What constitutes a parry?
According to Article t.7 (old 10) of the FIE Rules of Competition, “the parry is the defensive action made with the weapon to prevent the offensive action from arriving”. A successful parry deflects the threatening blade away from the target. It is normally not sufficient to merely find or touch the opponent’s blade; the fencer must also exhibit control over it–although the benefit of the doubt usually goes to the fencer making the parry. If the attacker must replace the point into a threatening line before continuing, it is a remise (renewal of the attack) and does not have right-of-way over the riposte. However, if the parry does not deflect the blade, or deflects it onto another part of the target, then the attack retains the right-of-way (mal-pare’ by the defender). In practice, very little deflection is needed with a well-timed parry. A well-executed parry should take the foible of the attacker’s blade with the forte and/or guard of the defender’s. This provides the greatest cont
According to Article 10 of the FIE Rules of Competition, “the parry is the defensive action made with the weapon to prevent the attack from arriving”.A successful parry deflects the threatening blade away from the target. It is normally not sufficient to merely find or touch the opponent’s blade; the fencer must also exhibit control over it (although the benefit of the doubt usually goes to the fencer making the parry). If the attack continues without any replacement of the point and makes a touch, it retains the right-of-way (mal-pare’ by the defender). If the attacker must replace the point into a threatening line before continuing, it is a remise (renewal of the attack) and does not have right-of-way over the riposte. In practice, very little deflection is needed with a well-timed parry.A well-executed parry should take the foible of the attacker’s blade with the forte and/or guard of the defender’s. This provides the greatest control over the opponent’s blade.
According to Article t.7 (old 10) of the FIE Rules of Competition, “the parry is the defensive action made with the weapon to prevent the offensive action from arriving”. A successful parry deflects the threatening blade away from the target. It is normally not sufficient to merely find or touch the opponent’s blade; the fencer must also exhibit control over it (although the benefit of the doubt usually goes to the fencer making the parry). If the attacker must replace the point into a threatening line before continuing, it is a remise (renewal of the attack) and does not have right-of-way over the riposte. However, if the parry does not deflect the blade, or deflects it onto another part of the target, then the attack retains the right-of-way (mal-pare’ by the defender). In practice, very little deflection is needed with a well-timed parry. A well-executed parry should take the foible of the attacker’s blade with the forte and/or guard of the defender’s. This provides the greatest con
