[see ema knows what's up, opinion further validated]

It's padded, fencers do take falls you know. [besides who wrestles even besides losers like jake???] Well it's not like I take fencing on the off chance I'll need to swordfight with some ruffians or other such nonsense. [haha... that never happens even once...] It's for fun, not really self defense.

[aka admitting basically he doesn't know a single thing about self defense unless he's allowed to use a trusty steel pipe, whoops.]