Lesson 5: Low line, Parry 7 and 8 with riposte

Warmup

• Jumping jacks - just a few minutes to get arms and legs warm
• Neck rolls - note: don't roll back! It is bad for your neck.
• Arm circles - both ways, getting bigger
• Arms circles - big, arms going opposite ways (I like this one since I can do it :-)
• Hip bends
• Partner stretches - get to know people in the club! :-)
  • Ham strings - partner is behind you and assisting
  • Right-left ham strings - partner is to the side and assisting
  • Butterfly's - partner is in front of you and assisting, partner also provides resistance

Footwork warmup

• 1 line drills
  • Follow the leader

Lesson 5

• Low line attack
  • Attacks up until now have been high line (4 and 6)
  • These try to "get under" the opponents blade
  • Pronate hand with the attack
  • There is a version that has hand maintain supination, but we will use the pronated version
  • Arm and foil form a "shallow V"
• Parry 7
  • Parry that protects low line on the same side of the body as 4
  • Basically, it is a 4 with the point down
  • Riposte is very similiar to 4
  • From position 6 it is a direct parry
  • From position 4 it is a semi-circular parry
• Parry 8
  • Parry that protects low line on the same side of the body as 8
  • Basically, it is a 6 with the point down
  • Riposte is very similiar to 6
  • From position 4 it is a direct parry
  • From position 6 it is a semi-circular parry

Drills

• 2 line drills
  • One side lunges and hits in 7
  • One side lunges and hits in 8
  • One side lunges in 7 the other parries
  • One side lunges in 8 the other parries
  • One side lunges in 7 the other parries and ripostes
  • One side lunges in 8 the other parries and ripostes

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