I went to watch my sister fencing tournament yesterday. I was very intrigued by the body language of the fencers (their turn out and lunges but also who was dominant in the fight). The rules are far to complicated to pick up but I got a gist of how it works and wanted to try and capture the movement and body language.
I brought my sketchbook along and tried to capture the fights of the competition. There was so much going on in such a short space of time. The fights were all Sabre which is a very explosive and aggressive "sword" which make it virtually impossible to capture. As sooon as you get the legs down, they are back in the engarde stance and then you try and capture the body and they are shaking hands!
Although the drawings aren't brilliant it was a very interesting study of the human form in turn out, trying to focus on which muscles were actually in use!
I didn't feel content and was still very inspired so I came back and drew up a few photos that I sneakily took. I was still trying to think about the movement and who was attacking and who was retreating in the fights.
I sent these drawings off to the organiser of the fencing club and they wanted to use the drawings on their online media... perhaps this is a niche I should continue with (I really enjoy it)
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