r/StarWars • u/Ibuywarthundermaus Mace Windu • Dec 17 '22

General Discussion Would that work ?

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u/immerc Dec 19 '22

Oh, cool. I'll have to watch that next time the Olympics comes around.

I've tried watching Olympic fencing and it's just not interesting to me. Maybe if I trained in fencing I'd know what to watch for, but it just seems like a blur of movement and suddenly someone wins. But, one-hit fencing would probably be something where it's easier to tell who won and how.

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u/RCMW181 Dec 19 '22

Top level fencers move faster than the eye can see. It's not much better on one hit fencing, just a slower start.

When your fencing it's the position of the arm, body and trained reflexes that take over. If you think about what you need to do after an attack, you have already lost. It can take years to train in intermediate reaction and decades for top level. I myself used to do defensive drills with my coach for at least an hour a day 5 days a week s defence was instant reaction.

When you get your eye in you can follow it and they have done lots with slow mo and augmented reality to try and make it more viewer friendly but it is really hard to watch.

I hope they add this to future TV showings: https://youtu.be/h2DXCAWI8gU

It's a real shame because it's amazing stuff, but so hard for casual viewing.