FENCING THEORY, DEFENCE, OFFENSIVE, RIPOSTES || ~All about Fencing~

Hi steemians,, this is some theory about the sports called Fencing (Escrime), I hope it will help U to know more about Fencing.
Enjoy it, thank you...

[FENCING THEORY]

[BASIC POSITION]
-Is the position ‘On Guard’ comprising the stance (position of the feet) – position of the legs,
arms and trunk. It is the position from which a fencer can most easily attack or defend, and
move forward or backward.

[FENCING POSITIONS]
-There are eight positions of the sword and they correspond to parries and lines.
-- Four of these are in pronation (Prime-Seconde-Tierce-Quite).
-- Four are in supination (Quarte-Sixte-Septime-Octave).

[THE DEVELOPMENT]
-Is the extension of the sword arm followed by the lunge.

[THE RECOVERY]
-Is the return to the ‘On Guard’ position.

[ENGAGEMENT ]
-When two fencers have their swords crossed, they are termed as being in a state of
Engagement.
-If their swords are crossed on the right, they are engaged in Sixte (High Line) or Octave
(Low Line). If their swords are crossed on the left, they are engaged in Quart (High Line) or
Septime (Low Line).

[COVERING ]
-To be covered is to engage in such a way that the line in which the swords are crossed is
closed to a direct thrust.

[THE HIT]
-To hit, is to strike with the point going forward, fixing clearly and distinctly on the
opponent’s body so as to have the character of penetration.

[FENCING MEASURE]
-Is the distance which a fencer keeps in relationship to the opponent. It is such that he cannot
be hit unless his opponent lunges fully.

[DEFENCE]
-The principle of defence is the opposition of Forte to Foible in order to deflect the attacking
blade.
-There are three types of parries:-
a. Simple Parries
b. Semi Circular
c. Circular
-Successive parries are a combination of any two or more of the above.
-All parries can be executed in either Opposition or Detachment.

[OFFENSIVE]
-The offence can be divided into two main groups:-

1. Simple attacks
   a. Straight Thrust - Direct
   b. Disengage
   ++Cut over - Indirect
   ++Counter Disengage - Indirect
2. Compound attacks
   Any attack comprising one or more feints.

[RIPOSTES]
A riposte is the offensive action following successful parry of an attack.
A counter riposte is the offensive action following the successful parry of a riposte or
counter riposte.
Counter ripostes are numbered, the original attacker making the odd numbered ones and the
original defender the even ones.
All ripostes and counter ripostes can be either simple or compound, and can be executed
immediately or after a delay.

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