Comments on 'O'Connell ( GBR ) v. Szilagy ( HUN ), FIE Saber Fencing'

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quadas (December 1st, 2008 @ 1:08 am)
1.30? Simultaneous?
CrankySailor (November 29th, 2008 @ 6:21 pm)
id like to see you hitting back after a dragon swing his saber at your face. Its not like in video game, you dont have an energy bar, 1 hit is more than enough to leave you bleeding to death
desolationangeluk (August 9th, 2008 @ 11:31 am)
So pleased to see Alex competing in Beijing. Gareth Stafford-Bull would have been so proud, I just know he's up there looking down on him with a smile
crazystu1 (June 26th, 2008 @ 4:11 pm)
Brentwood knobjockey
jemba112 (May 24th, 2008 @ 11:01 pm)
I thought it was funny when at the Oxford/Cambridge Varsity, O'Connell faced a guy who was clearly bricking it, but ended up walking into the most basic extended arm I've ever seen! God he was angry!
tobiasnixon (May 2nd, 2008 @ 3:17 pm)
great bout. i kept thinking O'Connell would come back until i saw the red play length bar getting shorter. :D he is a great sabreur.
teamblackhawk4life (April 10th, 2008 @ 8:14 pm)
yeh Alex is his younger brother, they're my cousins...Both very good but Alex kept fencing when he went to Cambridge, Matt didn't
Dreyman2 (March 24th, 2008 @ 9:01 am)
It think it would be more accurate to say "this is real SPORT fencing".
Dreyman2 (March 24th, 2008 @ 9:01 am)
It think it would be more accurate to say "this is real SPORT fencing".
Shogunmiyuchan (February 28th, 2008 @ 3:18 pm)
Alex O'Connell? Is he related to Matthew O'Connell? He was from Brentwood, and I remember fencing him several times in the Public Schools.
bgyklr (February 2nd, 2008 @ 12:39 pm)
though the rules in sabre have been distorted so that the matches are not 'real duels', epee matches are basically the same as they ever were, even when real swords were used, due to the no priority rules and the one pound of pressure rule. if you got stabbed with a rapier, then even a non-fatal wound in an arm or leg left you in no position to continue duelling. the sabre, however, was based on the cavalry sword, so the idea was that moving at 30MPH on horseback, even a touch was deadly
wibba (January 24th, 2008 @ 10:51 pm)
I guess in real duels, the duelists had to stop after touching each other. Does it seems real? NO. "In real life" you would hit over and over again. That's why i hate when people say "this is real fencing, not that thing they do today". There were rules in real fencing. It's a way to make things work.

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