Ze art, she is nice; but the pun . . . IT BUUUUUUUURNS US!!

fav'd because it has a SWORD :D

ZOMG FENCING!
I did fencing back in, like, 5th grade.
I enjoyed it.

Where the heck is his face mask? He'll lose an eye if he's not more careful! :O

I love fencing <3 You did well on that Epee! ( Dunno how to do accents T_T ) IT looks nice.

http://www.alcheminc.com/sidesword1.jpg

The reitschwert sidesword by Alchem Inc! Heck of a fun practice blade. Renaissance fencing is so much more fun than college/sport fencing. I .

Hmn. Did it come before or after the College/Sport fencing?

Both.

The original fencing arts are really old, of course, back as early as people made swords. The ones I study come from the medieval and renaissance eras, with actual manuals from then. Then they kinda died out on the wrong end of a gun, and are sorta enjoying a re-emergence among history minded people.

One of our best fencers in the medieval class is a sport fencer as well, and he's teaching me a lot about timing and footwork.

Interesting.

*kicks you in the balls for the pun*

Oh, I love the style as well as the pose; very graceful!

Awww, and I wanted to be the first to get a fencing commission for you!
You did it very well. Nice Lunge and outside posting

I'm a fan of fencing :3 Though my Rapier has a Bell Guard x3

Challenge accepted. If we're ever in the same area, I'll go sidesword versus your broadsword and shield. Loser buys drinks.

I saw what you did there. Very Punny. :3

Ho! Ha ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust!

Stylish ?

Very nice! And is that an italian grip? :O I use italian too! ^.=.^

Sure looks like an Italian.

Prefer the Visconti-type myself.

My problem with the pistol grips was always a visual thing. They do have their advantages, but to me, the style of the italian simply cannot be beat looks wise, and imo, it DOES offer fine point control, the problem being a loss of wide motion due to the grip style and the wrist strap. But, during the time that I did fencing, I did find the italian's advantages allowed me to beat pistol and french grip enthusiasts. They would do their wide motions, and I'd be able to get in with the point and tap them. :P

Sorta like using a laser cutter rather than a knife. Less range of motion, but when you do move, it hits where you want it to.

German, actually! Originated from the german Reitschwert, or riding sword.

http://www.alcheminc.com/sidesword1.jpg

Ooohhhh, oki! Very cool looking grip indeed! :D

I find the real problem with the pistol grip is that it tends to irritate my "tennis elbow." Not a problem when you're young, but post-40...bouting with 20-somethings really rips my elbow up. I may have to change to French-grip, or attempt a switch to left-handed.

I'd say go give the italian a shot. You might like it, you might not, but it def is worth considering ;)

I just don't get the point of your puns.

If you were on the receiving end of fallen_yotter's lunge.....you would! (get the point, that is)

I couldn't be happier with this drawing.

It's interesting to me how many people are interested in fencing, I wasn't aware there was such a devotion to it!

Sadly, I must confess, I don't practice sport-olympic fencing (though I have a friend who does and is trying to get me into it).

What I study is called 'sidesword' by most of the people in my fencing community. It's a german system by a renaissance fencing master called Joachim Meyer, and it's essentially an early version of rapier fencing, but with more emphasis on the cut (thrust still dominant, of course) than later systems.

My sidesword studies sadly seem (ack, alliteration! and again!) to take a very back seat to my longsword studies since that's the primary focus of the group I'm with, but I do want to become a rapier/sidesword fencer ultimately. Maybe taking some sport fencing will give me the basics I need...

Anyway! Thank you again Immy, this is a really great drawing. I could not be happier with it, and I'm definitely going to commission you again once the money situation improves.

This is great!

I GET IT!....
...
Oh! NOW I get it!

Nice title and nice work, Immy. (:

I myself used to fence... but three ex's of mine were also on the team, which is why I used to fence. >->;; derp.

Fencing is awesome :D

I WILL SMASH YOUR PUNY BLADE WITH MY CLAYMORE >:D

Nice art too ^^

Fallen-Yoter, I challenge you, I'll use my katana......better yet, let's spar with pratice with not-leathal-blades, so my bokuto against your foil. I have studied Europeanbroadsword and some katana so if my style seems more Euro, that's why.

This challenge accepted too, why not?

I challenge him to a duel! He's too pretty not too! +holds up his saber+

Challenge accepted! =)

I feel so unskilled compared to everyone else that's challenged you so far... ^_^'

im sorry, but he looks off balance and it looks like his grip is too loose for anything good.
I don't know how to fence but dammit I know how to fight!

He's in mid-swing, meaning a split second from now he won't be in the same position. Don't think of his balance as a matter of him standing around like that.

ohhh, i thought he was in stance. :P

You know what I have to say to that AWFUL PUN?

...I too will have the bacon cheeseburger

Nice pic, but it looks like the subject's form could use a little bit of work. Swinging from well over one's head (barring a riposte against an opponent's strike at the head) tends to leave a rather large opening to be taken advantage of

Y'already have the answer. This is a counter versus a thrust to the face in sidesword fencing. Slightly stylized, but then I'm not really a fabulous post-punk coyote in real life either.

His front leg form on a lunge is good, but bending the back leg like that is a good way to hurt yourself, and is harder to spring back onto in practice. the back leg stays pointing sideways at all times. You'd be surprised how far laterally the ankle can swivel inward on a plantigrade foot. http://www.fencing.franklurz.com/Media/lunge.jpeg
his upper body work is a little off too. You don't lean in too far, or you get thrown off balance and can't get back up as quickly.

Also, in fencing, if it's a button-up uniform, the opening of the buttons usually points towards the free hand so a sword can't get caught under it. They also normally either fasten on the far side of the dominant hand, or in the back. http://www.saxonfencing.co.uk/image.....handjacket.gif

Aside from that though, it's a nice piece. You drew the body itself rather well.

Obviously it's not an official tournament, otherwise you would be wearing full protective gear and using an electric epee. In any case, this is frigging awesome!!