Olympic Fencing is MUCH Harder than I Thought

I tried out the Olympic Fencing style called “Foil”!
Big thank you to Vince from forgefencing.com for showing me the way of the sword!!
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[@Tabooty849]

that was really nice of him to do that script with you, Seth. he must be really passionate about foil.

[@PHIplaytesting]

I was thinking the same. What a good sport

[@SenseiSeth]

I was VERY grateful

[@moz5831]

Well Seth has over 300k subscribers on youtube, who gives a huge exposure to niché sports and always gives them a fair treatment (he even went a trouble of finding the one TDK guy in the world who knows how to fight and could kick his ass), which is likely to turn into more pratitioners and helps the pay the gym rent. So yeah, makes sense to play with. Not to be overtly cynical, it’s just logical and it’s cool what Seth does (I didn’t even know such thing as foil existed for fun). Besides, it looks they had fun.

[@gbormann71]

@@moz5831 niche (pron.: neesh)

[@danm8004]

​@@gbormann71that was one hell of a hyperforeignism eh? I still think I prefer it over "nitch" though.

[@ishaanhorwith2723]

Who else wants to see Sensei Seth try lethwei?

[@Guac_Amole]

On one hand , it would be sick but I also don't want my boy to get headbutted into oblivion

[@nokoh]

100% as long as its controlled

[@dominickcantu9986]

Maybe it wouldn't it be a good idea considering how brutal it is

[@502nickster]

@@Guac_Amole Perhaps Seth should try Kudo Karate if he wants to experience a headbutt without getting his face caved in.

[@castro3336]

Heck YES!

[@jessehernandez1340]

Fencing was the first sport I ever did when I was little before I got into mma, and it served as such a great foundation for footwork and balance and explosiveness

[@StandWatie1862]

I tried fencing for the first time at 40 last week. It's pretty fun. I can't roll anymore and can't bend because of fusions so I figure I can ruin my knees now.

[@-eea32]

Same bro for 14 years

[@agata_cz]

I’ve been fencing for nearly 10 years, I also started Olympic weightlifting about 3 years ago. Both require a lot of technique and explosiveness too. And that makes sports fun, glad fencing has given you good basis for other martial arts.

[@jaideuxmains]

I love the dubbing! I find it's and amazing display of creativity and passion on your part to keep making these videos despite your setbacks. Keep it up man !

[@TheElbowMerchant]

Loved this! Even with the dubbed audio, it's still a classic Sensei Seth video. I laughed, I cried, and I learned. Okay, so I didn't actually cry, but still . . . I appreciate Seth's willingness to try any form of martial arts or weapons adjacent combat. We recently saw that Sumo ended up being instrumental in getting the silver medal in the Ultimate Self Defense Challenge for Seth, so who's to say that fencing won't be extremely helpful in future competitions?

[@SenseiSeth]

Glad it still was enjoyable 🙏🙏

[@NathanSmith-im4yn]

I think it will be. I myself am a fencer and a martial artist. Fencing helped to develop reflexes, distancing, timing, and most helpful, speed. It definitely could help him in the future.

[@user-kr1qq7cz8b]

I wouldn't recommend it as a general production technique, but Seth really styled it out in his usual high-grade manner and ended up making quite the feature of it.

[@aluisious]

You cried?

[@user-kr1qq7cz8b]

@@aluisious No. Read the actual comment.

[@impressivestory]

Vince seems like a total class act. This didn’t lose anything by being dubbed, the fact that you are rolling with the punches and doing your best makes it completely watchable and entertaining. Must have been really sucky to do, but really glad you didn’t abandon this video!

[@RandomNPC15]

Vince is a legend for taking the time to dub audio with you afterwards.

[@A_Moustached_Sock]

Maybe next up is to try some historical Italian rapier fighting and see the major differences? Which dips your toes back into HEMA

[@Maelthorn1337]

Sorry about the lost audio, that sort of thing is like a nightmare. The voice over stuff was hilarious though! Loved it.

[@ubcroel4022]

The dubbing is like an old bruce lee movie lmao.

