Fencing vids - I need your input

[Craig]

Post any videos up to YouTube, or I have some AmazonS3 space that anyone uploading videos they own can use.

If you're contributing analysis, I'd love to get some articles (could be just bullet points with a couple of paragraphs of what to look for) to feature each video in it's own thread.

This is a great project - tip of the hat to CyrusofChaos for starting the trend.

Craig

[BlackPelican]

i'll try. I owe you one after all

[samh]

What about Wang Lei? He always looks rather amateurish, but has managed to do decently well. Is his moderate success an anomaly?

This is you being funny right? Because he is a World Champion and Olympic medallist.

[K O'N]

Wang Lei is a physical presence. He is absolutely crazy when it comes to pressure. He may look amateur-ish but he doesn't fence like it.

+1 for Wang. Surely the "look amateurish" comment was a joke, he's a monster.

How about WE? Flessel's foot touch, Schalm's counterattack or Britta Heidemann's dropping "armpit" attack?

K O'N

[lguillemin]

I don't have very many fencing videos with World Class Women's Epee... Although there are a lot of really good actions that can be looked into. Maybe one day

[chinbeard]

This is you being funny right? Because he is a World Champion and Olympic medallist.

I am aware of this, I'm just stating that his style LOOKS more amateurish than it is (obviously, he couldn't have reached the top twice with sheer luck), I would just like to better understand what's going on when I watch him. You have to admit that he is one of the more unusual fencers out there.

[epeeslasher]

One really important thing to look at in the video analysis, how the same preparation is used differently depending on the opponent's reaction.