In 0:32 you said "He can afford to hold like this more than most people can because it is so hard to pull him short." What do you mean by the term 'pull him short'
@Stan4ik75 whenever i say attacking i mean moving forward in a way that if he were to get a light on it would be his touch. by this definition a fencer can hold while attacking, people like lapkes hold a lot while they are attacking. and at many points in his attack so does keeth. when i say attack in prep, i only mean the situation in the first zone when you can get two lights and the director will call it noncorrect. otherwise if it needs one light to get the touch i will call it a counter
To CyrusofChaos: @ 6:09 you're stating that one weak point of Smart's "huge-range" attack is that it's being counterattacked easily. However, if you look closely at the following action, Keith is not attacking, but preparing, and doing that while compromising the distance, so Pillet is the one who makes an attack. So the action is: ATTACK FROM THE RIGHT. You even contradict yourself in your commentary @ 6:26 - "He HOLDS at the last second..."
To Husamalia92: Modern rules of saber fencing lead us to believe that you have to attack to be counterattacked. If your are PREPARING regardless of the reason, you are NOT attacking. So if you are PREPARING and get hit, you're being ATTACKED in PREPARATION. FYI: attack is defined as continuous movement of the blade threatening target. In the action that we're discussing, Keith is simply advancing.
Well it depends on what you view as an attack isn't it. I think the point being made here is because of the nature of a long-range attack, he needs more preparation and hence he gets counter attacked more easily. And what Pillet did was a counterattack essentially, so theres no contradiction in terms actually.
@CyrusofChaos Hmmm, no contradiction? He (Keith) makes a huge-range ATTACK.... HOLDS... and GETS COUNTERATTACKED easily... I believe that you'd agree with me, that you can't counterattack someone who is not attacking you. Therefore, if Keith does HOLD (pulls the arm back while advancing), Pillet's action, in modern fencing, is called ATTACK in preparation. Nice video overall, but if you could edit description of the last action, would make it a higher quality product.
that depends on whether the director determines it was part of the action or not. on those two touches it was definitely part of the action so yes, a yellow card should have been given
In 0:32 you said "He can afford to hold like this more than most people can because it is so hard to pull him short." What do you mean by the term 'pull him short'
Thanks for bringing this video back. This is my favorite of your videos.
my pleasure!
@Stan4ik75 whenever i say attacking i mean moving forward in a way that if he were to get a light on it would be his touch. by this definition a fencer can hold while attacking, people like lapkes hold a lot while they are attacking. and at many points in his attack so does keeth. when i say attack in prep, i only mean the situation in the first zone when you can get two lights and the director will call it noncorrect. otherwise if it needs one light to get the touch i will call it a counter
To CyrusofChaos: @ 6:09 you're stating that one weak point of Smart's "huge-range" attack is that it's being counterattacked easily. However, if you look closely at the following action, Keith is not attacking, but preparing, and doing that while compromising the distance, so Pillet is the one who makes an attack. So the action is: ATTACK FROM THE RIGHT. You even contradict yourself in your commentary @ 6:26 - "He HOLDS at the last second..."
To Husamalia92: Modern rules of saber fencing lead us to believe that you have to attack to be counterattacked. If your are PREPARING regardless of the reason, you are NOT attacking. So if you are PREPARING and get hit, you're being ATTACKED in PREPARATION. FYI: attack is defined as continuous movement of the blade threatening target. In the action that we're discussing, Keith is simply advancing.
still not exactly sure what you are saying. but in sabre a forward jump, called a "flunge" is perfectly legal as long as you do not cross your feet
3:03 That is a loooooong attack...the footwork from Keeth is amazing.
at this point i think i have made about 15 of them. if you like this one look at the other videos in my "compilation videos" playlist
@Crypton16 pull him short just means make him miss
Well it depends on what you view as an attack isn't it. I think the point being made here is because of the nature of a long-range attack, he needs more preparation and hence he gets counter attacked more easily. And what Pillet did was a counterattack essentially, so theres no contradiction in terms actually.
@CyrusofChaos Hmmm, no contradiction? He (Keith) makes a huge-range ATTACK.... HOLDS... and GETS COUNTERATTACKED easily... I believe that you'd agree with me, that you can't counterattack someone who is not attacking you. Therefore, if Keith does HOLD (pulls the arm back while advancing), Pillet's action, in modern fencing, is called ATTACK in preparation.
Nice video overall, but if you could edit description of the last action, would make it a higher quality product.
@Stan4ik75 im not contradicting myself, apparently my terminology is slightly different from other peoples. i would be happy to clarify if you want
that depends on whether the director determines it was part of the action or not. on those two touches it was definitely part of the action so yes, a yellow card should have been given
i guess it was so small the director didnt see it. but youre right those should have been yellow cards
why has smart stopped competing ?? :(
If you feet cross after the point is scored it's legal
My bad, it starts at 2:50
I laughed at 3:37 because I do the same exact thing at my gym hahahahaha