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Post by schlager7 on Jul 25, 2005 8:27:09 GMT -6
And, finally, another excerpt from the June 2005 SEMI Commission of the FIE:
1. Wireless fencing (epee, foil, sabre) Status of the wireless systems: At the 2005 FIE General Assembly, which was held in Linz before the Junior World Championships (22 March 2005) Mr. Frédéric MARCIANO, in liaison with the SEMI, made a demonstration of his wireless system at epee (with conductive jacket, gloves and breeches) and half transparent mask (this mask is transparent from the mouth and up, and is more appropriate at foil). In this system, the registering of the hit is reversed (the light is lit on the mask of the hit person). This demonstration interested many representatives of the nations present.
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Post by Geezer on Jul 25, 2005 11:56:23 GMT -6
OH, JOY!!! Fencing in a full-body-condom!!! "Forward, into the Past!!!"
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Post by LongBlade on Jul 25, 2005 20:16:47 GMT -6
If this were to come true, I'll just fence and coach classical! The FIE and the SEMI committee can just bite my shorts!!!
Does anybody else here see the problem with making fencing so TV friendly that it's no longer fencing?
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Post by Aldo N on Jul 25, 2005 21:32:04 GMT -6
This is either the most pathetic idea in fencing I have yet heard, or the most ill-timed April Fool's joke in fencing history.
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SirKermit
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Post by SirKermit on Jul 26, 2005 8:00:34 GMT -6
Talk about leaving a bad taste in your mouth. What about those fabulous toe touches? Will we need conductive fencing shoes and socks?
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Post by schlager7 on Jul 27, 2005 5:04:25 GMT -6
You have to appreciate the elegance of the idea, though. The FIE wants to stop paying for expensive grounded pistes.
By making the fencers by lame' bodystockings, the expense is shifted away from the FIE and onto the fencer.
I need to buy stock in some of the companies who make the lame' fabric...
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Post by Katman on Jul 27, 2005 22:55:02 GMT -6
I don't think this will happen.
Epee's not safe either. SirKermit, that is one terrifying avatar you have.
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Post by Geezer on Jul 28, 2005 14:39:04 GMT -6
The Schlag has it right...shifting expense and the capture of NEW, forced commerce.
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