the tournament of the red card
well, tauber was a little disappointing because i ended up loosing the 2nd day in the round of 64.
i was happy to have made it out of the first day, which i haven't been able to do for the past two world cups. my pool record was NOT stellar (4-2 with -6 indicators!), so i had to fence in the round of 96. this was a very dramatic bout. i won't go into details, but let's just say that after the score was 5-1 for me, 15 minutes and one protest later she was up 3 points without having even actually HIT me with her epee. in any case, i won the bout 15-14 in overtime, so it ended up OK.
i have to say, i was a little embarrassed about the way i threw a tantrum, but it was totally necessary. his actions were ridiculous. there is no reason he couldn't tell me to straighten my epee again. i'll confess, it was my job to do it just one time, but NEVER IN MY LIFE has a ref not asked me to do it again if it's not straight enough! and never have i witnessed someone getting a card for not doing it enough the first time. anyway, it was the angriest i remember having ever felt in my entire life. i usually just get sad and upset when something goes wrong in my life, but this time i was raging mad!
anyway, during my bout the next day (against the #15 seed), i was doing quite well, having figured out what to do to get points and not get hit...the name of the game! the score was 2-1 after the first period, 2-2 after the second, but i ended up loosing 6-4. sometime in the 3rd period i turned to look at the light because i thought someone had hit...i think i was doing this because i had been warming up on a strip that had no sound, so i started getting in the habit of turning around to see if someone had hit. at that point i think the mistake was i was fencing like it was a lesson - trying to get single lights and set up actions, but forgetting the fact that fencing is like war! (ne subis pas!)
the really great thing was that i had people to WATCH AND GIVE ME ADVICE. this doesn't happen often at these tournaments (for various and obvious reasons). but i had a group of girls that i practice with behind me, cheering, calming me down during the incident with the referee, and giving me really, really good ideas. they were amazing and i think my ability to fence well was directly related to them. i have to say i really like my new training situation, and this is one of the reasons why.
so, to sup up, that's all good and well, but let's face it: it's nice that hormay didn't school me, but i actually have to start WINNING these kinds of bouts. otherwise i'll be stuck in this round for the rest of my career! i need to get out of this freaking tableau!
i didn't loose because i turned, but it's a damn shame i looked at the light!!
i was happy to have made it out of the first day, which i haven't been able to do for the past two world cups. my pool record was NOT stellar (4-2 with -6 indicators!), so i had to fence in the round of 96. this was a very dramatic bout. i won't go into details, but let's just say that after the score was 5-1 for me, 15 minutes and one protest later she was up 3 points without having even actually HIT me with her epee. in any case, i won the bout 15-14 in overtime, so it ended up OK.
i have to say, i was a little embarrassed about the way i threw a tantrum, but it was totally necessary. his actions were ridiculous. there is no reason he couldn't tell me to straighten my epee again. i'll confess, it was my job to do it just one time, but NEVER IN MY LIFE has a ref not asked me to do it again if it's not straight enough! and never have i witnessed someone getting a card for not doing it enough the first time. anyway, it was the angriest i remember having ever felt in my entire life. i usually just get sad and upset when something goes wrong in my life, but this time i was raging mad!
anyway, during my bout the next day (against the #15 seed), i was doing quite well, having figured out what to do to get points and not get hit...the name of the game! the score was 2-1 after the first period, 2-2 after the second, but i ended up loosing 6-4. sometime in the 3rd period i turned to look at the light because i thought someone had hit...i think i was doing this because i had been warming up on a strip that had no sound, so i started getting in the habit of turning around to see if someone had hit. at that point i think the mistake was i was fencing like it was a lesson - trying to get single lights and set up actions, but forgetting the fact that fencing is like war! (ne subis pas!)
the really great thing was that i had people to WATCH AND GIVE ME ADVICE. this doesn't happen often at these tournaments (for various and obvious reasons). but i had a group of girls that i practice with behind me, cheering, calming me down during the incident with the referee, and giving me really, really good ideas. they were amazing and i think my ability to fence well was directly related to them. i have to say i really like my new training situation, and this is one of the reasons why.
so, to sup up, that's all good and well, but let's face it: it's nice that hormay didn't school me, but i actually have to start WINNING these kinds of bouts. otherwise i'll be stuck in this round for the rest of my career! i need to get out of this freaking tableau!
i didn't loose because i turned, but it's a damn shame i looked at the light!!