Amazing Touches Video

[CyrusofChaos]

hello all: i have made a new compilation video of amazing touches from last season. check it out! and for those of you who have facebook i have made a cyrusofchaos page so take a look at that too!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cyruso...22593457785393

[Craig]

Based on the opening 4 panel montage, I'd say you like the skyhook.

[Peach]

Based on the opening 4 panel montage, I'd say you like the skyhook.

And based on the rest of it, attack in prep, parry riposte, straight counter-attack, and the occasional all-the-way-down-the-strip attack

[Dev]

The riposte from line at 3:30 is probably my favorite. Also partial to the long exchange starting from 5:41 and the exchange ending in Montano's attack from 5:01.

Unrelated, Andrew, I like your choices of music--especially the Strokes song.

[Foil.Leicester]

Right up until the end I was like "What about Yak's last touch against Samele?!?"

Incredible touch, especially in the context of the match!

[springdon]

The Overhead stuff is awesome -- from the Cyrus Lost Tapes? That view of Yaki's footwork is awesome.

[edew]

Craig, I find the skyhook to be the least interesting action in saber. Give me the classical cut action, or at the very least, a thrust action.

/I would like to see the FIE remove the cuff as target in saber. Mandate the saber cuff can be no longer than 20cm and force people to hit a significant target.

[Peach]

Craig, I find the skyhook to be the least interesting action in saber. Give me the classical cut action, or at the very least, a thrust action.

/I would like to see the FIE remove the cuff as target in saber. Mandate the saber cuff can be no longer than 20cm and force people to hit a significant target.

Totally disagree. A well-executed skyhook is a beautiful thing and a remarkable equalizer for shorter fencers. Daria Schneider's skyhook has always astounded me.

[Inquartata]

Anyone else getting distortion? Sort of a washed-out, pastel-colored blurring that goes in and out? I can't really watch it at all.

[cplmontana]

Awesome. Thank you.

Would you mind in the future, maybe not doing the split screen in the middle of the video i.e. Yaki, 2:55? Or do it, then show them separately? Minor complaint. Thanks again.

[Grasshopper]

Sabre meets the Brady Bunch opening.

[Lady Quindecim]

Can someone just post/send the url to the video? I would like to see it, but...

[CyrusofChaos]

Awesome. Thank you.

Would you mind in the future, maybe not doing the split screen in the middle of the video i.e. Yaki, 2:55? Or do it, then show them separately? Minor complaint. Thanks again.

youre welcome. i only realized that was a problem after i posted it, if i do something like that again (which i probably will) i will make sure i slow them down

[Purple Fencer]

Craig, I find the skyhook to be the least interesting action in saber. Give me the classical cut action, or at the very least, a thrust action.

/I would like to see the FIE remove the cuff as target in saber. Mandate the saber cuff can be no longer than 20cm and force people to hit a significant target.

20cm on a tiny 13 year old vs 20cm on a 6 foot + adult would not result in relatively equal target area. Better to leave target to the wrist bones and teach fencers to -- y'know -- take a parry once in a while.

20 cm on me is about an inch short of the crotch of my elbow (on you too, if I remember right...I think we're about the same height). 20 cm on one kid I teach would be like an opera glove.

Your change would require a non-conductive manchette to reduce target in an equitable fashion -- probably to the crotch of the elbow....too much of a change.

[Beloit Fencer of Old]

Well done.

[CyrusofChaos]

im glad you all liked the video! i would also like to start making compilation videos again. i have already started making one on gu bon gil's long attack. does anyone have some specific aspect of a specific fencers game that they would like me to analyze? (i dont like to do parries)

[Peach]

im glad you all liked the video! i would also like to start making compilation videos again. i have already started making one on gu bon gil's long attack. does anyone have some specific aspect of a specific fencers game that they would like me to analyze? (i dont like to do parries)

Attack on preparation And maybe some women's sabre now and then?

[CyrusofChaos]

Attack on preparation And maybe some women's sabre now and then?

i can only use my own footage so womens sabre is out of the question since i have literally one bout from the past year and i have been explicitly forbidden to display it. maybe i will do attack on prep but you have to give me a fencer whose attack in prep i like

[Foil.Leicester]

i can only use my own footage so womens sabre is out of the question since i have literally one bout from the past year and i have been explicitly forbidden to display it. maybe i will do attack on prep but you have to give me a fencer whose attack in prep i like

Not sure if its the sort of thing you're looking at doing, but what about something like Yakimenko's variety of footwork preparations in the first zone?

Another one I quite like is Nicolasz Iliasz's long attack.

Any of these doing it for you?

Edit: Also quite interested in what Kovalev, Reshetnikov and Yakimenko have all started doing on their long attacks, using stutter steps, stopping and taking steps back.

[Peach]

i can only use my own footage so womens sabre is out of the question since i have literally one bout from the past year and i have been explicitly forbidden to display it. maybe i will do attack on prep but you have to give me a fencer whose attack in prep i like

Was worth asking. And you can use any fencers whose attacks in prep you like. I'm not fussy. I'm just interested in how different people set it up.