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190331 The Simple Straight Thrust

Nothing is simpler than the straight thrust, right? You just stick you arm out and hit the other fencer. No great thought, no sophistication, you go fast at the right moment and you are a touch richer and closer to being a fencing hero (with apologies to the YouTube series…

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Walter Green 14 Apr 2019 14 Apr 2019Counteroffense, Fencing Actions, Offense

190324 The Counterattack

In the big scheme of things, absent your opponent throwing himself or herself on your point, there are essentially two ways to hit him or her, with offense or with counteroffense. Offense is the whole family of attacks, ripostes, renewals and many of the second and fourth intention actions. Counteroffense…

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Walter Green 7 Apr 2019 7 Apr 2019Counteroffense, Fencing Actions, Strategy and Tactics

Our Top 50 Blog

Salle Green’s weekly blog has been recognized by Feedspot as a Top 50 Fencing Blog. We know we provide high quality content on how to fence, and it feels good to have others recognize that as well.

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Walter Green 7 Apr 2019 7 Apr 2019Awards

190317 Second and Other Intentions

For there to be a second intention, doesn’t there have to be a first intention? And there is. A first intention action is a complete action executed with the intent to hit. You execute a one-two-three high-low-high attack – that is first intention. You riposte – first intention. You counterattack…

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Walter Green 24 Mar 2019 24 Mar 2019Uncategorized

The Notes from The Military Sword Today on March 7th

In between Sabre and Epee on March 7th we stole some time to talk about how the military sword has evolved in the modern world. These swords are the cousins of the weapons we carry, and although their modern use is largely ceremonial, it was not that long ago that…

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Walter Green 19 Mar 2019 19 Mar 2019Uncategorized

190310 A Parrying Comprehensive

If you buy a textbook on fencing, virtually any text, you will find either drawings or pictures of fencers perform the standard sets of parries for the various weapons. There they are, in a good guard position, with their arms and weapons properly positioned at just the right angle at…

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Walter Green 17 Mar 2019 17 Mar 2019Defense, Fencing Actions, Strategy and Tactics

190303 The Matter With Distance

Every fencer is at some point taught that there are three distances (we teach that there are at least 5 in foil, more in sabre, and even more in epee). When our attack falls short we know that it is because the distance was not right. If we are a…

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Walter Green 10 Mar 2019 10 Mar 2019Defense, Fencing Actions, Footwork, Offense, Uncategorized

190225 It Is A Stovepipe

Okay, sometimes I take a different view of fencing from the traditional understanding of strategy, tactics, and technique. But what does fencing have to do with a stovepipe? To answer that question we have to answer another: what is a stovepipe? I am not talking about the relatively narrow metal…

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Walter Green 9 Mar 2019 9 Mar 2019Fencing Actions, Offense, Strategy and Tactics

190217 Thoughts on the Compound Attack

Compound attacks are commonly defined as multiple tempo blade actions, the last of which is the final attack and all previous of which are feints. As a practical matter a compound attack is actually a prepared attack (attacks which work by using preparatory actions to create opening lines through which…

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Walter Green 24 Feb 2019 24 Feb 2019Fencing Actions, Footwork, Offense, Strategy and Tactics

190210 Beating the Riposte

So there you are, the perfect attack into the opening line and all is well with the world because the next touch will be yours. And then you feel it – blade contact. You know what that means – parry – and that a riposte is on its way. What…

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Walter Green 17 Feb 2019 17 Feb 2019Counteroffense, Defense, Fencing Actions, Offense, Strategy and Tactics
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