My elder daughter got famous

Nikolai

Natalie only started fencing couple months ago, but all of a sudden she's now considered the "top fencing dog" in her HS:



Pictures are not mine, I only scanned the article..
Funny how this works. But I'm glad for her:-) I guess it's good to be a popular junior:-)

4labs

I think that is really neat Nik,something great for the family scrapbook.Thnxs for sharing.

bfjr

Great good luck to her

Nikolai

Thanks Eric!

4labs wrote:

I think that is really neat Nik,something great for the family scrapbook.Thnxs for sharing.

It sure is kewl:-)

Nikolai

Thank you!

bfjr wrote:

Great good luck to her

She would need it in college:-)

jwear

Nik teenage girl --very sharp long object --is this a good idea well now I know someone famous

Nikolai

Lol

jwear wrote:

Nik teenage girl --very sharp long object --is this a good idea well now I know someone famous

Thanks, Jeff!
But I have a question for ya - aren't you going to join us at he Post Shootout? RV, etc.?
Come on, sign up and be counted!

rainforest1155

Congrats Nik, looks like your daughter is doing very well. I never had such a huge newspaper article dedicated to me and what I'm doing.
But it brings up questions - what happended with your family name or better said which one is the true one? On the net you are known as Sklobovsky, but the article mentions Sklobovskaya. Am I missing something about Russian naming schemes?
Also they are talking about family tradition - does that mean that you used to fence yourself? Wow...sounds pretty cool.

Sebastian

devbobo

How cool !!!

Does this mean that you're a bit of a swash-buckler ? Did you reach any competitive heights yourself ?

I have always wanted to try fencing...having the surname Parry I have always thought it might be in my genes

Dave

Nikolai

Sebastian,

rainforest1155 wrote:

Congrats Nik, looks like your daughter is doing very well. I never had such a huge newspaper article dedicated to me and what I'm doing.
But it brings up questions - what happended with your family name or better said which one is the true one? On the net you are known as Sklobovsky, but the article mentions Sklobovskaya. Am I missing something about Russian naming schemes?
Also they are talking about family tradition - does that mean that you used to fence yourself? Wow...sounds pretty cool.

Sebastian

In Russian language almost everything (the only exception I know are the first names, they do not intersect, so you always can tell a gender by the first name, no "Sandy" in Russian) has a "gender". There are actually three: masculine, feminine and "none", or "the third" (verbal translation is "soulless", i.e. "without a soul"). I believe the German is pretty close to that, although you would know better:-)
As a part of this gender system, the last names (aka family names) are also change with the gender. Thus, Yuri's daughter or wife would bear the last name "Pautova" [p'a: u:tova]. Since my last name is kinda Polish origin and end with "ky" (pronouced [kij]), the appropriate female last name is a bit different both in Russian and English, and the article, for once, spleeded it correctly, ending with "kaya" [ka:ja]. Note that the stress syllable does not change, only the ending, so her last name thus far sounds as [sklob'ovska:ja], not as [sklobovsk'a:ja].

Speaking of the "family tradition"...:-) Well, it's a bit of strech.
I used to fence foil for a few years in what now would be called "a high school" (USSR, 1975-77), but I never had a chance to continue to do that since I entered the university. So it's been a while (30 years:-). That is until this Summer, when I realized that there is a friendly fencing club 5 minutes away from my house, and first one, and then both of my daughters expressed a clear interest in this sport. It gave me an additional chance to bond with them (teenage girls, you know - hard to keep a rapport:-), as well as "recall the old good days".

Besides, I always use it as a "action shooting exercise" - dimly lit community center and fast moving fencers are tough targets...

That's about it! Thank you for your questions!

rainforest1155

Nik,

thanks for the very interesting explanation. Now I can say that I at least know something about Russian grammar.
Too bad that you didn't have the chance to stay in fencing. What about giving it another try - after 30 years - just for fun? You could invite a fellow dgrinner over there to shoot some pictures.

Yeah, I see how this helps you to improve your fast action shooting skills. It's a great opportunity. Actually we had the fencing world championship over here in Leipzig last week. I didn't pay much attention to it and as I see now it was also to expensive to get a good seat - don't have that much money at the moment. I guess it would have been hard with my trusty 717 - even on a 1st class seat.

Sebastian

Nikolai

I thought I said I entered, too

rainforest1155 wrote:

Nik,
Too bad that you didn't have the chance to stay in fencing. What about giving it another try - after 30 years - just for fun
Sebastian

Check this one: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=20496
I'm at the very bottom:-)
And in the gallery - I'm kicking @$$!

Cheers!

rainforest1155

Nikolai wrote:

Check this one: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=20496
I'm at the very bottom:-)
And in the gallery - I'm kicking @$$!

Cheers!

Thanks, I guess I just missed the part where you said this.

Sebastian