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The Attack On Preparation subfamily covers offensive actions timed to land during the opponent's preparatory movements — before the opponent's attack is fully launched — thereby seizing right-of-way p...
The Standard Attack On Preparation executes the timed offensive action by reading the opponent's preparatory movement (typically a forward step or arm retraction before their attack) and launching an ...
The Beat Attack is a preparation-on-the-blade attack where the fencer sharply strikes the opponent's blade with a crisp lateral motion to displace it from the line, immediately followed by a direct th...
The Fencing Blade Action family covers preparatory blade techniques in fencing that manipulate, displace, or control the opponent's blade to create openings for attacks — the tactical tools that allow...
The Guard (Huten) subfamily covers the four principal guards (Vier Leger) of the German longsword tradition — Vom Tag, Ochs, Pflug, and Alber — which form the positional framework from which all attac...
The Epee Parry subfamily covers all blade-deflection actions in epee, where the fencer uses their blade to redirect or block an incoming thrust before responding with a riposte. [1] Parries in epee mu...
Counter striking is the art of using the opponent's attack as an opportunity to land your own strike — exploiting the openings created when an opponent commits to an offensive action, using timing rat...
The Standard Epee Counter-Attack executes the basic stop hit or time-hit by extending the arm into the path of the attacker, aiming to land the point on the attacker's closest target (typically the ha...
The Wall Pin Clinch family covers clinch positions where the attacker pins the opponent against a wall or cage using body pressure and positional control, with the primary goal of maintaining the pin ...
The Single Arm Block is a defensive technique using one forearm to deflect or stop an incoming strike. [1] In Korean martial arts, it is called han palmok makgi (one forearm block) and serves as the f...
The Balestra is a preparation combining a forward jump (appel) with an immediate lunge, used to close distance explosively while maintaining the structure of a lunge. [1] The jump startles the opponen...
The Lift Kick is a short-range upward scooping kick delivered with minimal or no chambering, targeting the groin with a fast upward arc of the foot from the ground. [1] Unlike a standard front kick th...