Friday Night Fights - March 12
Don Conrad Uy - TBF
Terry Abrahams
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Laura Price
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From: <syo...@patiopools.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 2:02 PM
To: <tampaba...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Friday Night Fights - March 12
> Had a really good time at fight club friday night and I am looking foward
> to the next one. Can we bring our own intro music next time?
>
Don Conrad Uy - Tampa Bay Fencers
have been 8 if Matt Richardson decided to bring his equipment. He
decided against it so as not to risk re-injuring his bowling arm prior
to the WPB Classical Fencing Tournament in a few weeks. He was kind
enough to referee all the bouts to keep the action going and to ensure
we didn't kill ourselves. Steve Yovino and Ray Kossman showed up for
the first time to represent TBF against the remaining field of
USF'ers. The previous finalists Ryan Wheeler and myself were also
present thus promising a rematch of the last FNF final. Steve started
his night by letting everyone know he was here to play by winning a la
belle bout against the incumbent champion of the last FNF (that would
be me). Kossman showed his fencing mettle by defeating Yovino in a 5-2
bout despite not being an epee specialist. USF's contingent showed
provided excellent challenges with Ryan doling out punishment with his
singular timing and reach. The competition was relatively tight with
everyone taking at least one victory. The seeding round seeded three
USFers at the top 4 with Steve Y holding 5th seed and Ray hold 6th.
Ray was unable to hold against 3rd seed Andrew Ruff but impressed us
all by his ability to snipe out the arm every once in a while. Yovino
improved his seed to 4th place by knocking off Dan Frantz in a 15-10
DE bout only to be held back by Don Uy (I'll refer to myself in the
third-person. For some reason, it seems appropriate). The other side
of the tournament tree had Ryan taking out Andrew Ruff. Third place
had to be hashed out between Steve and Andrew. Steve did his patch
proud by making sure TBF held two of the top three positions in a 15-6
reckoning bout against the Ruff.
Be the time of the finals, the humor devolved into low-hanging (heh),
ribald "that's what she said... jokes". (Kudos for USF's Thomas
Peterson's girl friend for being such a sport and not accusing us of
misogyny. BTW, someone please remind me what her name was -- I forget.
Honestly.) An electronic "I feel good!" button (think Staples' Easy
button) emerged to earworm the James Brown anthem into our heads as
well as to take it's rightful place high up on the annoying-meter.
"Everyone salute!" took on a new meaning at each la belle bout. We
also discovered that a two-person wave is not quite as satisfying as a
stadium's throng. Nevertheless, we had to determine the winner of the
day. As in the last Friday Night Fights, held eons ago, Ryan Wheeler
and Don Uy met for another reckoning. Ryan came armed with his finely
tuned timing and uncanny reach. Don Uy came armed with, uh, everything
else. Ryan started by leading by one or two points throughout better
of the first two periods. Once the score went into double digits, Uy
decided to quit drafting his larger opponent and pulled ahead start
using faster, direct lunges compounded with better target selection .
Ultimately, Uy emerged with the win at 15-12, with a passata sotto
that bought enough time to score on a remise.
A damn fine time at the fights. The next one to be announced shortly!
On Mar 12, 12:27 pm, Don Conrad Uy - TBF <d...@tampabayfencers.com>
wrote: