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The Disengage Attack is an indirect attack where the fencer passes the blade under or around the opponent's blade to change the line of engagement and deliver a thrust to the newly opened line. [1] Th...
The Foil Attack subfamily covers all offensive actions in foil where the fencer extends the arm and moves forward to land a thrust on the opponent's torso, establishing or maintaining right-of-way pri...
The Disengage is the most fundamental indirect attack in Western fencing — a blade movement that passes the point under the opponent's blade to change the line of attack from one side to the other, de...
The Fencing Thrust family covers the offensive attacking techniques in fencing — the extension of the arm and blade to land a touch on the opponent's valid target area, which is the fundamental scorin...
The Disengage Thrust (cavazione) is a rapier attack that deceives the opponent's parry by passing the blade under or over the opponent's guard to thrust into the newly opened line. [1] The cavazione i...
The Epee Attack subfamily covers all offensive thrusting actions in epee, where the fencer extends the arm and advances to land the point on any part of the opponent's body. [1] Epee attacks are uniqu...
The Parry of Sixte deflects attacks in the outside high line with the hand in supination, covering the outside shoulder and upper arm area. [1] Sixte is the modern counterpart to tierce and is the sta...
The Standard Single Leg Wrestle-Up attacks one of the opponent's legs from the bottom — typically from half guard or seated guard — by securing the leg with both arms, then driving upward to standing ...
The Body-Lock Takedown secures a tight body lock (clasping both hands around the opponent's torso, typically with one arm over the shoulder and one under the armpit, hands clasped behind the opponent'...
The Framing Clinch family covers clinch positions where the attacker uses extended arms and forearms as structural frames against the opponent's body, creating distance and control through rigid bone ...
The Coupé (cutover) passes the point over the opponent's blade by lifting the hand and dropping the point on the other side, changing the line of attack from above rather than below. [1] It is the cou...
The Krav Maga Weapon Defence family covers techniques for defending against armed attacks — knife threats, gun threats, stick attacks, and other weapons — designed for life-or-death self-defence scena...
The Standard Guard Pull Technique grips the opponent's collar and sleeve, steps one foot to the opponent's hip, then swings the other leg around the opponent's waist while pulling the upper body in, c...
The Counter-Disengage deceives the opponent's change of engagement or circular parry by making a full circular movement of the blade, returning to the original line of attack. [1] It anticipates and d...
The Counter Thrust is a defensive-offensive action in rapier fencing where the fencer parries or evades an incoming attack and delivers an immediate thrust in response, embodying the principle of a si...
The Foil Riposte subfamily covers all counter-attacking actions executed immediately after a successful parry, which under right-of-way rules gives the defender priority to score. [1] The riposte is t...
The Rapier family covers the combat techniques of the rapier, the long, slender, thrusting-oriented sword that dominated European civilian swordsmanship from the mid-sixteenth through seventeenth cent...
The Riposte is the offensive action delivered immediately after a successful parry, completing the defensive-offensive cycle that is the foundation of fencing tactics — the defender parries the incomi...
The Sixte Parry (6th parry) defends the high outside line by moving the blade to the outside (right side for a right-handed fencer), with the hand in supination (palm up) and the point slightly higher...
The Posture Guillotine Escape uses postural adjustment to relieve the choking pressure of the guillotine by extending the spine and lifting the chin line above the attacker's choking arm. [1] The defe...