There are two principal aspects to assessing a fencing action - the quantitative (was a hit made) and the qualitative (was the hit good?).
It is a matter of ongoing grief for many fencers when their hits are not recognised on the opponent. Many believe more “objective” measures, such as applying chalk to the blade to leave a mark on the opponent when they are struck, or electric scoring methods, would relieve this problem.
We need to develop beyond the mentality that the physical occurence of a touch is the most useful thing in determining the outcome of a fencing exchange. To this end, more “objective” measures of the touch might prove extremely successful - finally people will stop arguing over what they believe they saw, and the focus can rest where it should be… On the decision making which lead to that point.
A fencing match is not a simulation of a real fight. It is an assessment of the decision making capabilities of a fencer. For example, in the chaos of a real fight, deliberately making a “double-hit” can very well be a risk which pays off for an individual. Objectively, we may well have survived an impalement and gained the advantage of cleaving the opponent’s head in half. But it is not a very intelligent decision to make, so we never reward that decision in a fencing match.
And that is what intent really is - decision making. It’s not often that we explain this - it is usually learned by example, with a junior referee observing a poor strike, hearing the senior referee call the action lacking in intent, and wrongly learn that the strike was not “hard” enough.
We ought to look to reward intentional actions. If a fencer #1 scores a thrust in opposition on her opponent, and the opponent #2’s blade slumps down on the fencer’s hands, this action lacks intentionality. It isn’t the point that the strike wasn’t “hard” enough - it’s that the action of #2 was not intentional. The thrust in opposition may not have been made perfectly - which is something a ruleset or training paradigm may or may not choose to recognise, but this was certainly not due to the actions of fencer #2, whos decision making was barely evident.
A strike landing stoutly can be indicative of intent, but it is certainly not the same thing as intent. To determine the intent of an attack, we would be better off asking the question: What was the fencer trying to do, and did they achieve this? If a fencer blindly undulates their weapon out in front of them, there is a decent chance it might touch part of their opponent. However, we should not reward it as an achievement on the part of that fencer.
We ought to do what we can to correct this. Not just referees, but every fencer needs to understand the meaning of the word intent. Nobody should be incentivised to hit harder to make their point. From a sporting perspective, we would also gain by focusing more on decision making than the simple observation of touch-or-no-touch.
Hello people of Tumblr, today I will offer you a focus on my MBTI personality profile.
As I specified in my tumbrl biography, I am a logistic Istj. I don’t feel fully represented by this personality profile. In fact, the test also resulted in Isfj defender.
For now let’s have a look on ISTJ.
I: introverted (yes, that’s right)
S: sensitive (of course)
T: thinking (absolutely)
J: judging (hehe)
The istj personality profile is also defined as “pure melancholic” just like me (uwu)
Istjstrengthsthat belong to me
-honor their commitments;
-usually able to communicate what’s on their minds with precision;
-albeit conservative with money;
-prefers to do things by themselves;
-like to be organized.
Istjweaknessesthat belong to me
-tendency to believe that they’re always right ;
-not naturally in-tune with what other feels;
-their value for structure may seem rigid to others;
-often unreasonably blame themselves;
-often stubborn.
Careers to choose
-lawyers,
-detective,
-scientists,
-librarian,
-Healthcare,
-government.
Famous istj characters
-Elsa, from Frozen
-Severus Piton, from Harry Potter saga
-Mr Darcy, from Pride and Prejudice
-Legolas, from Lord of the rings
-Natalie Portman.
Above, you will find my Journaling about it, I tried to make it as aesthetic as possible.
Let me know in the comments what is your MBTI profile.
The best INFJ way to deal with stress is to talk it out. Express it to get it out of your system and make decisions on how you are going to deal with things.
“From the ISU Program Components marking chart, available on their website - COMPOSITION: Purpose (idea, concept, vision, mood); pattern/ice coverage; multidimensional use of space and design of movements; phrase and form (movements & parts of the program to match the musical phrasing); ORIGINALITY OF THE COMPOSITION. So now, tell me again how a program recycled four times should be getting 10s in this category?”
“If the Chinese and the Russians starts politicking in Beijing by guaranteeing Chinese pairs the gold and Russian ice dance teams the gold and screw P/C (politics started in euros already), I want P/C to pull a Savchenko.”
“If Russia is always scheming/politicking in figure skating, they should just be banned from being a member of the ISU, banned from judging, and then they can play politics within their own country instead. But ¾ of ISU is literally funded by Russia, and Russia is the puppeteer of ISU. What a shame, because they have some of the most amazing skaters and their federation acting like that is so toxic to the athletes.”
“What sucks for Evgenia is that due to 3A being so strong, Kamila Valieva being the next star, and Alina coming back from her break, Evgenia has almost no chance at the Olympics because Eteri’s students get the ‘Eteri political bonus’ from the judges and the benefit of winning the slots from RusFed. I think she is screwed and that sucks.”
“I always feel so bad for Stepanova/Bukin, in 6 years of seniors (including nationals), they have only won 5 times, 3 of which were just the challenger series wins. They are way more interesting than Sinitsina/Katsalapov imo. Anyways, mad props to them for continuing to skate. They have been wronged for so long.”
“How Sinitsina/Katsalapov won Euros is still beyond me, while Papadakis/Cizeron weren’t perfect at all there, they still should have won, but not by that large margin that they usually do, obviously. If this happens in Beijing, and they make S/K somehow win, that is the end of watching ice dance for me, forever.”
“I’ve always been a casual fan, knowing near to nothing about the technicalities, scores and so on. Then I found a group of people who were more into it, and I tried to have more of a thorough approach, but each time it was a constant lamenting over underscoring vs. overscoring and it felt heavy. I decided to go back to my ignorant ways of watching skating, where I cheer for all skaters and am/be less bitter.”
“I know that good PCS/musicality/artistry is something you can’t just wave a wand around and instantly have, but I wish I had a wand for Trusova. Sometimes watching her inbetween elements and during her SS is a chore. Which is a shame because I love her so much.”
