Ahren asked me what I liked from last Wednesday's lesson with Josef and I told him a bunch of things, including one of Josef's favorite "provocations" - coming forward in quinte. Ahren then worked with me on making that particular action into a sabre action. It's a low five that from the side looks like an attack, and it can finish with cheek cut, cutover, deception with point attack, taking over the attack, or a number of other responses. We worked with that for a bit until it felt ...
With Istvan. 1a. M: advances. S: cut to head/retreat. 1b. M: advances. S: cut to head/retreat. M: attacks. S: parry-riposte 1c. Distance game, M prepares w/hand back. S: cut to head/retreat. M: attacks. S: parry-riposte. This exercise is good for developing feeling for tempo and hand speed, obviously, and also for developing a sense of critical distance--staying close enough that you can make the head cut as the opponent begins to rush forward, then get ...
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