Your Worst Nightmare

This video is dedicated to the most underappreciated members of the sport, the left-handed French grip fencers. Here's to ruining everyone else's day one lazy counterattack at a time.
On a side note, this is the first video I made entirely using ffmpeg. No gui video editor used at all, and only vlc to view the clips.

[@teawrecks1243]

Pros of being a lefty: combat advantage, in fencing, boxing, and martial arts Cons of being a lefty: FUCKING CAN OPENERS

[@Sahhmi]

I'm sorry I know this is 3 yrs old comment, but I hope you've mastered the tin opener left-handed!

[@onlyamug]

Keep it perpendicular to the body

[@sketchyskies8531]

I've never fenced before,but as a leftie,I am pleased to see brave souls avenging for us

[@FencingDatabase]

have you ever thought maybe it's time to try a new hobby?

[@pivocopii8254]

@@FencingDatabase Fencing isn't just a sport, it's a life style

[@saloneju]

Hah :D Nice one! As a left-handed French grip fencer who dont know how to fence (but still beat the better fencers), I'm not sure if I should apologize or get inspired.

[@poptrog]

LMFAO

[@hanatarashgroupie]

definitely apologise

[@saloneju]

@@hanatarashgroupie Dear Fencers all around the world, my Sincere Apologies for being the monster I am. :'(

[@mystix1979]

Not my worst nightmare since IM LEFT HANDED!😏😏

[@sketchyskies8531]

Same

[@shannonbaxter7788]

I’m left handed and I HATE fencing lefties.

[@BrOkEnLiBeRtYbElL]

@@shannonbaxter7788 it's mostly because of the fact that for once, the grounds are equal. The body is more open when both people share the same hand dominance. Also, lefties like us are more used to facing right handed opponents.

[@mystix1979]

@@shannonbaxter7788 yeee but some skills are easier for me to learn since I have a classmate that's shorter and slower and also left handed

[@Gkitchens1]

I am also left handed but I dread facing another left handed person. I'll have no idea what to do when that happens. I'll only ever get to train against right handed people.

[@florajiang9067]

Worst nightmare: pistol grippers fencing like french grippers, super annoying

[@krszam4112]

ehm ehm 😅

[@xincheli6422]

S i k l o s i

[@jcortese3300]

I had all of one fencing class in college -- and I stunk on ice -- but I still won more than I should have because I'm a lefty. This makes me want to try fencing again. Might have been fun to stick with it.

[@simplyfocus7215]

My worst nightmare is people with longer arms than me xD

[@djcorner7747]

Are their blades any longer? If not, their target is just as close (or far) as yours, yes? Peace.

[@simplyfocus7215]

DJ Corner blades are always same length, arms not

[@djcorner7747]

No kidding. I think you missed my point. No matter how long the arm, the distance of your opponent's nearest target to you, equals the length of his blade. I'm an epee fencer.

[@simplyfocus7215]

DJ Corner yeah but im a foil fencer so i cant hit them on their arms anyway, they can simply reach my body faster than i can reach theirs

[@djcorner7747]

Ah! That makes all the difference. Excuse me; since the video appeared to be epee bouts, I assumed you were an epee fencer. Foil? Yes, you gotta get past them to find your target! Be well.

[@velazquezarmouries]

As a left handed Spanish style rapier fencer this fills me with glee tho there aren't much binds in the Olympic style

[@typicalchineseguy5818]

I'm ambidextrous, but right hand dominant. So if I were to encounter a left-handed opponent in fencing, I'll just switch my hands xD

[@vakama9053]

Have fun buying pretty much two full sets of gear for that

[@felixzhao4925]

minobe has been performing really well recently

[@FencingDatabase]

Minobe is a beast! I did a highlight reel of him here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gajagXd-a5Z4ZtE

[@historicalsignificance4183]

Underappreciated? More like overpowered!

[@FencingDatabase]

Yeah, people don't like that for some reason

[@dominicstarr3065]

YES!

[@rex2d292]

Lol I’m a lefty but I absolutely hate the feeling of french grips

[@buckspoppy9810]

Same, I prefer Belgian pistol grips

[@federicocappucci8808]

I'm left handed too but I love the Franch grip, I can't use anatomic grip

[@poptrog]

Same

[@Bt-7274..]

I’m a lefty and I prefer French grips over the Pistol grip

[@rex2d292]

@@Bt-7274.. that is absolutely understandable. Im glad you can enjoy them! Just not my style

[@Gkitchens1]

I'm left handed and just starting out. I dread facing another leftie, because I know everyone I will face will be right handed and I'll have no clue what to do the first time I face another leftie.

