On the last point, there's one student at the moment at whom I regularly exclaim that he should stand up more and make bigger actions and be lazier, and it invariably means he gets a bunch of touches in a row and nods his head.
On the last point, there's one student at the moment at whom I regularly exclaim that he should stand up more and make bigger actions and be lazier, and it invariably means he gets a bunch of touches in a row and nods his head.
Originally Posted by dontask
That sounds wrong. How does that work?
I don't know about the "making actions bigger" part, but I had one of my best competitions ever on a day when I was sick as a dog, leading to an unwillingness to do any more than was absolutely necessary. Seems that totally confounded my opponents. So maybe being lazy could have a similar effect.
I don't know about the "making actions bigger" part, but I had one of my best competitions ever on a day when I was sick as a dog, leading to an unwillingness to do any more than was absolutely necessary. Seems that totally confounded my opponents. So maybe being lazy could have a similar effect.
Well, that does sound like supercharged epee.
Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!