Lancelot Chan wrote: |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpPtaoxmOjA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnLpngPpvJs Freestyle fencing with customers |
One thing I notice in these two videos is that your opponents seem to attack when way out of measure and even if you didn't move at all some of their attacks would have missed.
You often take advantage of this by voiding and by waiting for them to make a mistake: Sometimes taking the " initiative " means waiting for the other guy to go first and be fully committed, if the guy just attacks because he loses patience just waiting, he will attack from out of measure and really not " have a plan ": He wasn't waiting for an actual opening in your defence, but just randomly deciding to attack.
Taking or keeping the initiative doesn't always mean attacking first: If you control measure/timing better you can incite the opponent to attack by giving the illusion of being close enough to attack.
Some of your surprise one handed attacks might not work as well against someone really good, and if you miss with your head being forward they might get you before you can recover: These one handed lunge attacks can be very good, but they are also very risky.
Not just about this video, but about perceiving who won, I will admit that I find it difficult to see the winning blow and not confuse it with the loser's blows because depending on the view it can be difficult to sort out a blow that hits versus a blow that just missed by a hair and that was close to simultaneous with the winner's blow ?
One would almost need to see the same from 2 or 3 angles including a top view to better understand what one just saw as the action is too fast for the eye to follow with any real certainty.
One could repeat the critical instant of the winning blow in slow motion and maybe add arrows to show the point of impact/cut or thrust: A still frame of the moment of contact might also help ?
Another thing is that since the hits are not actually incapacitating the " Loser " is not stopped from continuing their motion leading to a very close to simultaneous " After Blow " that might not have happened if the cut or thrust had " stopping power ?
There is the further issue of the successful " After Blow " where both would have been killed or seriously wounded in a real fight ? Prudence in a real fight meaning that after a successful hit one must still defend against an after blow or double kills !
The best technique is when you hit and don't get hit back using either a single time attack/defence or a parry/guard after the successful blow to defend any openings in one's defence !?
In my opinion, a good mindset is too imagine and act as if one could really die if one messes up, and this might slow the decision to attack to only good openings at the right measure and timing !? All, of this is easy to write but a lot harder to do successfully, so i'm making observations and giving opinions with a constructive intent. :D :cool: