china blade - about 70 bucks
FIE blade - about 280 bucks i guess
So everytime you break a blade, you will help to pay the rent.
Blades usually break when:
1. you exert too much force
2. your opponent exert too much force
3. it's an old blade and you can feel the edges being very jagged
micro-cracks can occur and affect the strength of the blade.
yes, im serious, micro-cracks.
to prevent 1 and 2:
a. don't hit too hard
b. don't lunge or fleche too close to your opponent
c. if you know the guy is not able to control his speed and strength, play the distance game so that your blade won't have to bend too much.
to prevent 3.
you cannot really prevent it. no blades last forever. wear and tear will destroy everything eventually. but you can like keep ur blade properly in the bag, pvc pipe or a plastic hose. that way it won't like knock into stuff. it's more safe that way lar. for the blade. and for the people around you.
Fe2O3. more commonly known as rust.
most blades will rust (besides maraging blades). maraging blades have those stuff(chromium nickel and what not) in it to prevent it frrom rusting. however the dots that you see on the metal maraging blades are supposed to be impurities.
your china blade will rust. how to prevent it from rusting? keep it a nice dry cool place. or you could use silica gel i guess. just kope a packet of it from the next bag of "wang wang" you buy.
don't oil it unless you know what you're doing. cos some oil are not suitable and will remain on your blade. then you will have an oily slicky blade. maybe it will turn out to be like the rainbow "oil slick" blade.
This post is dedicated to our beloved comrade daniel who has went on ahead before us.
Yup, have fun in tekong, daniel! =p
we miss you!
- Maurice
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
FIE ranking
http://www.fie.ch/Competitions/Ranking.aspx
Just incase you want to take alook at the rankings of international fencers.
The positions can change rather rapidly i guess.
Esp in epee where a double can mean whether your no.1 or no.23..
Just incase you want to take alook at the rankings of international fencers.
The positions can change rather rapidly i guess.
Esp in epee where a double can mean whether your no.1 or no.23..
Doha Asian Games 2006
http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Fencing.aspx
You can go look at the scores and stuff.
It's updated right after every match i think, so u can like keep going there for up-to-date information.
Wang Lei just thrashes everyone lor.
He's 1.9m and 7 years older than me.
That means he won the olympics silver at 23 years old.
What will you guys be doing when you're 23 years old?
You can go look at the scores and stuff.
It's updated right after every match i think, so u can like keep going there for up-to-date information.
Wang Lei just thrashes everyone lor.
He's 1.9m and 7 years older than me.
That means he won the olympics silver at 23 years old.
What will you guys be doing when you're 23 years old?
Saturday, December 09, 2006
R J I nvites
err.. jon.. i can post leh.. maybe blogspot doesnt like u much..
today was R J i nvites.
we met at 8am at bishan mrt cos registration start at 9am.
as usual, there were late people.
we tot daniel was late, but when we called him, he was eating mac's big breakfast at the junction8 mac's.
aniwaes, RJ is HUGE!!
like HUGE!!
got A block, B block, until L... that's like 12 blocks?? hello??
they got like so many halls....
and soooo many fields...
u would expect them to have a monorail system of sorts..
but at least they have excuses to be late for lessons lar, unlike VJ where everything is so near.
aniwaes.. H a r sha n H a lim from tanglin got the gold. he's quite good.. accurate with flicks and fast unexpected foothits.
then f ush got the silver..
and i got the bronze.. sianz.. train so hard, still got a lousy bronze..
yeah.. F ush was quite on form today i guess.. he won daniel 15-11, zhongqi 15-14 then me 15-14.
one point, just one point! wah lau...