[@irisliu6792]

Same 😭 in all honesty as an Epee lefty fencer I just run. You have to act first, take the sword and go for the arm

[@markhecht3732]

My worst nightmare would be having to fence saber ;-)

[@notbored622]

Mark Hecht LOL

[@noahz]

This is pretty great

[@powerryder2039]

At my club we have this exact specimen, I have conditioned myself to fence better against lefties so in the rare situation where I fight a leftie at a tournament I don't have that large of a disadvantage.

[@alventuradelacruz522]

I want to try fencing

[@albertbresca8904]

sounds like a good idea.. find out your local club and enrol in a beginners course where you can learn the basics... then of course if you are still interested do more fencing and advance - you don't need to take individual lessons just fence a LOT (I never did take lessons and had a great time- fenced as often as I could and everyone I could..... fenced for years.. many of them... competitively..)

[@josiahcone7506]

Tell me I’m not the only right handed fencer with a boxing background who fences “lefty”

[@irisliu6792]

As a lefty Epee fencer there’s so much advantages I experience. Even as an amateur I was able to beat a couple varsity members due to the arm shots. The advantage became even more prominent when I tried Sabre. There’s just so much opportunities lefties have

[@itzbursttime2520]

My fear is someone who is taller

[@buckspoppy9810]

Nah fam my fear is someone whose shorter.

[@SnickleFritz996]

This is so true lol

[@krszam4112]

I use pistol grip and I know well how to fence vs french grips

[@krszam4112]

update: now I use french grip and made sixth at national cup

[@sketchyskies8531]

But what if two left handers are fencing

[@BrOkEnLiBeRtYbElL]

It's basically the same as two right handed fencers.

[@albertbresca8904]

it is fun to see the confusion.. as lefties are so used to mostly fencing right handers.. seeing them fence another leftie is fun to watch...

[@irisliu6792]

@@BrOkEnLiBeRtYbElL but worse bc we lefties don’t know how to fence lefties

[@BrOkEnLiBeRtYbElL]

@@irisliu6792 yeah, it's kinda wOnk.

[@federicocappucci8808]

Ahahahha I'm left-handed and I've Franch grip

[@cyphervistag7528]

Lucky me i can use my both hands

[@Onistuwa]

wow

[@salvadorluther-payne8017]

So true

[@netherportal6969]

Worst nightmare is left hand

[@vraine6421]

hUe

[@chrishagen2309]

A. They don't all appear to be using French; B. Nor do they need a French handle to score those points; C. I beleive the 4th, or 5th one, the fencer NOT using French is scoring on thefencer who IS using French. ;-)

[@chrishagen2309]

My point was that the advantage of 'posting', or rather gripping pommel nut on French Handle, is to be able to hit opponent's wrist, when he can not hit yours. No real advantage to holding pommel nut if you hit the guy in the chest; you are just lucky he messed up hitting your arm.

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

Want to know something wild and crazy? You right handers can learn to fence left handed, just as I a left hander learnt to fence right handed to mix things up! And once you can swap about your ability to defeat opponents used to left handers will rapidly increase. I won states and nats championships and I am the least talented fencer I know! Some might say that's playing dirty, but let's be real here there's a very, very short window where your muscles explosive strength exists for. That time will pass. Make the most of it and get those wins in where you can. Then you can enjoy leaving smart arse comments taunting right handers on the internet for the next fifty years as I intend on doing. ;)

[@KougarManx468]

This is not a nightmare to me , cus l'm half Left handed and half right handed .

[@digimaks]

What a big deal - leftie fencer. Seriously. I fence for a year and encountered plenty of lefties. In their case- you pretty much mirror each other. both target points are even. In the videos the opponent that charges fails, simply because they run into counter hits, and don't bother parrying them. Number of them screwed up, because the defending side uses french pommel grip for the most part.

[@Demphure]

Oh man, a whole year? That’s DEFINITELY enough time to properly critique and coach this level of fencing. I’m a little surprised you aren’t on the Olympic team yet since you clearly could beat all of the fencers shown. It’s just so easy

[@funnysecksnumber6998]

cool. but historical fencing is still superior. also the french grip is superior. i dont know why its called a french grip, its just a sword grip. it should be called a handshake grip. like normal people call it.

[@krszam4112]

1. Historical fencing is another thing, it’s like saying football is superior than volleyball. It’s called french grip because in 1900 french use this grip. Is very similar to italian grip

[@albertbresca8904]

handshake grip doesn't have the same ring to it...lol a sword grip ( I have found) is usually straight whereas the french grip has a slight bend either right or left (depending on whether for right or left handed fencers) .. historical fencing (or HEMA) is interesting and different I guess... and these days getting more or a following... but fencing (sports.. or olympic) has developed its own followers... i started as a sports fencer and have done some HEMA recently (never knew it actually existed) and it has a fun all of its own but it can't compete (in my eyes..lol) to electric fencing.... mind you each has an attractiveness I guess...