[@dangermouse9348]

Fencing really helped my martial arts sparring. A guy who was better than me noticed it immediately. Also helped me out a street situation. Had a guy throw a punch at me during a "discussion". I saw his shoulder cock, ducked and swayed under the punch and retreated backwards about 5 yards. Given we had an audience and this guy had just swung at fresh air and was probably feeling rather foolish he just walked off.

[@mag51284]

5 yards is 15 feet, did you long jump it XD?

[@dangermouse9348]

@@mag51284 It might have been only 3 or 4 yards, I didn't have a tape measure with me lol. What I can definitely say is that I was well out of range for any follow up shot and I was in a stance ready for anything. It told my wannabe opponent that I clearly had some idea what I was doing and I might not be the easy fight he wanted.

[@NathanSmith-im4yn]

I've had a similar experience. The only regretful tendency I have from fencing is an inclination or sometimes even a compulsion to attack in straight lines instead of making angles.

[@xXAceofBladesXx]

As a foil fencer I love seeing you try fencing again and I very much feel your pain when you thought you got that disengage at 4:35 and looked at the box just to get hit 😆Awesome job salvaging the vid, glad he was willing to help you out

[@raeplaysval]

fun fact: i got forced out of foil into epee because one coach said i “didn’t have a future with foil” probably because they didn’t have foil people for me to spar with lmao

[@martinvinell1558]

Seth really collecting martialarts as if they were infinity stones

[@Buphido]

Fencing is one of those things that you don’t immediately think of when talking about "martial arts", but it technically still is one. I guess so is archery. Huh.

[@camiloiribarren1450]

It was at this moment that Seth had become the new Zorro

[@blackplague2940]

Always enjoy some good old Seth creativity! It’s tough losing so much work but keep on! It’s clearly paying off

[@julianbrochu4147]

As someone who also does fencing, your fencing stance is the most karate thing i've ever seen

[@ElDrHouse2010]

Your idea to use a dub to recover the lost audio was honestly genius. Happens man, happens. Totally felt your pain there. But bad situations require creative solutions & you did it.

[@brianwatson4119]

I love that you try new things outside of your comfort zone. I've enjoyed doing so myself. And as a fellow practitioner of the chubby surprise, I'd love to have a sumo dojo somewhere around here. Sadly, it's a very small town and I'm not a good commuter student, so my options are very limited (aikido and a rather mediocre karate school).

[@Who-mn4or]

Seth I know the video was scuffed but as a long time viewer and even longer fencer I would like to say thank you for showcasing our wonderful sport. I was very exiting to see you try your best in such a niche community.

[@jeffmaesar]

Fencing is one of those sports that got massive coverage during the Olympic Summer Games, and every orders or judgement are in French, love Épée competition over foil or saber.

[@jarrarwinks8470]

As someone who fences sabre, and a bit of foil, epee is a real mans weapons.

[@XXNerdzillaXX]

Way to push through a bad situation. It turned out funny as hell! Good job Man, way to adapt and overcome!

[@hyde184]

Fencing, eh? Interesting, I actually learned a quite good information about Fencing from this video. I wonder if you'll do other martial arts that use sword too, like Kendo

[@moreparrotsmoredereks2275]

I think he's done a few

[@Agilled]

Kendo is gay

[@cosmic_JAV]

Fencing is actually one of the best forms of sword fighting. Efficient defensively and offensively

[@KatonRyu]

The script was absolutely awesome, no complaints here! All that's left now is for you to try sabre as well. It's so cool to see you trying fencing once again! Edit: I also like how how score with your length at least once. That's how I get most of my points on foil too, as an epeeist.

[@amang1001]

You know Sensei Seth still scored 2 points against the instructor and shows just how dangerous sword fighting can be... even with years of experience the instructor could have lost his life if the swords were real

[@acaristic93]

The energy you too had while dubbing the video was excellent. Im sorry you had so many malfunctions with gear and suchlike but the video is great. Happy to see more fencing material on your channel!

[@psibert]

I'm a national level foil coach in the UK. Really good video and great improvisation to overcome the technical problems. If you have only done one day of epee and that one foil session, then your fencing was really good. Looks like a great club and a very approachable coach, but please, no electric foil in shorts!!

