashionista</a> account on Instagram to keep up with the latest styles in our sport. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Until St. Louis, salute!</span>Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-71633477100822897332019-10-14T18:36:00.000-04:002019-10-14T18:36:03.493-04:00It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World(s)<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just got back from Cairo. Finished unpacking and now I'm sorting through myriad photos documenting fencing fashion at the Veteran World Championships
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The venue was a rainbow of international color. After much consideration, I award the Australian team highest marks for both team colors and team mascot.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Which looked to me like the classic American "mudflap girls" but is in fact the logo of the fashion company and fencing sponsor Kappa. (Now I want a fashion fencing sponsor. Leads welcome.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Netherlands won on the t-shirt front, having created a bespoke "fence like an Egyptian" design in orange (the color of the Dutch royal family). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While the US uniforms were a demure grey, our team blinged them out with a great selection of pins. Check out the selection amassed by team armorer Kathy Walters:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Most flamboyant stenciling. (I'm pretty sure this is technically illegal, but extra points for getting away with it.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Strangest fencing mash-up. (Hello Kitty, really?):</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And best fencing tattoo. Certainly the best at this competition. Possibly best ever?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Japanese delegation swept the fashion awards for the Gala on Wednesday night</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I know this lady named Jane McGonigal who studies how to channel positive attitudes and improve people’s lives through good games design.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jane’s pegged four characteristics that go into making a good game:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fencing nails the first three. Well, you might quibble about the rules regarding foil right of way being “clear,” but they certainly are out there in digital ink to be poured over and debated. And coaches and referees, bless them, certainly provide copious feedback. Spending time with people I like (and would not otherwise see), is sufficient motivation to endure the long slog through airports to get to NACs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But part of something bigger? For me, not so much. Maybe to the extent that I rep my club (go RFA!) when I make it to the podium. But this year, as an accidental by-product of trying to renew my B (and falling short) I made the Vet World Team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Which launched all sorts of predictable anxieties about travel, and as well as a quite unexpected internal conflict about fencing fashion and what it means to be “part of something bigger” when that bigger thing is Team USA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have a complicated relationship with patriotism. I’m deeply grateful that the US took in my paternal grandparents, pretty much penniless and unskilled, when they decamped Russia just ahead of the Cossacks in 1905. I appreciate that the porous boundaries of class in mid 20<sup>th</sup>century America made it possible for my maternal grandfather to go from barefoot farm boy guiding a plow in the Texas panhandle to professor of English at Phillips Exeter Academy. But I also came of age during the Vietnam war, dragged by my parents through protests in DC when I was barely old enough to keep up with the marchers. Taking flack in grade school for the fact that I shut up when we came to the “under god” part in the pledge of allegiance. And seeing my father nod approval when Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised gloved fists on the podium at the 1968 Olympics. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The upshot of which is, I’ve never been much of one to wave the flag. I appreciate the lull at the beginning of competitions when we pause warm up for the national anthem. On the other hand </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this patch—from a gift bag given to ladies on the podium at some past NAC—has been tucked in my sock drawer for about ten years because I wasn’t sure what to do with it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sometimes kids at my club would ask why I didn’t stencil “USA” on my lamé, and </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’d say “well, if I ever fence outside the US, I’ll put it on then.” Now the joke’s on me—I had to ship my competition </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lam</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">é to Oregon so Marx Enterprises could add three letters below my name. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But there are many, many choices of optional gear related to being on the team, and I’ve found myself falling down a fencing fashion rabbit hole, prompted by the fact that I suddenly do feel “part of something bigger.” Probably amplified by the serotonin hit of online shopping that somewhat eases my anxieties about the whole venture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For example, I felt MUCH BETTER about the prospect of a 12-hour flight to Cairo when I unwrapped this glove from Zzuma.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Almost. But I’m still struggling with a fair case of imposter syndrome. I mean, I did earn this, but it’s not like I’m made the freaking Olympic team. On the other hand, I deeply admire the badass ladies who comprise the rest of the team and am in awe of their accomplishments. So maybe I should feel ok about myself, too? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And sewing suspenders onto said knickers. (I always cut them off because HELLO! With a 10-inch differential between waist and hips, these pants are not falling off. But technically required, so back on the elastic goes.