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Old 02-19-2001, 05:59 PM   #1
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Old 02-19-2001, 06:22 PM   #2
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I don't have a "best move" but when my opponent impale themselves on my stop-hit I find that very satisfying.

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Old 02-19-2001, 06:53 PM   #3
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Old 02-20-2001, 03:45 AM   #4
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This is not my best move but it is up there on my top ten list. It's a strategic mulitple move thingy. In the beginning of the bout, I take it very calm. Then I attack very quickly with a basic lunge. It's not necessarily to score. I just want to draw his instinctive/emergency/yikes parry. I remember what it is. Later in the bout when I need one more point to win, I take it very easy, and then I make a sudden attack (in order to draw his emergency parry), I disengage as appropriate and score.
I've only done it once and it worked very nicely. Very gratifying. After the bout when we shook hands, he said "You knew I was going to parry like that."

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Old 02-20-2001, 07:55 AM   #5
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My "best move?" Not gonna say.

My favourite? It's a bit impractical, not something you use in every bout, but it can be effective in its own right, and it's fun to do.

It's a counterattack; jump in the air, and flick over the back. The other person has to have committed to their attack. If they shift their line up, you're toast. Timed right, the worst that can happen is an off-target on the leg.

Of course, I'm working on taking the blade on the way up, so that it's my parry-riposte.

Also fun: counterattack and then close the line. (Great against people who go with their arm in the air all the time. "No flick for you!")

Something in me is also very fond of the fleche.

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Alright, this is for foilist/basketbal players. This is mainly used against opponents whom like to stay low or uses crouch-counterattck or if you really can jump.
As soon as the director says "fence", run back to the base line to give yourself some room for acceleration, and then run as fast as you can toward your opponent and jump across your opponent, and when your oppenent is under your crouch, score on his back with your blade in between your legs.
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Old 02-21-2001, 01:20 PM   #7
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Arcon: Yes, I think I taught you that move. A modified pasata sotto, yes?

My favorite move: well, anythig that works is a great move. I think my fleche with a disengage has got to be my crowing achievement. Most people assume a straight attack with such a violent motion, but I have the control to move my tip gently around their guard while flying at them. They naturally think "Ha! Parry four no problemo!" just before my tip lands on their chest without any hint of blade contact.

But that's not my only attack.

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Old 03-09-2001, 12:51 PM   #8
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i don't have one, but i feel like i've earned something when i have to work at a point, against someone really good, then it's like "aha!" [this is english] I knew i could get you, but when! that is the quesion,(leave it, it sounds french)
not how but WHEN

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Old 03-09-2001, 03:12 PM   #9
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My favorite move is which ever one works most effectively against my current opponent. Or the one that frustates my opponent the most.
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Old 03-09-2001, 04:23 PM   #10
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My best move? Being able to put all of my equipment on without forgetting anything, AFTER I go to the bathroom...

...not to mention remembering to bring everything with me to the strip..."Uh, excuse me? Can you pass me my mask?"

If I can do all of this, I'm having a great day!
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My best move? Being able to put all of my equipment on without forgetting anything, AFTER I go to the bathroom...

...not to mention remembering to bring everything with me to the strip..."Uh, excuse me? Can you pass me my mask?"

If I can do all of this, I'm having a great day!

Amen to that! And it's a rare event in which I actually manage to put everything on without having to take it off again because I forgot to put on the (a) plastron (b) breast protectors (c) suspenders.
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