[@82adcahoots61]

One of the best simplified explanations of Right of Way I've seen yet

[@samsignorelli]

6:24....the armorer in me is wondering why there appear to be 2 sets of floor cords going to that Arm-05 on the wall, when there's only ONE set of cords going to the other Arm-05 at 6:29. As a fencer....well done. One of the better first-timer vids on the sport. And yeah....I've done the accidentally-muted-a-vid-shoot bit as well when doing stuff for my own channel....irritating.

[@Cysubtor_8vb]

I took a fencing class in college and it was fun! Was interesting incorporating my boxing background and notable reach advantage (being 6'6" vs a class of short-to-average height) to control the spacing and tempo against fellow newbies. I would likely get destroyed by an actual fencer, though 😂

[@GrizzlyHemlock]

I think I like the adaptation audio better. Bring back old Chinese movie dubbing. Let's go!

[@kencoffman7145]

Requesting Sensi tries Irish stick fighting, please.

[@kingfishcl8083]

No please no Irish stuff please

[@perfect4life999]

fencing is goated

[@adjd1576]

In all seriousness, even considering the audio issue, this is the most thoughtful, sincere, and well put together fencing introduction video I've seen to date. Coming from an assistant coach at a fencing club in Tulsa, you'd make a pretty good fencer and I think you should stick with it. Great job, man, two thumbs up

[@Herdy05]

Honestly, love how you handled this situation. Awesome of the other guy to be willing to do the voice over with you as well. Very fun and light hearted! 😂

[@TheToneBender]

Kudos to Vince for doing the dubbing

[@futurestatemedia]

Great training, thanks for inspiring more of us to try fencing!

[@g-lo5768]

Made the video work and still high quality, props to you sensei

[@CptCh4os]

Glad you found a solution and even more so you had such fun with it!

[@GourmetBurrito]

Hey Seth, I've seen your KZbin videos and they also bring me joy in life. Super happy you found a way to publish this

[@zackbop9045]

The football analogy was VERY good way of explaining the right of way of foil fencing

[@mrnicomedes]

A++ for effort! Thanks to Vince for doing the the bonus extra work that saved the video, and to Forge for hosting, of course.

[@Semiotichazey]

I loved Vince, what a great spirit.

[@AnarchistGrandpa]

Thanks for going the extra mile, Sensei! great video!

[@noooo8669]

Thank you for making such a great video, I genuinely enjoyed it in its entirety! Vince's willingness to play along with the technical issue was certainly a unexpected but welcomed bonus.

[@Wreckz_Tea]

Everything Seth does looks so freaking awesome it always makes me want to go do it too after I watch his videos. I'm so jealous that he gets to do all this cool stuff for a living. Literally a dream life for me

[@RedFoxGrappler]

Vince is an awesome guy for doing that redub, glad you found a hilarious and fun way to make the best of a lame situation…

[@MUSIC-bo8rg]

I love you guys doing theme music during each other's talking pieces!!

[@WolfKingAka]

Came out great! I’ve been in that boat of back to back errors with videos and it just killed my drive entirely. Good on ya for fighting through it!

[@RAGAHAAR]

Great accessible breakdown of right of way!

[@ohheckitsthatkid7364]

Loved how you chose to save this one, the dubbed audio was a great way to make the video still funny and unique

[@AsymmetricalAce]

I loved the dubbing. It was hysterical!

[@beenright5115]

Seth! Your videos are so funny! The dub totally worked, i chuckled through the whole thing!

[@smoekee]

Way to get it done Seth. Improvise, adapt, overcome!

[@eggfriedrice225]

As a foil fencer myself it is great to see fencing finally getting some recognition! Loved this vid, keep up the good work!

[@chrisjames810]

This was awesome! Really enjoyed it!

[@iremulkuyldrm4795]

LOVE your videos!! It was an amazing experience to see how you got something that can be super bad into something SUPER fun, love ya, keep going!

[@mattfick5502]

This was excellent, you pivoted and made something so good with a technical error

[@jamesn3122]

Excellent video thank you!

[@benjackson3149]

As a fencer, I have to say, both of your fencing videos are great. Thanks for including these in the things you test and compare to other martial arts.

