How Do You Understand Basic Fencing Terminology?
• Familiarize yourself with the following key words and you’ll be ready to take on the sport of fencing.’; } s += “”; document.write(s); return; } google_ad_channel = ‘+7733764704+1640266093+9503394424+7416705818+8962074949+8941458308+1320119273+4912122252+7122150828’ + xchannels + gchans; google_ad_client = “pub-9543332082073187”; google_ad_output = ‘js’; google_ad_type = ‘text’; google_feedback = ‘on’; google_ad_region = “test”; google_ad_format = ‘250x250_as’; //–> • “Lunge” and “Parry”: These are the two basic words which you will probably understand immediately. They describe actions that occur countless times in a match at every level: • “Lunge” is the attack and “parry” is the defense to the attack. You can tell the lunge because the fencer who is lunging has the point of the weapon as far toward the opponent as possible, a back leg that is straight and leaning into the attack by at least 45 degrees and a front leg that is bent to the point where the knee is over the ankle. • “
