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Fencing with the offside leading or lead-side “refused” can be an excellent way to remove the weapon from your opponent’s control, maximize your striking measure, and bring your offside defence or weapon to bear.
Using our opponent's committment to a defense-first strategy, we can use false invitations (openings) and false attacks (feints) to draw them into what appears to be a good opportunity, but which has a ready counter on our part.
In this course we focus on the mechanics of cutting and the right contexts in which to employ the cut for attack and defense.
Our approach is to always unify the defense between the sword and the offhand, having both guard the same line at the same time—the sword high and offhand low, or vice versa.
Part II of receiving focuses on pressuring the opponent into error, and the strategies we employ against them as they approach.
Duel like a musketeer, sharpen your skills as a rapier practitioner, and build the foundation as a great swordfighter. This course is part three of DTV's step-by-step guide through the fundamentals of Italian Rapier practice.
Duel like a musketeer, sharpen your skills as a rapier practitioner, and build the foundation as a great swordfighter. This course is part two of DTV's step-by-step guide through the fundamentals of Italian Rapier practice.