Little exploration of countering the low guard from a Fabrisian stance. Point at the wrist and harass it.

In hindsight, I’d like Anezka to do the direct thrusts to wrist much more profiled. We’ll clean that up next time.

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Mixing things up a little with a cool offline step to aid in counter-parrying or renewing on the outside line.

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The floor was slick since they resealed it, so we kept footwork/explosiveness chiller.

Little more actions on the blade work (envelopment) with either a glide to the high line or a flanconade to the low line.

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Anezka and I have been starting and finishing our lessons together with a little coach sparring.

Doing it after a quick warmup gives us some data on things we want to clean up or cover in the lesson. Doing it at the end lets us see how the lesson impacted performance.

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Little unscripted parry-riposte volley from recent training with Eli.

I’m big on getting folks comfortable with attacks failing and transitioning from offense to defense.

So I’ll throw in parries and ripostes to keep the fencer on their toes and be able to flow with the changing environment.

This was several weeks ago when it didn’t hurt it be outdoors in New England.

Fun little sequence; mixing a few blade actions here to get more practice in.

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Second half of this drill with Anezka. Same setup and actions, just with mobility thrown in to up the spice.

She’s looking to get me with a disengagement in time. Or, if I land the parry, transition to defense with her own counter-parry & riposte.

Real solid work by Anezka here.