Uncommon Hobby

[Trolldor]

I havea less-common hobby for an antipodean Uni student.
I fence.
It's not a common hobby. Not at all.
Most people give you a quizzical look and think "really?"
But hey, I get to have sword fights.

So, what unusual hobbies does the escapist have?


...or am I going to regret asking that question.

 

[Altorin]

I rotoscope images by hand, pretty badly.

Note that these images are in the opposite order to the order I made them, so they get progressively worse and worse

Spoiler: AVGN

Spoiler: Kurt Cobain

Spoiler: Ace Ventura

Spoiler: Bill Cosby

Spoiler: Christopher Reeve

 

[Lacsapix]

I collect clips (or whatever you call them) from soda bottle's.

 

[gigastar]

My hands currently make the clicking sound thats the onset of arthritis.

Despite poeple telling me not to, ive honed them to the point of being able to do the yakety sax with one hand.

 

[Altorin]

My hands currently make the clicking sound thats the onset of arthritis.

Despite poeple telling me not to, ive honed them to the point of being able to do the yakety sax with one hand.

haha, that's not a hobby, that's talent!

you should go on some reality show

 

[Vault101]

due to extreme boredom I made an NCR ranger out of a broken action man doll and junk from around the house, you wouldnt belive how creative I could get getting materials

 

[Cheesus333]

I collect bottle caps. Not alcohol ones, just J2O and Coke.

You never know when. Never.

 

[SckizoBoy]

I used to practise kenjutsu (not to be confused with kendo), considering picking it up again in the summer when I have a little more free time (wishful thinking, though).

 

[GundamSentinel]

I am the founder and sole member of both a secret society and a fight club .

A one man society? How does that work?

Me, I creep into peoples' houses and steal their toilet paper. NO!

Okay, I collect Gundam models, but there's little special about that.

 

[DefunctTheory]

I rotoscope images by hand, pretty badly.

Note that these images are in the opposite order to the order I made them, so they get progressively worse and worse

Spoiler: AVGN

Spoiler: Kurt Cobain

Spoiler: Ace Ventura

Spoiler: Bill Cosby

Spoiler: Christopher Reeve

That's actually not too bad.

 

[Lieju]

I havea less-common hobby for an antipodean Uni student.
I fence.
It's not a common hobby. Not at all.

I fence too. Where do you live? Since it's relatively common, as far as combat sports go, here in Finland. Although it depends on what type of sword you use. I use Épée which was the most common in my old home city, but here in Helsinki apparently everyone uses Foil...
Épée is more fun, you can poke people everywhere on their body.

I also keep all kinds of invertebrates; spiders, scorpions, other arachnids, leeches, roaches, annelids... Study and collect them.

But I hang out with people who have the same kinds of hobbies.

 

[GundamSentinel]

It's a secret. Duh.

Why am I not surprised you said that?

 

[Trolldor]

I havea less-common hobby for an antipodean Uni student.
I fence.
It's not a common hobby. Not at all.

I fence too. Where do you live? Since it's relatively common, as far as combat sports go, here in Finland. Although it depends on what type of sword you use. I use Épée which was the most common in my old home city, but here in Helsinki apparently everyone uses Foil...
Épée is more fun, you can poke people everywhere on their body.

I also keep all kinds of invertebrates; spiders, scorpions, other arachnids, leeches, roaches, annelids... Study and collect them.

But I hang out with people who have the same kinds of hobbies.

The term antipodean reference means Australia.

I've just started, so I'm only using the foil for the time being.
We're going to have a go with the epee and the Saber (sabre) fairly soon though.

 

[Metal Brother]

I fence.
It's not a common hobby. Not at all.
Most people give you a quizzical look and think "really?"
But hey, I get to have sword fights.

I also fence - primarily foil, but a little saber and epee as well. Great exercise, great sport, great stress relief...

 

[Eisenfaust]

i've wanted to get into fencing for a while, but i'm always preoccupied when they meet locally

 

[Bling1907]

I collect handbooks from games as a hobby. I got like, 30.

 

[Merkavar]

does annoying your dad count as a hobby? cause i do my hobby everyday

 

[SckizoBoy]

Then I bow to you from one warrior to another.
I practice [a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iaid%C5%8D]Iaidõ[/a].

No disrespect meant, but I never really understood the appeal of iaido, perhaps because it was based on the premise of perfecting just four movements (I've probably gotten the wrong idea, though).

And seeing how partner practise is difficult at best, I tended towards kenjutsu for the purposes of sparring.

 

[RevRaptor]

yay for sword fights, I too like to sword fight although I fight with my own style. I have been practising wing chun for about eleven years, by combing the principles of wing chun and how it uses the butterfly knife with the eight strikes of the Chinese broad sword and adding in a lot of Kenjutsu and a little bit of fencing I have come up with a fighting style that fits me like a glove.

I don't practice much now due to illness but when I did I used to scare the shit out of most of my opponents. The core principle of wing chun is to cause the maximum damage with the minimum effort after all.
most of the Kenjutsu enthusiasts were pretty easy to beat, even broke one guys hand. The fencers I would have to say gave me the most trouble. Very good art fencing, the poke of death is very hard to get past.

That's not to say I didn't figure out how to beat them but I've yet to fight anyone that can keep you on your toes as much as a good fencer.

So yea long story short I came up with my own sword style practised it like a religion and then used it to hurt a bunch of people ( some quite badly).

Yea I'd say that's unique.

Feels kinda nice to write this, I never share this info in real life, there's always some stupid twat that thinks swordsmanship is a game or I'm like those sad sacks on youtube that think they are samurai's and of course they want to have a go.
Then I have to hurt them. Honour demands it.

I don't like hurting people but I was taught that martial arts is all or nothing you either train like they did in the old days and take your knocks or you don't train at all. Maybe I take it too seriously but it feels right. ya know.

 

[SckizoBoy]

snip

You actually made me grin for the first time in a while (in a good way).

Just wondering... have you ever fought against a yari-wielder? Personally, those who are good scared the crap out of me (especially when it's a juumonji-yari), and probably still do at that.