Doesn’t everyone wish he could fence?.....It is violence refined into beauty, it has associations with love, honor and suicidal pride. We think of great fencers-unlike great footballers or junk-bond salesman-as superior beings: air and fire, rather than earth and water. We think of Cyrano, Zorro and the Three Musketeers. James Traub GQ 1994
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Oh Well
Saturday, at long sword class, we were doing a drill were we allowed the student to hit us in the mask lightly with a two handed lunge. My partner didn't have much control or ability to judge distance and when he lunged he hit me full force right between they eyes. (Note: This was not malicious. And even a fencer with some skills can screw up. Also, this is a martial arts class. If you think you can do martial arts and have no risk of injury, you really didn't think it through well.)
If I had not had on a good mask, the blow would have knocked me out. As it was, it staggered me. I sat down for a few minutes and then continued the class.
Later that evening, I started seeing tiny specs of light out of the corner of my eye when I would turn my head. Went to the eye doctor on Monday. Long story short: If I don't want to risk loosing sight in the eye, I should not fence or take blows to the head for month. I probably have a mild concussion to go with the damaged goo in my eye. I will see how I am in a month.
I don't have anything to base it on other than my gut instinct, but I feel like I will eventually be okay and can fence again. Hope I am right.
So, I will miss the December North American Cup. Not the end of the world there. I was no where close to being a contender. It was mostly just to test myself in a couple of ways.
I think I am okay with taking some time off from fencing. I will just try and hit the gym more. I am going to miss the hell out of the social aspects.
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