1 point means the difference between a silver and lousy bronze..
aniwaes, think it's my last individual tournament until i enter NS. correction, mine daniel's and jon's last individual tournament.
think epee camp also got mini tournament during the night. coach say got prizes. so maybe i'll try my luck there.
oh yar.. they borrow 4 boxes from FS. but they couldn't get the piste cos they had to get a lorry to transport the metal strips from clementi sports hall to their school in bishan. oh wells.
just take advantage of the floor lor.
go for foot hit and when u hit the floor just pretend u dunno. so jian. but i din do that.. i confessed every time i hit the floor. but still people did octave and hit the floor before their opponents could disengage and hit them. quite jian. but it's so me.
/
team event is on monday. hope we can win something. onli got the t anglin and S MU teams standing in our way. onli lar.. hahahha.. just have to see what kind of strategy we use lor.. sianz..
btw, there are spaces in between the names to prevent technorati or any other search engine from picking them up. not too nice for certain people to read this post. but if u do, no offence meant. all is fair in love and war. and fencing too.
- Maurice
today was R J i nvites.
we met at 8am at bishan mrt cos registration start at 9am.
as usual, there were late people.
we tot daniel was late, but when we called him, he was eating mac's big breakfast at the junction8 mac's.
aniwaes, RJ is HUGE!!
like HUGE!!
got A block, B block, until L... that's like 12 blocks?? hello??
they got like so many halls....
and soooo many fields...
u would expect them to have a monorail system of sorts..
but at least they have excuses to be late for lessons lar, unlike VJ where everything is so near.
aniwaes.. H a r sha n H a lim from tanglin got the gold. he's quite good.. accurate with flicks and fast unexpected foothits.
then f ush got the silver..
and i got the bronze.. sianz.. train so hard, still got a lousy bronze..
yeah.. F ush was quite on form today i guess.. he won daniel 15-11, zhongqi 15-14 then me 15-14.
one point, just one point! wah lau...
1 point means the difference between a silver and lousy bronze..
aniwaes, think it's my last individual tournament until i enter NS. correction, mine daniel's and jon's last individual tournament.
think epee camp also got mini tournament during the night. coach say got prizes. so maybe i'll try my luck there.
oh yar.. they borrow 4 boxes from FS. but they couldn't get the piste cos they had to get a lorry to transport the metal strips from clementi sports hall to their school in bishan. oh wells.
just take advantage of the floor lor.
go for foot hit and when u hit the floor just pretend u dunno. so jian. but i din do that.. i confessed every time i hit the floor. but still people did octave and hit the floor before their opponents could disengage and hit them. quite jian. but it's so me.
/
team event is on monday. hope we can win something. onli got the t anglin and S MU teams standing in our way. onli lar.. hahahha.. just have to see what kind of strategy we use lor.. sianz..
btw, there are spaces in between the names to prevent technorati or any other search engine from picking them up. not too nice for certain people to read this post. but if u do, no offence meant. all is fair in love and war. and fencing too.
- Maurice
Monday, December 04, 2006
Some fencing animation
Here's an animation that was on the Doha Asian Games website about fencing
http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Fencing_Animation.aspx
http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/sports/Fencing_Animation.aspx
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
Other fencing equipment
http://www.leonpaul.com/acatalog/Gifts_over__25.html
Look at that track suit man.
If i get that for Xmas. i would just jump for joy lor.. not that jumping for joy is any big deal.. but still.. look at that!
What's the similarity between BF, SM, LM, V and CHN?
They are the type of blades that coach usually sell.
BF - Made at one of the best established forges in Europe, the Blaise Freres forge in Le Chambon-Feugerolles, France. Comes in blue, gold, silver,and black. Usually maraging blades. Usually FIE too. What are maraging blades? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraging_steel
SM - cannot find any info on this online. but from experience, it's usually softer. rumour has it that it is easier to be broken. comes in more colours i think. oh, got rainbow colour. which looks like an oil spill you see on the road according to daniel tan.
