Saturday, April 17th, 2004
YES! I have finally found a sport which is promising: fencing!
I had nearly given up, after rather fruitless efforts with volleyball, judo, gymnastics, dancing, ballet, horse riding, occasional jogging, cycling, badminton and more, this is FUN! Alright, perhaps I shouldn't be too enthusiastic after the first lesson, but... ah well. I am exceptionally good at being hit. But on the whole, it's less difficult than I thought so far. Love it.
Well, perhaps except for the people who see it as an opportunity - since the mating season is on... Those really are annoying. Especially if you are being paired with with someone who only has eyes for Vivian (ex-ballet dancer, slender, dark-eyed, etc. etc.- you get the picture) for practicing and look like the slim version of an ancient fertility goddess yourself - hence could as well be not there at all. I nearly hit him over the head with my foam foil-thing.
But on the whole, it's fun. And a family tradition, really. My grandmother has won prizes when she was young, my mother has done it for six years as well and loved it... They were really enthusiastic about me starting. To a quite worrying extent, really. My grandmother even tried to show me some stances. With her artificial hip joint...!