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the end, I feel ok about my shopping spree because it’s a strategic part of shaping the story of “Badger Goes to Cairo.” Memories are grounded in materiality. Mementos anchor shards of experience that might otherwise slip away. This adventure <u>could</u> be memorable for stuff that goes horrible wrong—lost bags, bad experiences with cabs or ride shares, accidentally eating gluten and making myself sick. Embarrassing myself on the strip. (May none of these happen! Knock on wood, spit and throw salt over my shoulder.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hopefully these fashion keepsakes will ground the good memories. The fact that I did earn my way onto the team. The love and support offered by my friends and teammates. And the fact that, at least for this year, I do feel part of something bigger. And dang, it feels good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A second trending fashion--purple hair. This lady rocked the best locks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(I'm a sucker for a matching tie and pocket square.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I hope you enjoyed the 2018 winter Olympics! I, of course, was watching with an eye to sports fashion. The opening ceremony was a delight, and not just because Tongan skier Pita Taufatofua went shirtless, yet again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">from article in</span></span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.3px;"> </span><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/media/2018/02/nine-olympics-opening-ceremony-looks/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" target="_blank">Mother Jones</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No, the highlight for me was the over-the-top gloves worn by team USA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Both awesome AND insane. (And only $995 from <a href="https://www.ralphlauren.com/men-accessories-hats-scarves-gloves/team-usa-ceremony-suede-gloves/0040006652.html?utm_source=CSE&utm_medium=GooglePLA_376360580605_912417272_43231044622&CAWELAID=120241440000947086&CAGPSPN=pla&CAAGID=43231044622&CATCI=pla-376360580605&gclid=CjwKCAiA8vPUBRAyEiwA8F1oDI4lvKDzSr5jmUKVoDLizpr1hhuQxGC4pokfNiIgfed_EXY7kdsQYRoCfWwQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">Ralph Lauren</a>.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I took these pictures at Summer Nationals in 2016, at a beautifully staged booth occupied by <a href="http://www.zzuma.co/" target="_blank">Zzuma & </a><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>Company</u></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, which bills itself as "finest performance apparel & lifestyle brand for the world's elite fencers."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They even create gloves designed to reflect individual team USA fencers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">S</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">till, as I contemplate actually buying a beautiful product like this, I remember that this is what one of my gloves typically looks like after 6 months of practice:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even a "good" glove I save for competitions gets stamped all over now that the armorers are checking gloves. I can just see <i>that</i> conversation: "could you stamp it really carefully way over on this corner and DON'T SMUDGE!!!!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">Of course, for $256 I could buy a left <i>and</i> a right hand glove, and wear them as fashion accessories, in the style our winter Olympians. It would still cost less than a pair of the bespoke Ralph Lauren Olympic limited editions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Or I could settle for some of the less expensive, and more </span><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">practical</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">, Zzuma swag. Yeah, maybe that.</span><br />
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<br />Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-72134130043943230372018-02-11T20:02:00.003-05:002018-02-11T20:02:49.817-05:00Posting Portland<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How cold was it at the Portland NAC?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ask Pamela Guntrum, of Seattle's Salle Auriol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm not sure this is legal, either, but the fencer gets point for "best improv with a blue crayon."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And lastly, I thin this is what happens when the bout committee is forced to work long hours with insufficient caffeine:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's that time of year again, when many kids (and adults) arm themselves with swords (usually plastic) to extort candy from their peaceful neighbors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fencers clearly have a costuming advantage. All we have to do is pillage our equipment bags to embellish our outfits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I remember one year I scared the bejeezus out of the kids coming to our house by opening the door clad in a dark robe, complete with hood thrown over a black fencing mask. Apparently that, by itself, was enough to induce terror, but there is so much more that can be done with our stuff!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Personally, I think epee fencers are scary to begin with, but if you need to gild the lily:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are many variations on the classic skull. Here's another, f</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">rom Mary Hart on Pinterest, channelling the Nightmare Before Christmas: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And from Alex Fiacchone, also on Pinterest, the Punisher:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But there is so much more to fright than skulls. Perhaps you've heard of the <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/creepy-clown-sightings" target="_blank">Scary Clown sightings</a> around the world? Fencing clubs are not immune.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love this one, though I don't know whether it is original, or homage to a classic with which I am unfamiliar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the interest of being thorough, I did a Google Image search on ="fencing mask" and "Hillary Clinton" or "Donald Trump." I was very relieved nothing turned up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So how about it? Add links to your own fencing-related costumes in the comment section below, or post pictures on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/vetwomenfencers/" target="_blank">USFA Women's Veteran Fencing page</a> on Facebook. Let's see what you've got!</span></div>
