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The Foot Blade Front Kick strikes with the outer edge of the foot (sokuto — literally 'sword foot') rather than the ball or heel, concentrating force along a narrow blade-like surface for penetrating ...
The Lunge is the fundamental attacking movement in Western fencing, combining a full arm extension with a powerful forward drive of the body to deliver a thrust across a distance greater than the fenc...
The Men Cut is a descending vertical or slightly diagonal cut to the top of the opponent's head, the most fundamental and frequently practised technique in Japanese swordsmanship. [1] A correct men cu...
The Kendō Waza subfamily covers the competitive techniques of kendō — the four valid target strikes (men, kote, dō, tsuki), the footwork that delivers them, and the tactical categories of shikake-waza...
The Sabre (Military) family covers the techniques of the military sabre, the curved, single-edged cavalry sword used by European and colonial armies from the seventeenth through early twentieth centur...
The Halberd-Pollaxe (HEMA) family covers the fighting techniques of European hafted polearms — the pollaxe (a long-handled weapon combining an axe head, hammer, and spike) and the halberd (combining a...
The Rapier Thrust subfamily covers the thrusting techniques that form the core offensive repertoire of rapier fencing, the rapier being designed primarily as a thrusting weapon. [1] Italian rapier mas...
The Flèche (French for 'arrow') is an explosive running attack where the fencer launches the rear foot past the front foot, propelling the body forward in a sprinting motion to close distance rapidly....
The Standard Epee Attack executes the fundamental offensive thrust in epee by extending the sword arm fully toward the target while advancing with a lunge or fleche, aiming to land the point with suff...
The Esgrima Pass is a half guard passing technique where the passer uses a fencing-like leg threading motion — sliding the shin forward and through the opponent's half guard like a sword being drawn f...