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Recently some of the members from Binghamton's fencing club wanted my advice regarding equipment. I tend to buy my own gear, choosing from many companies across the world, test them for myself, and so forth. Now that I think about it, it's been about six years since I started the sport freshman year in high school.
There were bright moments throughout the high school years. Making varsity in my second season, obtaining a respectable count of victories for the team, taking first chair, and claiming All-County are some of the highlights. And of course, there were dismal times, as well. I cannot recall how many times I was the anchor and failed to seal the victory to a meet. More than once did I lose the final bout of a meet 4-5 which resulted in a 13-14 team loss to an opposing school. Oh yes, the worst was probably losing bronze for the league when such a situation occurred.
And for all the good and bad times, I still continued the sport. I qualified for Nationals. I won my awards. I obtained my individual titles. But then, any remotely physically active person is bound to become injured at some point. When I was tackled in a random football skirmish earlier this year, at first, I figured my right shoulder was just slightly sprained and that it would heal in a few weeks or so. It's been about three months. It is still bothering me at times, a bit sore whenever I exert too much pressure on it. I'm confident that it will heal in time, but such an injury has greatly impeded my physical activities and wore down the strength of my right arm. I cannot throw a ball as far or as accurately as I used to. I cannot fence, for obvious reasons. And because of that, I skipped out on the Summer Nationals this year in Houston, Texas.
For the time being, I will be signing off fencing. At least until my shoulder is fully healed. My entire arm... it itches to hold the weapons that my hand has grown used to.
There were bright moments throughout the high school years. Making varsity in my second season, obtaining a respectable count of victories for the team, taking first chair, and claiming All-County are some of the highlights. And of course, there were dismal times, as well. I cannot recall how many times I was the anchor and failed to seal the victory to a meet. More than once did I lose the final bout of a meet 4-5 which resulted in a 13-14 team loss to an opposing school. Oh yes, the worst was probably losing bronze for the league when such a situation occurred.
And for all the good and bad times, I still continued the sport. I qualified for Nationals. I won my awards. I obtained my individual titles. But then, any remotely physically active person is bound to become injured at some point. When I was tackled in a random football skirmish earlier this year, at first, I figured my right shoulder was just slightly sprained and that it would heal in a few weeks or so. It's been about three months. It is still bothering me at times, a bit sore whenever I exert too much pressure on it. I'm confident that it will heal in time, but such an injury has greatly impeded my physical activities and wore down the strength of my right arm. I cannot throw a ball as far or as accurately as I used to. I cannot fence, for obvious reasons. And because of that, I skipped out on the Summer Nationals this year in Houston, Texas.
For the time being, I will be signing off fencing. At least until my shoulder is fully healed. My entire arm... it itches to hold the weapons that my hand has grown used to.
2 comment(s):
hope your shoulder feels better man. that sucks about skipping nationals in texas.
you will never be the same man. its ok man i still think of you as the same person even if you cant fence
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