With Istvan. 1a. M: extends. S: bind 4, cut wrist, cut head with advance. 1b. M: extends. S: bind counter 3, cut wrist, cut head with advance. Eventually, w/double advance (bind, cut wrist advance, cut head advance), or advance-lunge, or advance, pursuing footwork, deceive parry to end.... 1c. M advances, extends; S: beat 4, cut wrist, cut head. 1d. M advances, extends; S: counter-beat 3, cut wrist, cut head. The symmetry is intentional. ...
Wednesday in Mannheim. AH and LZ present. Also, one of the ambitious women of an age I mentioned a couple of months ago. Stretched, drilled, fenced. I was irritable. Also fencing too much with strength, not enough with head. The AWOAA hit late, from the elbow, repeatedly. Earned a lecture from me, complete with a demonstration of the correct way to execute a cut, with the fingers, delivered to her mask, and the incorrect way, clubbing the sabre and hitting from the ...
Warning Ill-tempered rant followed by mystical nonsense (For those of you who can read this--it is still a work in progress--I'm trying to figure out what I'm really trying to say in the tempo section.) There was a fire outside the fencing hall Friday night, and the hall was still filled with fumes yesterday, so I didn't get a lesson from Istvan. So instead of providing a lesson, I'm going to muse a bit about what I think about sabre. ...
Title has nothing to do with anything--I just needed a title. Fencing last night in Mannheim. Me and LZ. Warmed up with some dynamic stretching, followed by my regular static stretching routine. Dynamic stretching turns out to be nothing more than the kind of calisthenic exercises that a couple of my Eastern European coaches have been requiring for years. I find it enjoyable and a good warm up for the static stretches. Haven't read the research on static ...
W/Istvan. 1. W/blades engaged, M pushes, S pushes back, using fingers only. M releases blade, S cuts head (w/ advance or lunge if needed). Standing, then following distance. Eventually, M cuts flank after S headcut, S parry 3, riposte. 2. Close distance, M taps S's blade, S taps back, in 3 or in 4 (back edge). As above. 3a. S bind 4, feint head w/ advance, cut flank w/lunge. 3b. S bind counter 3, feint flank w/advance, cut head w/lunge. ...
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