I don't mean to brag, but I felt like I had a really good stop cut and the best one in my high school conference . . . and then I saw Lopez's. Damn those are just beautiful.
CyrusOf Chaos videos are the best sabre fencing coach in the world! :D
I learnt to do that "stop-cut" counterattack from this video, and when my coach sees me doing it he is always yelling: "where the hell do you learn this stuff, stop doing it!!!" but the truth is that he is impressed, i'd say ^.^
Truly this videos do a great service for the fencing community, special to us the sabre fencers, because (indirectly) encourages us to try these actions in the piste. Congratulations, keep going!
I love his footwork. He must be a beast to go up against. The way he uses his back foot to create the explosive attack is incredible. His front foot gives very minimal if any tell, and it helps hide his weight shift and his range of attack. And CoC...excellent job on all of the fencing vids.
In high school fencing, I use this as my signature move so I don't use it that often (attack in prep), but it works great. What I do is see my opponent's foot rise up while he is advancing and I jump right in for the one light. It's a beautiful move! Crazy how Lopez does it all the time...
I think the huge thing about Lopez is his footwork. He rushes back, almost completely off-balance, but gets his feet under him almost imperceptibly. This really makes his opponents want to hold, since they see him off-balance rushing back and miss his weight-shift.
Also, his weight-shifts are incredibly fast, this is probably why he can do what you are talking about. Even when he is on balance he fakes his weight shift over and over. Look at the touch around 3:40 - 3:45 against Pina, and then again later at 5:21 and again at the last touch at 6:00. His back and forth shifting looks like it would make it incredibly hard to hold on an attack. It would seem that a smooth medium length attack would be best against that stuff. That or 2nd intention.
they are no time for time by tommy guerrero and doin time by sublime. if you like the music in future videos, check the video information, i have it listed there most of the time
The interesting thing about the 5-parry fake is that he does it from a position with the tip well forward in an aggressive position of fast parry riposte. Hypothetically when an opponent sees such a parry in response to a feint or false attack, he's going to take another step and feint again if he's not quite in distance to finish. Drawing that extra step while presenting the tip and and then using it to AiP is a brilliant fake.
Thanks mate. I happen to be a Attack in Prep guy myself and this definitely showed me some pointers. I never thought about feinting the parry 5 and then switching tempo's.
I don't mean to brag, but I felt like I had a really good stop cut and the best one in my high school conference . . . and then I saw Lopez's. Damn those are just beautiful.
Angel0fAnarchy 3 months ago
CyrusOf Chaos videos are the best sabre fencing coach in the world! :D
I learnt to do that "stop-cut" counterattack from this video, and when my coach sees me doing it he is always yelling: "where the hell do you learn this stuff, stop doing it!!!" but the truth is that he is impressed, i'd say ^.^
Truly this videos do a great service for the fencing community, special to us the sabre fencers, because (indirectly) encourages us to try these actions in the piste. Congratulations, keep going!
neverenough1984 9 months ago
I love his footwork. He must be a beast to go up against. The way he uses his back foot to create the explosive attack is incredible. His front foot gives very minimal if any tell, and it helps hide his weight shift and his range of attack. And CoC...excellent job on all of the fencing vids.
NicholasFenix 1 year ago
he's amazing !!!
i'm going to try this one :P
annemarieaue 1 year ago
wth....
ShuyuKoukin 1 year ago
I would love to see videos like this about Foil Fencers.
Blad0506 1 year ago
He must have had to practice that like a hundred times with his coach or friends at his fencing gym to make his stop-cut that efficient.
NeoProductionsCPTV 1 year ago
In high school fencing, I use this as my signature move so I don't use it that often (attack in prep), but it works great. What I do is see my opponent's foot rise up while he is advancing and I jump right in for the one light. It's a beautiful move! Crazy how Lopez does it all the time...
MaestroKong 2 years ago 3
I think the huge thing about Lopez is his footwork. He rushes back, almost completely off-balance, but gets his feet under him almost imperceptibly. This really makes his opponents want to hold, since they see him off-balance rushing back and miss his weight-shift.
dbssaber 2 years ago 6
Also, his weight-shifts are incredibly fast, this is probably why he can do what you are talking about. Even when he is on balance he fakes his weight shift over and over. Look at the touch around 3:40 - 3:45 against Pina, and then again later at 5:21 and again at the last touch at 6:00. His back and forth shifting looks like it would make it incredibly hard to hold on an attack. It would seem that a smooth medium length attack would be best against that stuff. That or 2nd intention.
RadricTycho 2 years ago
Someone can say me what are the name of the songs in this video? The first is awesome!
ciccibucci831 2 years ago
they are no time for time by tommy guerrero and doin time by sublime. if you like the music in future videos, check the video information, i have it listed there most of the time
CyrusofChaos 2 years ago
The interesting thing about the 5-parry fake is that he does it from a position with the tip well forward in an aggressive position of fast parry riposte. Hypothetically when an opponent sees such a parry in response to a feint or false attack, he's going to take another step and feint again if he's not quite in distance to finish. Drawing that extra step while presenting the tip and and then using it to AiP is a brilliant fake.
RadricTycho 2 years ago
Thanks mate. I happen to be a Attack in Prep guy myself and this definitely showed me some pointers. I never thought about feinting the parry 5 and then switching tempo's.
PodzniakovisElite 2 years ago
this is awesome. more like this dude!
zeromont 2 years ago
very interesting. Nicely done.
trueflipmode 2 years ago
Thanks for the Upload!
drakenwing 2 years ago
Thanks CyrusofChaos! Lots of help
bebobobalu 2 years ago