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The Octave Parry (8th parry) defends the low outside line by moving the blade downward and to the outside, with the hand in supination (palm up) and the point lower than the hand, deflecting attacks d...
The Parry of Octave deflects low-line attacks to the outside by dropping the blade downward with the hand in pronation. [1] Octave covers the outside low line — the outer thigh and hip area. [1] It is...
The Standard Epee Parry executes a blade deflection using one of the eight classical parry positions (prime, seconde, tierce, quarte, quinte, sixte, septime, octave) to redirect the opponent's point a...
The Fencing Parry family covers the system of blade deflections used in fencing to redirect an opponent's attacking blade away from the valid target area — the sword-fighting equivalent of blocking in...
The Foil Parry subfamily covers all blade-deflection actions in foil where the fencer uses their blade to redirect an incoming thrust away from the valid target area (torso), establishing the right to...