[@_Bread-_-]

I used to fence varsity foil so I'm very happy to see that's what you chose :)

[@MUSIC-bo8rg]

Great job!

[@nicolasdespres9694]

This is my favourite video yet, 10/10 😂

[@shlitogripo1173]

Awesome job.

[@bruce2953]

Honestly couldn't have noticed the dubbing if i wasn't paying attention or if you weren't playing it off as a joke. Really inspiring that you found such a solution to an unfortunate situation

[@FroFencer]

Ahhh this makes me so happy to see! Glad you gave our sport a try!

[@shinobi-no-bueno]

Thank you for providing dope content i can share and enjoy with my son

[@DJlegionuk]

The dubbing made this video so much more fun, shame it wasn't a kung fu vid, but still it made me smile.

[@TooManyPixels]

the dubbing in this video feels like im watching a highschool video project, and its amazing

[@charliericker274]

No one knows what the video may have been had you not lost the audio, but I can say that the end result was one of your best videos yet. Great job turning an obstacle into an opportunity.

[@hellwroughtangel]

The whole dubbing over the missing audio made for quite a different video, I love the resourcefulness.

[@dragonmaster3030]

It might be hard to find someone for but id recommend finding someone to learn montante from(zweilhander and spadone could also work), it gives a sword expirence like no other weapon.

[@zsness]

This is really fun to watch

[@brianmclaughlin8945]

Thank for the great video. Promoting this marshal art is important to us. The explanation of right away was vary good for new viewers.

[@pangopod2969]

The voiced over pushup sounds where perfect x)

[@CrazyTom34]

Great video, did a decade of fencing at a pretty high level gym. Explaining right of way is a nightmare and you did it quiet well

[@Night-Jester]

So cool Seth! Watching now.

[@jonnycowen6525]

Hey seth love the channel mate, love the content...power to ya!!

[@micahhall4972]

Great video!

[@baguette2847]

hey you should try Kendo too

[@benjaminvega7186]

If there's one thing I know, it is how to lose. I should try fencing

[@balghair1]

That was thoroughly entertaining Seth.. voice dubbing was great and your fencing teacher was a good sport for sure.. even sang background music ffs lmao

[@thepants1450]

Vince is so nice, what a fun guy

[@pharaoh6268]

This is so hilarious you're awesome this deserves an award

[@Jav4nos]

I'm so glad that you dubbed over this video, it was funny and I hardly even felt like it was dubbed over at times! It's awesome that Vince agreed to help out! Hopefully, you won't have to ever do it again.

[@setscet]

Was not expecting to see forge fencing!

[@Ajfmaizy]

Great edit. I enjoy your style a lot, and doing the script thing and making the audio fail part of the video worked well. I think if most vloggers had gone to the instructor with a script like that they couldn't have pulled it off. Nice one

[@calvinpoe1690]

I was impressed with how well you overcame the attempts of technology to foil this video and think that you should consider having the Coach back more, he's quite the foil to your more humorous self.

[@damian4556]

The improvised script is a work of art, love it 😂

[@jesusfreak777ize]

I like the dubbing. Makes me feel like I'm watching an old Kung fu movie

[@KickyFut]

The dubbing was hilarious! The teacher was a great sport in trying to piece together what the general spirit of the audio was.

[@rafaelrivero9775]

I met Vince last year when he came to fence to my country, Uruguay. Funny person.

[@Dave-lx3vt]

The muay Thai fighter definitely didn't want to hurt the other guy. Hat's off to him.

[@2cheapful]

Great video as always, sorry you've had so much bad luck with your videos. It would be really cool to me if you found an SCA chapter and tried their fencing then compared the two

[@patrcyk]

Ive been fencing for 12 years and thats the best analogy for right of way ive ever heard!

[@just_j_like_the_letter]

Been thinking of trying out fencing and I'm taking this as a sign 😤🤺

[@ryanmckenzie5918]

This was awesome! I almost passed because I should be doing my homework. Glad I watched!

[@brechth499]

well saved Sensei, kudos!

[@SprayNpreyT]

Awesome, the script part was fricking wholesome