Beating the Parry Drill

Experience Level
Intermediate to Advanced

Application
This drill is designed to increase the speed and strength of an attack as well as giving fencers confidence in completing attacks against closing lines if the distance is right.

Description
The fencers start from lunging distance (or a very slightly shorter lunging distance if they are inexperienced). One fencer must make an indirect attack that hits while the other fencer is allowed to make a compound parry.

Ex.

Fencer A Makes an attack with disengagement to avoid quarte

Fencer B Makes quarte- counter quarte

Fencer A Hits through the second parry without avoiding it