perfect. i have hours of searching to find the 8 parries. thanks

👍 👍 thank you for making this video. I’ve been searching for foil fencing video to give my son some idea of the sport. I wish there are more detailed video to explain this.

In response to some messages regarding the content and quality of this video, I would like to address several concerns. First, this video and its content is meant for people with a current interest in sport fencing. It is not meant for students. The video was made in response to the fact that there are so few quality fencing videos and almost no videos that are comprehensive enough to give a decent introduction to the techniques of sport fencing. I feel this is a failing on the part of local fencing clubs to make fencing relevant to the current market, and are partially responsible for fencing's decline over the last few decades because of this. I agree that the quality isn't very good. This was one of my first videos and I plan to update it in the future. I also agree that the technique isn't what you expect from a quality lesson. And my response to this is, It's not supposed to be. This is a general overview of the parries and I am not trying to demo all the proper techniques for performing them. No matter what you demo, a new student is going to windshield wiper they way through the parry, every time. I don't feel it is appropriate to show all the proper techniques in a KZfaq video. But if you feel it is appropriate, I encourage you to make your own videos and make them freely available, as I have done. This video, despite its flaws, remains among my most popular videos. I attribute this to the fact that there is so little information available on the subject, and there is a need for it. Fencing has declined over the last few decades, and I feel that local schools are not doing enough to promote the sport, to their own detriment and the sport overall. This video and the others on this channel are meant to make sport fencing more accessible to the general public, in the hopes that they will be encouraged to take private instruction from quality instructors in the future. Again, proper technique is only achieved with practice and with supervision from a quality instructor, and so I do not feel it is appropriate to demo all of the proper techniques in this video. But knowing the difference between a 8 and a 3, and having some terminology in place, I think is useful and valuable. I maintain that there is nothing wrong with the content of this video, but may update it with a few changes in the future. There is no right or wrong way to fence, within the boundaries of current rules. Some techniques are better then others of course, but ultimately it comes down to who is able to win! Commenters form fencers or even other schools should be ashamed of themselves for their negativity on this video if they have not done significant work to promote this great sport. I further maintain that this video can only serve to promote the efforts of local clubs to teach fencing well. I will continue to encourage those with a passing interest in fencing to take lessons from those schools despite their lazy and money motivated efforts to make fencing prominent again.

Good video

Very informative I'm looking it to starting fencing but i don't think i will like using the pistol grip foils or epees ar those standard for competition fencing or can you use the French grip foils and epees in tournaments?

hmm you do 7th in a very weird way. I'v always been taught and seen others doing it with fingers pointing up

Don't forget the hornet ring.

i fucking hate the pistol grip -this comment was made by the historical fencing gang, in collaboration with the french grip gang

totally out of sync the explanation

What a terrible video, you forgot the parry where you hit the f**k out of the scoring box until the referee calls halt(that's my favorite parry)

Wrong, the parry is too far and you’re pushing your opponent’s sword away which then makes your sword in his way which then it makes harder for you