How to Fence : How to Riposte as a Counter Attack in Fencing

[BigFatty666]

A riposte isn't a counter attack...

[rdrkx80]

I've been fencing for 5 weeks, and I can see that counterattack is awful.

[t1y2r3a4n5]

@rdrkx80 It is also useful when done properly and unexpectedly to gain some easy points. You shouldn't make it a habit since after a couple of hits, your opponent would be able to read you and nail you like a pin cushion. Using it once or twice per bout may give you some easy points.

[t1y2r3a4n5]

yea, this guy's counter-attak sucks pretty bad, he's contorted his body in a way that he can easily go off balance.

[urs91174]

It's about the twentieth video I see and each one has bad comments from fencing coaches. I can read out of your comments that there is experience but could you guys please suggest which videos to watch? Sure I'm going to take lessons, but when you're back home from training you wanna have a reference for your "homework". Even better if you would post your own videos to show "how to make it right". Thanks in advance

[antleredzen]

I am a fencing coach and what this guy is doing is criminal... Though strangely entertaining. When would a fencing coach try and teach you counter attacks like that? You would get pulverised. This guy must be a part time fencer doing a college project i bet.

[BDpill359]

Wrong. Nowadays the way to counter-attack is NOT by leaning back and going off-balance, but is by either closing distance and counter-attacking or making a sudden unexpected attack (usually a flick to the shoulder, something subtle) while they're in the middle of an action.

[fencingismysoul]

you aren't counter attacking. you're dancing like a retarded disco freak.

you probably took like five minutes of lessons

[paliver]

Yes an You are the guy how loves to make boring comments instead of boring clips?

[BDpill359]

Are you a fencer? Probably not, otherwise you'd be raging with the rest of us.

[paliver]

Us? Us Youtubers???

[BDpill359]

Us fencers.

[DKahu]

Ugliest counter attack I've ever seen..

[LuciusTheFair]

Whoa... ducking and turning his body off balance? Has he actually done that in a real bout and won? I would expect anybody performing that move to fall flat on their rear end. I'm not hating. I'm simply asking if this ever actually works against an another experienced fencer.

[rocketcheese]

you don't get right of way if u couterattack!!!!!! you get a yellow card for ducking/"moving" and the hit gets annulled. and what if they don't miss!!!!!

and its pronounced parry repost not parry reposte

[keirebu]

lol you are a winner...

[TheMarsinRetrograde]

You won't get the right of way, but if it is one light and you have not turned the back of your head to the opponent or stepped off of the side of the strip, then you will get the touch for a counter-attack.