Parries
1. Parries Guarding the Inside Line
a. prime: depending on how high you hold it, this parry can guard your leg, abdomen, or internal face
b. quarte: this parry protects your abdomen or your internal face
c. septime: a supinated parry guarding the inside line of the leg
2. Parries Guarding the Outside Line
a. seconde: depending on how high you hold it, this parry can guard your leg, abdomen, or external face
b. tierce: this parry protects your flank or your external face
c. “seventh”: hand directly over your shoulder with the cane nearly vertical, tip pointing downward, protecting the area behind the arm holding the cane (note: we are using English to denominate this parry since it comes from sabre practice, even though we use septime elsewhere)
3. Parries Guarding the Crown
a. quinte (keent): hand around the top of your head and to the right, a little higher than the tip of the cane, thumb underneath:
b. sixte: hand around the top of your head and to the left (thus crossing your arm in front of you), a little higher than the tip of the cane, thumb underneath
Strikes
Strikes to the Crown
- brisé (bwee-zay): a vertical strike to the crown delivered by an downward outside moulinet
- croisé tête (kwahzaytet): a vertical strike delivered to the opponent’s crown, executed by a rising moulinet from the inside line
Strikes to the Face
- lateral interior: a horizontal strike delivered to the opponent’s inside-line cheek
- lateral exterior: a horizontal strike delivered to opponent’s outside-line cheek
Strikes to the Body
- coup de flanc: a horizontal strike delivered to the opponent’s left flank
- coup de ventre: a horizontal strike delivered to the opponent’s trunk on the inside line (basically, his abdominal area)
Strikes to the Lower Legs
- croisé jambe (kwah-zayzhahmb): a horizontal strike delivered to the outside line of the opponent’s lead-leg tibia
- enlevé (on-leh-vay): a horizontal strike delivered to the inside of the opponent’s lead-leg tibia
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