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[Click here for an excerpt from Lukovich's
Electric Foil Fencing]
The subtitle of One Touch at a
Time is Psychological Processes in
Fencing. The preface to the title is Effortlessly... With Detachment...
And that's what this book is about: being absolutely there when you
fence.
The following is a very brief excerpt from a much
longer chapter on psychological and tactical suggestions. Don't just
read this as a shopping list-- each suggestion deserves study and
reflection, then careful planning and practice!
Always
prepare your actions carefully, but execute
them with full power. Hesitation equals
failure.
If your
opponent has one particularly strong stroke, try not to create a
situation where he can use it (tactical hindering)
Build your
compound actions on simple ones. With fast simple actions you can
make your opponent sensitive and thus successfully execute the
compound actions.
Give
priority to blade attacks.
Against the
opponent's big, wide inattentive movements-counterattack!
Against
binds or beats, deceive-counterattack.
Against
counterattacks, use second intention.
Against
second-intention use finta in tempo (feint
counterattack).
Against
opponents who do not riposte (or riposte with delay) use
continuation of attack.
Against
habitual ripostes use attack with second intention.
Against
surprise attacks, use a combination fourseptime parry.
If, during
his attack, the opponent accidentally touches your blade,
immediately riposte!
In attacks,
try to blend single with double (or more) tempo actions. If you
expect your opponent to counterattack, make a single-tempo attack
(or use second intention). If you expect your opponents to go back
and parry, then two- (or more) -tempo actions are
appropriate.
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