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Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-27348341277491748522016-10-06T21:01:00.000-04:002016-10-06T21:01:21.833-04:00A-Diorable Fencing Fashion<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's particularly gratifying when fencing fashion bleeds onto the couture runway. Most recently, Allison and I are squeeing over the designs in <a href="http://www.thedapifer.com/dior-spring-summer-2017/" target="_blank">Maria Grazia Chiuri's debut collection for Dior Spring/Summer 2017</a>, recently showcased at Paris Fashion Week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The most explicit homage looks a good idea like the first fencing jacket I ever owned, right down to the snap closures: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(Though of course my foil jacket had a crotch strap.) If only I had paired it with a tutu for practice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now if only she had ended the show with a fencing-inspired wedding dress. :)</span><br />
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I spent the last week of August in sunny Puerto Rico for the Pan American Youth and Veteran Fencing Championships. It's what it says on the tin - a competition for youth and vet fencers from North/South/Central American countries and the Caribbean. </div>
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Part of the fun was seeing all of the country uniforms during the opening ceremonies:</div>
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Venezuela were easily the most colorful:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anyway, pink is just pale red. Here's a fashionista wearing the color undiluted, and (classy touch) pairing it with a red mask.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Best Haircut goes to Victor Ji, from Canada. I admit my vote was influenced by the hip blue frames on his glasses. Could those be Warby Parker? Mmmmm. Maybe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ctually, Anne-Marie double medaled, picking up "Cutest Grandchild" as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The third post in this series will be an in depth look a the most fashionable vendor at this year's event. Stay tuned...</span><br />
<br />Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-24365862089796822132016-07-08T08:23:00.003-04:002016-07-08T08:23:33.193-04:00Best of Summer Nationals 2016, Part 1<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hey--Badger here, recovering from a cold I picked up at Summer Nationals. (Th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ere are <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>germs </i>in t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he venue<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">? Say it ain<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'t so!) </span></span></span></span></span>I stayed in Dallas an extra day-and-a-half to cheer teammates and hunt for fashion pics. I'll parcel out my finds in a few post over the next week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">First up in "Best of" categories: <b>Best Fencing Mask</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">David Hadler, of the<br /><a href="http://sffencers.com/" target="_blank">San Francisco Fencer's Club</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Why a trident? Digging around on the web, I believe it<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'</span>s because David is a member of the UCSD Tritons fencing team. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">P<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">erhaps <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the implication is that they<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'re spearing their <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">opponents. Go Tritons!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Best Lam</span><span style="font-family: "lucida grande";">é</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnllxUFKOemFY-tBfVKjbaZeMo7OoBRnj4eRMDjokdLft4Ytt2VaUFU4HpBn8Fug0DlEm1AjL0KHJXRG45HTi8lRtN57GS0G7Y4MgYII4-IxczwgjZv7kf2du7fPuHzfAGVN942wLhvcxA/s1600/Precision+Athletics.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnllxUFKOemFY-tBfVKjbaZeMo7OoBRnj4eRMDjokdLft4Ytt2VaUFU4HpBn8Fug0DlEm1AjL0KHJXRG45HTi8lRtN57GS0G7Y4MgYII4-IxczwgjZv7kf2du7fPuHzfAGVN942wLhvcxA/s200/Precision+Athletics.png" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">Remember a few years ago when some people decided it was legal to silkscreen or airbrush additional designs on the lam</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande;">é, as long as the result was not too intrusive? There was a brief flurry of creativity, which died away--either due to the expense and bother of applying such designs, or because people got busted by bout committees for non-conforming equipment. In any case, I was delighted to see this lam</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">é echoing the club patch on the fencer's sleeve.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Forrest McDougall,<br />Precision Athletics Fencing Club<br />Torrance, Calif.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Very classy. I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">could see this becoming a thing.