Whatever weapon you fence, if you are looking for a great drill to improve your distance, try the glove game. In this drill no weapon is needed. You need a partner and each of you needs a glove to hold. The fencers start on the en garde lines and take turns trying to hit their o...
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Pret:The French word for "Ready," precedes "Allez" as the command to fence Recover:To return to the en garde position following a lunge Redoublement:A new action made against an opponent who has parried without a riposte or who has merely avoided the first action by retreating or dodging ...
Alex Cai Alex Cai loves to outwit, outplay, and outlast, but he’s not playing Survivor – he’s fencing. Each time Alex Cai walks onto the piste and stands in the en garde position, he’s competing to become the sole survivor. The 17-year-old Grade 12 Toronto student won the Vanco...
This is generally the parry taught as the basic en garde position in foil and épée. Supination The position of the hand when the palm is facing up. See Pronation. Tierce Parry #3; blade up and to the outside, wrist pronated. The point is higher than the hand. Covers the outside...
The “En Garde” is the fencer’s ready position from which one attacks or defends with equal facility. The distance between the feet is approximately double the length of the foot plus a few centimetres. The body weight is distributed equally between both feet. The contentious issue is the ...
offers women with breast cancer an adapted practice of fencing, devoid of hits, which improves shoulder mobility thanks to the reflexive gesture of high parry commonly made in sabre fencing, and also corrects posture anomalies thanks to the shoulder opening required by the en garde position. Beside...