It only takes three or four classes to get started.
"Many people know fencing and can even do it twice, but when it comes to learning, they are often surprised. This is because people know too little about fencing and think it is complicated. " Gao Lei, coach of Beijing Linshan Fencing Club, told reporters: "People will react instinctively when they are stabbed with a sword. In fact, this is the core of fencing, that is, trying to stab each other while avoiding each other's swords. " However, well-trained fencers are more flexible and clever, and they are more resourceful.
After all, dueling between European-born gentlemen has developed for hundreds of years. Fencing has its own standard footwork and unique posture. But these are not obstacles for beginners. According to coach Gao's guidance, the reporter quickly learned how to stand, advance and retreat, stab the sword, and even salute the swordsman. Gao Lei said that beginners can master basic skills and two or three defensive movements in three or four classes. With these foundations, they can go to the track for actual combat. In addition, fencing does not require high age and physical quality. Among the students in Linshan Fencing Club, there are both 6-year-old children and retired women in their 50s. However, like many events, "fencing is easy to get started, but it needs to be improved."
Exercise people's thinking
Student Liu Li (pseudonym) 13 years old. She has just entered the first grade of junior high school and has been practicing fencing for a year and a half. In a few days, she will represent the club in the amateur competition in Beijing. She told reporters that fencing was fun at first and she began to learn it. Then it became more and more interesting, and she couldn't let it go. Gao Lei told reporters that people who practiced fencing thought fencing was nothing more than civilized fighting and killing at first, which was very exciting. In addition, the threshold is low, and you can "fight" with your opponent after learning it several times. However, the greatest charm of fencing is not physical competition, but spiritual competition.
Like martial arts, fencing has many basic skills. The coach will teach these tricks to the students one by one, but how to combine them in actual combat to cope with the ever-changing situation is what the real swordsman needs to constantly hone. Gao said that the fencing strategy is very similar to chess. There are almost 36 strategies that can be used to "look at two steps one step at a time", lure the enemy deeper, divert the attention of the East, and combine the virtual and the real. All these reactions must be made quickly in a short time. So practicing fencing can make people flexible and brave.
The amount of exercise is large and the danger is small.
The fencing field is a metal kendo less than 2 meters wide, and the action seems to be just advancing and retreating. It seems that there is not much exercise, but it is not. Gao said that fencing is a combination of aerobic and anaerobic exercise. Moving back and forth belongs to aerobic exercise, and the moment of attack belongs to anaerobic exercise. Wearing a thick sword suit and going back and forth repeatedly is equivalent to running back and forth constantly, which is very tired. Curious, the reporter also put on his sword suit and played a game with another beginner. 10 minutes later, he was really sweating.
Unlike many sports and fitness events, fencing has a steel weapon in its hand. After all, it wants to "move the guy", so its safety makes many people doubt. But Gao Lei told reporters that fencing is a very safe sport in all sports. With a metal helmet and thick sportswear protection, the head of the sword is flat, similar to the head of a radio antenna, so there are not many opportunities for injury in sports. However, in order to avoid sports injuries, the coach advises beginners to pay attention to the following points: First, make full preparations before sports, especially wrist, waist and knee joints; Second, because the knee is constantly bending during fencing, the knee joint is under great pressure, so older people must wear knee pads; Third, novices often do strenuous actions because their skills are not in place, and they are prone to excessive exercise, so they should pay attention to control. Pay attention to the above points, and you can fully enjoy the combination of strength, intelligence and beauty, and become a graceful modern swordsman.