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Yeah I hear you on the knees. I managed to give myself severe tendinitis in both knees about 1 1/2 years ago, luckily I was able to slowly get rid of the pain a

• noodle 17y ago
  yeah, i still have knee problems with things like running for more than 15 minutes. they're better now, but i doubt they'll ever be "good". i definitely enjoy it, for a lot of reasons. been doing it for a while now. the transition from what i was doing to fencing was pretty smooth because of the established general body kinesthetics and concepts you've probably picked up along the way. they translate well. it doesn't make you automatically awesome, but it helps you become competent quickly.
  • aarongough 17y ago
    That's great! I always find it really interesting how much of the basics from one martial art can be applied to another. It seems to me that a lot of times the differences are in the details. What did you fight when you were doing it professionally?
    • noodle 17y ago
      definitely. after having fenced for a little while and then testing the martial arts waters again, i found that i'd gained a lot of interesting, useful insights. the commonly pointed out anecdote is that bruce lee was a fencer, and it influenced his philosophies and development as a martial artist. my bread and butter was teaching. the money and opportunity wasn't around for me with respect to fighting or tournaments or anything else to warrant seriously focusing more on them than i was.