Foil Fencing Lesson (counter) Parry-Riposte

After a series of quarte disengage attacks, Bijan takes several counter-ripostes before finishing with a fleche. (For those striving for perfection--He's too close when I'm coming forward/hand is too far back in his sixte parry & he's not fully stretched in the fleche--Aside from these things, I think Bijan has admirable form but I'm his coach & biased...)

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[HPIracing111]

ur pulling your arm too far back and your making poor lunges, the only thing that was actually good about this video was the fleche at the end

[IainShovelin]

Actually, Bijan should have fleched much sooner. I agree with the arm pulling back, and lunges could have been deeper with a quicker hand, but that's the beauty of foil fencing - there are so many ways to improve

[nitrosray]

Yes you must Sieze or Quart depending on the direction of that attack coming towards you. Then you must parry and reposte (extension of the arm only) you shouldn't need to take any steps forward... I hope this helped you

[UnicornandPie]

Hey I was wondering(just started to fence foil) whether you should parry before you do an extend for a touch or not...thanks

[tangoseven70]

Fencing is always about improvement towards perfection. We're all trying to get there. Thanks for posting.

[Fastest0Jason]

On parts of it he was too close, and yeah so his arm was going to far back. Also on some of his attacks he was throwing his shoulder forward, which doesnt help with movements after the attack.

[sandt2295]

Creo que tiene una mala guardia

[Goatuheim]

Why the dropping of the head on the lunge in such an ugly fashion? It's not a terribly long lunge, so I can't see a point beyond the poor form.

[DaBomb2704]

Nice fleche.

[ApollotheLizard]

Sehr nett.