I bet that no one actually got the last post, because the information was hidden under the veil of male genitalia. Therefore, for anyone interested, this is the last post but in English.
It was about parries. Parries are one of the main modes of defense in fencing to counteract the extension. The idea is when someone extends their blade in your direction, you can move their blade to the side, making it miss. That is all the information in the previous post (other than the protection and consent stuff, which actually is also true information). However, there is more to the story than this.
Parries are largely determined by the extension that they are designed to counter. For example, a different parry would be used to counter an extension to the legs as opposed to one to the head. In total, there are (mostly) 8 different parries that one can do, each protecting a different area.
It was about parries. Parries are one of the main modes of defense in fencing to counteract the extension. The idea is when someone extends their blade in your direction, you can move their blade to the side, making it miss. That is all the information in the previous post (other than the protection and consent stuff, which actually is also true information). However, there is more to the story than this.
Parries are largely determined by the extension that they are designed to counter. For example, a different parry would be used to counter an extension to the legs as opposed to one to the head. In total, there are (mostly) 8 different parries that one can do, each protecting a different area.
You may notice that it is all in French. That is because the French like to insert themselves into places where they don't belong. An English speaker can just call them parry one through eight.
The image above represent the torso of a right-handed fencer (the right arm is on the left side). The numbers are what parry protects that area. Unfortunately, this image is also a lie. There are some parries that are "special," specifically parries 1 and 5. Parry 1 can protect everything while parry 5 protects the head from a downwards cuts, which only matters in saber (or if you want to stop a head flick in epee, or if you are feeling daring during a duck. More on what those are later).
When parrying, you also have the option of how you want to do the parry. You could do a parry lightly, with some force (called a "beat"), or with a wide motion (called a "sweeping" parry), or with a small one. As you can see, there are a lot of stuff to do, which makes this really complicated.
Which is why I don't parry at all (and I still win :) )
Stay sticky my friends.
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