Random: Fencing problems

This is actually cross-posted from my Tumblr, but I found it quite funny, so I decided to share it with you. These are some of the 'problems' I've come across during my 5 months of fencing foil. Of course, those are not real problems, but only funny tidbits of things that happened to me during training. Enjoy them with a grain of salt and lots of humour: 

- being afraid of breaking your blade

- finally making the perfect plan and then getting fucked over by your opponent

- freaking out even if you know you shouldn't (Why am I running away again? Okay, okay, I got this... OMG holy shit! Nevermind, let's just escape...!) 

- not flinching even if someone comes lunging at you (Why am I so confident in my parries but not in actually hitting them?)

- opponent and you both missing target about ten times until they finally score

- this sentence: "Oh, I didn't realise you were left-handed..." #thankyouverymuchmotherfucker 

- people having trouble shaking your hand after a fight (Jeez, just give me your left hand while I give you my right hand- this is chuffin' easy: NOT THE HAND WITH THE GLOVE! )

- being sure you hit them but the light didn't go off

- involuntarily doing a split and then not being able to walk properly for days (Stairs, I fucking hate you...)

- having bruises all over your body and people wondering how the hell you got them

I guess that's all...