LM - Russian blade. Heavier. More sturdy. harder to bend. harder to break. quite hard to flick. correction. almost impossible to flick.
http://www.blade-fencing.com/store/item.htm?itemid=300&blade=6b25a04e10c5c3
V - Leon paul blade. supposedly lightest blade in the world. Some FIE, some not FIE. if u look closely at the blade, there's a number on it that represents its flexibility. the bigger the number, the more flexible i think. ranges from 42-50 i think. http://www.leonpaul.com/acatalog/Shop_Home_Epee_Blades_Electric_22.html
This webpage has some of the blades sold by Leon Paul. go take a look.
CHN - china blades lor. there are 2 types of china blades. one type is the one the year1s are using. the older type is the one jon is using currently until he gets back his V-blade tml i think. they are the cheapest blade at 65 bucks. while FIE blades are like 200plus? so u can break 3 china blades until u regret not buying a FIE blade. Usually china blades differ a lot in quality, some are very easy to bend, so very flicky. some are very hard and durable, but brittle. so still break easily. I think everyone has broken at least one china blade. But china blades are usually heavier than the FIE blades lar. So up to you to buy 3 CHN blades or 1 FIE blade.
Btw, the difference in colour of the blade is just the difference in colour. No really significant diffence in durability, strength, or flexibility. It's all in the mind. I used to have a nice black BF blade. Then it broke. So, now i have a nice silver BF blade. And both of them have the same flexibility *flick*
To prevent your blade from breaking. One, don't hit too hard. Two, after getting your point, pull back your blade quickly so that you won't break it.
Btw, bladebreakers is the name of the beyblade group Tyson is in in the anime and manga "Beyblade"
Happy holidays!
Maurice
Look at that track suit man.
If i get that for Xmas. i would just jump for joy lor.. not that jumping for joy is any big deal.. but still.. look at that!
What's the similarity between BF, SM, LM, V and CHN?
They are the type of blades that coach usually sell.
BF - Made at one of the best established forges in Europe, the Blaise Freres forge in Le Chambon-Feugerolles, France. Comes in blue, gold, silver,and black. Usually maraging blades. Usually FIE too. What are maraging blades? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraging_steel
SM - cannot find any info on this online. but from experience, it's usually softer. rumour has it that it is easier to be broken. comes in more colours i think. oh, got rainbow colour. which looks like an oil spill you see on the road according to daniel tan.
LM - Russian blade. Heavier. More sturdy. harder to bend. harder to break. quite hard to flick. correction. almost impossible to flick.
http://www.blade-fencing.com/store/item.htm?itemid=300&blade=6b25a04e10c5c3
V - Leon paul blade. supposedly lightest blade in the world. Some FIE, some not FIE. if u look closely at the blade, there's a number on it that represents its flexibility. the bigger the number, the more flexible i think. ranges from 42-50 i think. http://www.leonpaul.com/acatalog/Shop_Home_Epee_Blades_Electric_22.html
This webpage has some of the blades sold by Leon Paul. go take a look.
CHN - china blades lor. there are 2 types of china blades. one type is the one the year1s are using. the older type is the one jon is using currently until he gets back his V-blade tml i think. they are the cheapest blade at 65 bucks. while FIE blades are like 200plus? so u can break 3 china blades until u regret not buying a FIE blade. Usually china blades differ a lot in quality, some are very easy to bend, so very flicky. some are very hard and durable, but brittle. so still break easily. I think everyone has broken at least one china blade. But china blades are usually heavier than the FIE blades lar. So up to you to buy 3 CHN blades or 1 FIE blade.
Btw, the difference in colour of the blade is just the difference in colour. No really significant diffence in durability, strength, or flexibility. It's all in the mind. I used to have a nice black BF blade. Then it broke. So, now i have a nice silver BF blade. And both of them have the same flexibility *flick*
To prevent your blade from breaking. One, don't hit too hard. Two, after getting your point, pull back your blade quickly so that you won't break it.
Btw, bladebreakers is the name of the beyblade group Tyson is in in the anime and manga "Beyblade"
Happy holidays!
Maurice
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