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I know people can't exactly take credit for the name on their lam</span><span style="font-family: "lucida grande";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">é</span> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "lucida grande";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(though my practice </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lam</span><span style="font-family: "lucida grande";">é does read 'Badger.'), but how cool would it be to rock THIS moniker in competition.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">First of all, the club jacket is awesome: the color (acid yellow, echoed in the athletic shoes), the font (an elegant cursive), and the BOARD SHORTS (OMG--so California). And<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">--</span>crowning touch of cool<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">--</span>Co<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ach D'Asaro sports </span>a gold hoop in his left ear. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I particularly admire refs who work within the sartorial rules governing their outfits (blue blazer...blah blah...sensible shoes...blah blah) and still achieve flare. Alice nails it. Note the:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just got back from the Richmond NAC. Since it was so near home, I drove down and back again Saturday, leaving no time for fashion prowling. Today, though, while Allison tackled vet 40 WF, I made a few laps of the venue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do competitors, spectators and officials at other kinds of sporting events look so cheerful, or are we fencers simply a naturally happy lot? We hug a lot, too. I like that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1) I am so blessed tired of losing little pieces of black equipment against the black interior of bottomless bags. With a <i>chartreuse</i> lining, problem solved.</span><br />
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According to costume historian Jane Malcolm-Davies, masks were invented around 1750 but fencers resisted wearing them because it "indicated a fear of inartistic work by a opponent." By 1800 it appears these masks were in use, but were fairly spare wire things:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rare fencing ensemble, French, late 18th century - first half 19th century, comprising padded natural linen jacket with chamois breast. Courtesy Kerry Taylor Auctions</td></tr>
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Through the 19th century <a href="http://www.fencingmuseum.com/19_century.htm">masks became bulkier and more protective</a> (scroll down), but still offered indifferent throat protection.<br />
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Bibs don't seem to show up consistently until the 1930s:<br />
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By the 1940s the mask is taking a more recognizable form:<br />
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Today's masks have a larger (safer!) bib, but for foil the lower half is now electric so it won't cover target. I'm sure many foilists remember having to retrofit our old masks a few years back:<br />
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Mesh is now available in every color of the rainbow, though not seen terribly often:<br />
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And of course there are infinite possibilities for patterns:<br />
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Malcolm-Davies, Jane. "‘And at the Plastron Push’: The Historical Development of Fencing Kit." <em>Costume</em> 36.1 (2002): 100-111.A. Thurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14860226095206604322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-44239744363389536302016-01-07T20:08:00.000-05:002016-01-07T20:08:40.027-05:00Highlights of 2015<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Allison and I were so busy fencing (and traveling, and sewing) last year we didn't post much, but we thought we would start 2016 with a couple posts that might rev us up for the new year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I browsed through my camera roll for highlights of 2015, and pulled out the following candidates. See what you think:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. Best Bad-ass Club Patch</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8. Far and away the B</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">est Dressed Referee (I mean, really--kilt, cowboy boots, man bun. What more can you ask for?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last but not least, one of my favorite fencing fashion pictures of myself from last year. (Badgers: also cute and fuzzy.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Allison's up next with a brief history of the fencing mask. We look forward some fertile fencing fashion blogging in 2016. If you see us at a competition, please introduce yourself, and strut your best bling! We would love to photograph you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Badger</span>Bodhibadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815998596760359086.post-67286669803574770862015-02-16T10:42:00.001-05:002015-02-16T10:42:53.033-05:00Warm Up<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's seven degrees out.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And that is up from a low of 3 last night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Many of my NE fencing peeps are enduring temperatures below zero.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With that in mind, here are a couple of creative ideas for staying warm, captured at the 2014 Dallas NAC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First we have Patriotic Warmth</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And then there is the gentleman I have long thought of as "the bathrobe guy." This was the first event at which I actually got a picture of him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Actually, a warm fuzzy bathrobe sounds about right, just now.</span><br />
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