Well when I did sport sabre, I would often set up in the box with an explosive flunge and then pull short the next touch. If not I would feint a parry in prep and then change the line for the corresponding parry.
A good idea is to do a slow-down in attack and also to pull the hand back a little bit, to provoke a counter-attack by the opponent, which most probably comes to the fifth, or as direé (straight blade to the chest). Both of them can be taken down with a fast fifth with a dive in a short distance, and this is exactly what Oh and Homer are doing in this video (makes me reconsider the harsh words as well which I said about Oh in another video here lately 😄) Yet, if the opponent is fast enough and knows the tricks of the attacker, he might fake the contra to the fifth and hit into the third instead - it's quite of a mind-game, or even a gamble, if you wish. Anyways: smth so exciting to perform, and to watch and enjoy from aside.
I know this questions is off topic for this video and your channel in general, but I thought I would send my questions anyways. How hard would it be to become very good at epee fencing if I decided to switch from sabre (been doing sabre for 1 year now). I am currently 17, I don't know if that helps or not. Thanks in advanced for answering my question, I hope.
Still doing sabre? I encourage my students to sabre bout at home/gym no ref and only count clean single touches when they feel burnt out with priority. Obviously most our practice uses RoW but sometimes you gotta just fence to fence ya know?
How do you like to set up parries?
With a te-mpo change.
Well when I did sport sabre, I would often set up in the box with an explosive flunge and then pull short the next touch. If not I would feint a parry in prep and then change the line for the corresponding parry.
A good idea is to do a slow-down in attack and also to pull the hand back a little bit, to provoke a counter-attack by the opponent, which most probably comes to the fifth, or as direé (straight blade to the chest). Both of them can be taken down with a fast fifth with a dive in a short distance, and this is exactly what Oh and Homer are doing in this video (makes me reconsider the harsh words as well which I said about Oh in another video here lately 😄) Yet, if the opponent is fast enough and knows the tricks of the attacker, he might fake the contra to the fifth and hit into the third instead - it's quite of a mind-game, or even a gamble, if you wish. Anyways: smth so exciting to perform, and to watch and enjoy from aside.
I love it
Wait for them to lunge and hit me then i parry
Gotta love Bazadze high-fiving Homer after that action.
definiton of sportsmanship
Really excellent - will share this. Homer's quinte parry is iconic. Seitz's deception parry is lovely and the two from Ibragimov *chef's kiss*
Homer also has a ridiculous flunge counterparry 2 against Elsissy in a nac final. I'm not forgetting that one anytime soon.
@@Sammy-cq5gp For me it's always going to be the London 2012 quinte parry at 14-14 with Yakimenko, as I was in the room to see it. Amazing.
1:42
Forgot to factor in that Oh is an athletic freak of nature but yeah the concept is solid
Thank you so much for this, I love your tactical breakdowns they are super insightful and helpful!
Finally. My favorite repertoire
Proof that some of these guys are superhuman.
Useful tricks, will make sure to use those.
Really good analyse, thank you
2:55 not commenting at the parry setup itself but... How did the French gents destroy the Korean overlords? Also what was the final score?
For some reason the French often do well in Warsaw. They beat the Koreans in 2015, 2019 and 2020
Video too confusing. Did not tell me to fasten my seatbelts in advance.
404 user error. Does not compute.
Funnily enough, i have practice in about an hour and a half, so maybe ill get to use these
О, мой любимый Базадзе! И где его вопль к небесам, по поводу успешного туше?
Yeah, his cries are epic, a true Son of the Mountains - absolutely one of my top favourites!
I know this questions is off topic for this video and your channel in general, but I thought I would send my questions anyways. How hard would it be to become very good at epee fencing if I decided to switch from sabre (been doing sabre for 1 year now). I am currently 17, I don't know if that helps or not. Thanks in advanced for answering my question, I hope.
@@user-ky9qz3lx8r Спасибо за ответ, я не говорю по-русски, поэтому я использую гугл-переводчик, чтобы вы могли понять.
@@user-ky9qz3lx8r Да, я уверен, что это было бы трудно, к сожалению, у многих были родители с деньгами, чтобы поддержать их фехтование.
Still doing sabre? I encourage my students to sabre bout at home/gym no ref and only count clean single touches when they feel burnt out with priority. Obviously most our practice uses RoW but sometimes you gotta just fence to fence ya know?