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----------------------------------------------------------- From: PostpaidPBH Message 33 in Discussion Force has nothing to do with the level of our fencing. Wrong. If I remember my leaving cert physics: Force = Mass * Acceleration. The higher the level of fencer the greater the acceleration which he can generate both with his legs and with his arm. Therefore the forces involved when 2 high level fencers come up against each other are dramatically greater then when 2 low level fencers do so. There are plenty of fencers in Ireland,myself included, who would be capable of hitting quite hard and probably drive a broken blade through a jacket. Actually I don't think you could, but seeing as no one is likely to give up their jacket to test this hypotosis it's a mute point. As for what I think the standards should be... I think that a jacket (preferably 350 newton) & 350 newton plasteron should be adaquate for low level competitions in foil and sabre. For epee competitions and higher level foil & sabre competitions (Open, Easts etc) I think that 350 newton breeches should be required as well as 350n jacket and plasteron. As for the price of plasterons? �18.99 from Leon Paul. �33.45 from PBT �27 from Allstar I don't care how poor a student you are; You wouldn't go on a night out in Dublin with this little money in your pocket. Take one Saturday night off, and use the money saved to buy a plasteron. ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/IrishFencingForum/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
