Favorite fencing move?

[Hanzo]

Hello all.

Just wondering if anyone has a favorite fencing move that works alot ,until someone figures it out.

[epeemike81]

in epee when your opponent comes in four opposition:
yielding eight, mulinet, flick to the back.



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[wflaschka]

1. Do a long attack to get the other fencer hurrying backwards.

2. Extend to the other fencer's chest and lunge.

3. Other fencer parries.

4. Do an immediate remise when you feel the parry. Lean into it.

Here's how it works. The opponent is flying backwards, and then you lunge. He takes the parry, but he's not in distance to land with a quick riposte -- all he can do at that point is parry and stop retreating. His riposte can't be direct because he's off-balance. Your remise gets him dead on. I've been using it lately against people with crummy footwork. (Add the "lean" part to mess up their point control.)

I've done this subtlely, so that the opponent doesn't understand what happened, and they think they missed me. I've done this emphatically, with a thunk on the sternum, to get the opponent to respect my attacks (that is, retreat in front of them, getting into my distance).

Note: Not so good against a fencer with a reliable flick.

[AndrewH]

For some reason inexperienced sabrists get it in their head that they always have to attack on the first touch. I particularily enjoy bounding forward then stopping, watching their attack come in, then making the one light parry riposte. It's a great demoralizer too, if you nail it on the first touch of the bout.

[whtouche]

sabre.
Chasing opponant, from a distance far enough for your attack to be unsuccessful but still look threatening, lunge, cut to opponants 3(assuming both rightys). He puts up his parry but your attack doesnt have distance to even connect with his blade. While he's still in 3rd, recover forward, flunge cut to head closeout to 4.
If you do it fast enough and with the right timing, it's very effective, and looks cool too. Also a good way to close distance (you've missed, your opponant thinks it's his turn to chase you..)

Either that, or a perfectly timed skyhook stopcut to the wrist. If done correctly your opponant has missed, your stopcut has landed, and you're standing nearly right next to each other with only one light on.

Two most satisfying things you can do in sabre.

[PisteOff]

foil:

when someone lightly touches my lame and stops fencing to look at the scoring box, which hasn't gone off.

I casually get my touch and as they are berating themselves, I walk over and pat the top of the scoring box like a 'good doggie'.

==PisteOff==

[Artisan]

I like scoring with a point in line, if you can pull it off. Demoralizing to your opponent to "make" them just walk into you.

[Toecutter]

I think one of the most satisfying things in foil is just doing a nice, clean deceive to six and nailing them. It's a great feeling to just swoop in and get a touch without any blade contact. I guess I like simplicity.

[ShaggyShaw]

In epee, when your opponent lunges, he misses, you see that the top of his wrist is open, you fleche, you flick, and nail him on the knuckle.

[axelbcorlu]

foil:
i believe it is the same with what artisan likes; against someone who advances, thinking it is an attack, without threatening the target area, a nice impaling point-in-line is an enjoyable experience for the impaler. lol...

[reawl]

foil:

I prefer a juicy inquartata with just a pinch of bind to take their blade out of the way. It is so nice to prepare a shishkabob that skewers itself

[Katman]

Foil:

Attack into preparation against an opponent who's obviously barreling down the strip to flick you. Hell, just any attack into preparation. It makes me grin and think, "Ha ha, saw it comin'."

Epee:

Face touch when an opponent goes for a toe touch. True, the arm and shoulder are closer, but I think it's a nice bell-ringer to smack someone in the mask when they go for my toe, especially considering the typical height dis-advantage on my behalf (I'm fairly short). ;p

[retardedspleen]

in sabre....


I really like to trick people set up traps, or....refferee tricks are prolly the best although really mean to the other fencer..



Any second intention off of point in line

fake parry 5, and then stop cut when they attempt to hit you

Skip jump forward-attack into preperation.


and last but not least....on ready fence, you simple flung and your back foot finish's on THEIR ongaurd line

theres sooo many that come to mind!


Chris T.

[jusplainfencing]

Double coup'e for me!

[wflaschka]

Double coup'e for me!

If you execute the action tightly, you can call it your little deuce coupe!

[PeterGustafsson]

Hi!

This has worked like a charm against *some* people, right vs. right:

1. Engage opponents blade in sixte
2. Rotate grip to tierce, and start running at the same time - this only works if you are close enough
3. Start a counter-tierce, while at the same time forcefully lift your grip, pushing up theirs. Keep running!
4. Your hand is at shoulder height, blade angled slightly downwards. Blades are engaged forte to forte, opponent´s blade directed upwards and past you to your right.
5. You have big juicy target, and nothing is defending it.

This only works if you catch the right time to start, and they do not start retreating early enough. You also must keep advancing *all* the time.

Have a nice time!

Peter Gustafsson

[Scott Allen Abf]

As a lefty fencing a righty, guard in 6th outside of his blade perform a circle-beat with a coupe than land on his right shoulder or back.

I can't get enough of that one, I over-use it.

[Scott Allen Abf]

As a lefty fencing a righty, guard in 6th outside of his blade perform a circle-beat with a coupe than land on his right shoulder or back.

I can't get enough of that one, I over-use it.

[fencingguy]

a couple

opposition 6, LONG lunge to chest

Opposition 8, fleche

fleche to mask when their hand is too low

[FlamingDeth]

If you execute the action tightly, you can call it your little deuce coupe!

I think that pun caused me actual physical harm.

Anyhow, I like to pull a passata-soto every once in a while. I find that most people don't expect it, especially from a tall guy like me. It's really great when it works on short people, in which case they sit there wondering how I was able to get that low that quickly.