As an up and coming epee fencer in the United States, and fencing with a physical disability. I really value and appreciate stuff like this. Thank you! Definitely gonna try this.
@@samhealy5994 great stuff!! Make sure to keep expanding on that idea, be creative with different tempos/step-sizes/various other pattern combinations that could help while on attack/deffence/preparation etc
Maitre, I am a bit of a late convert to fencing. I'm looking on a daily basis to your clips and they are really useful in understanding the game. Thank you
I also have another channel (Online Fencing Games) where I do podcasts with some of the fencing stars around the world...this coming week we have an olympic champion premiering ...
Sorry for terribly late reply...work, quarantine, kids of my own, im sure you'll understand. How to counter it: simple answer is dont adjust your tempo to opponent's tempo. So if you're opponent lulling you, then resist it by not allowing your opponent to keep doing it without paying a price. They're "lulling" you to set up a reaction. Your job is to make them react to you before they make you react to them. Ex. Do test your opponents ability on their step forward (flesche, hand hit attempt, toe hit, etc..),maybe they just look like they're good. Or make your opponent move more on the strip as that will make it tougher to set up good footwork for them...
Thanks for the video! I was just wondering, isn't the way you step in and out too monotonous? I feel that if I had someone do that in front of me I'd just time an attack in prep when he's about to step in. How would you counter that? Varying the rythm, or only doing half steps to get out quickly?
Jose Moran Thank you for the question! So first off it's a general concept of moving into opponent's distance and being able to get out. One can do that with the feet like in the video or you can execute that concept on the smaller scale (ie. just moving your arm to present the threat) Second, before moving into opponent's distance your tip should be at your opponent's tip, not any closer (other words you should be far and safe) At that distance it is pretty far and for a capable fencer should be a safe distance. As a result , if opponent fleches while your far it's obvious you're prepared. If opponent does "time" your entry...your arm is already extending forward; legs went from being far to being in regular combative distance. And if you practice on regular basis, then you should have a full arsenal of actions to WIN an attack-on-preparation against you. You should have enough time to disengage/parry/squat under/ counter attack. This is a small piece of knowledge from the French school. Some of the fencers that use this well are Yannick Borrel, Alex Fava, Gauthier Grummier (now retired though) plus many others.
Please , make more videos. Its so helpfully
As an up and coming epee fencer in the United States, and fencing with a physical disability. I really value and appreciate stuff like this. Thank you! Definitely gonna try this.
sorry for late reply, but glad you found the video useful....let us know how it went ? :)
@@HowtoFencingbyYarikandTim I've incorporated this well into my fencing arsenal! One of my favorite consistent movements to do with my footwork.
@@samhealy5994 great stuff!! Make sure to keep expanding on that idea, be creative with different tempos/step-sizes/various other pattern combinations that could help while on attack/deffence/preparation etc
Maitre, I am a bit of a late convert to fencing. I'm looking on a daily basis to your clips and they are really useful in understanding the game. Thank you
Super useful and a very good explanation of the concepts. I like the strategic insights of these videos.
I also have another channel (Online Fencing Games) where I do podcasts with some of the fencing stars around the world...this coming week we have an olympic champion premiering ...
I have seen this type of lulling before on the strip- I haven't had it explained so well and will try it out!
sorry for late reply, hope you had a chance to try it out prior to quarantine...how did it go? :)
Great Video. keep them coming . this has given me some great ideas to work in to my game.
That's all this is for. Keep me updated as to how it goes :)
Great video.
Nice tactic, how do you counter someone doing that?
Sorry for terribly late reply...work, quarantine, kids of my own, im sure you'll understand.
How to counter it: simple answer is dont adjust your tempo to opponent's tempo. So if you're opponent lulling you, then resist it by not allowing your opponent to keep doing it without paying a price. They're "lulling" you to set up a reaction. Your job is to make them react to you before they make you react to them. Ex. Do test your opponents ability on their step forward (flesche, hand hit attempt, toe hit, etc..),maybe they just look like they're good. Or make your opponent move more on the strip as that will make it tougher to set up good footwork for them...
Awesome, thanks !
You're welcome hope it helps! :)
Thanks for the video! I was just wondering, isn't the way you step in and out too monotonous? I feel that if I had someone do that in front of me I'd just time an attack in prep when he's about to step in. How would you counter that? Varying the rythm, or only doing half steps to get out quickly?
Jose Moran Thank you for the question!
So first off it's a general concept of moving into opponent's distance and being able to get out. One can do that with the feet like in the video or you can execute that concept on the smaller scale (ie. just moving your arm to present the threat)
Second, before moving into opponent's distance your tip should be at your opponent's tip, not any closer (other words you should be far and safe) At that distance it is pretty far and for a capable fencer should be a safe distance.
As a result , if opponent fleches while your far it's obvious you're prepared. If opponent does "time" your entry...your arm is already extending forward; legs went from being far to being in regular combative distance. And if you practice on regular basis, then you should have a full arsenal of actions to WIN an attack-on-preparation against you. You should have enough time to disengage/parry/squat under/ counter attack.
This is a small piece of knowledge from the French school. Some of the fencers that use this well are Yannick Borrel, Alex Fava, Gauthier Grummier (now retired though) plus many others.
Good job sir
love you bro!!!!
Thanks Coach, its a mutual feeling!