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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 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 Standard Riposte executes the immediate counter-thrust following a successful parry, directing the point back at the opponent's torso while they are recovering from their failed attack. [1] The st...
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...
The Parry of Quarte is the most fundamental defensive action in Western fencing, deflecting attacks directed to the inside high line — the area of the chest and torso on the sword-arm side — by moving...
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 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...
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 Foil family covers all techniques specific to the foil discipline, the lightest and most technical of the three fencing weapons, characterised by right-of-way (priority) rules, a target area restr...
Quarta (fourth guard) positions the hand with the palm facing upward (supinated), the blade angled across the body to protect the inside low line and threaten a thrust to the opponent's flank or abdom...
The Parry of Seconde deflects low-line attacks by dropping the blade down and to the outside with the hand in pronation. [1] It is a powerful parry used against attacks to the lower body and is partic...
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 Remise is a renewal of the attack in the same line without withdrawing the arm, delivered when the opponent's parry or riposte is late or fails. [1] It exploits the gap between a failed parry and ...
The Sabre Parry subfamily covers all defensive blade actions in sabre where the fencer deflects an incoming cut or thrust with their own blade, transferring right-of-way and earning the right to ripos...
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...