Hello, I am currently very frustrated with my height, I am only 5'3", I am having a hell of a hard time fencing someone who is 6'4". I watch my distance but he gets me everytime with this super long reach/ lunge long reach. I do not know what to do? Any good tactics, techniques to help me compensate for my shortness? thanks iosman
Just a suggestion, but do remember there are three games and the tactics to overcome your problem would differ according to the weapon. So in epee I would suggest focusing on picks to the wrist. There the blades are the same length. This may also apply in saber though I would defer to a sabruer such as Inq.
You are responding to a spam post, JJ. It is a copy of a post from 16+ years ago: https://www.fencing.net/forums/threads/tall-vs-short-in-fencing.4880/