Ruben Limardo's Fleche : An indepth analysis

2012 Olympic Gold Medalist Ruben Limardo's favourite action is his fleche.
This analysis looks into how it works, why it succeeds, and how to defend against it.
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[@user-ch2nj1tp1x]

The parry which stopped the fleche is not the Octave it is the Second Parry.

[@pawlakppp]

awesome!
(some of your summaries are not shown for long enough - hard to pause at right moment :D )

[@TheNotBees]

THIS. Can you at least leave the text screen up for a few seconds, to give us time to hit pause? I

[@jimharper2180]

Strong parries are often the best defense against a flèche. Limardo-Gascon hardly does anything other than attack with a flèche, while Novosjolov just happens to be excellent at his strong parries. The reigning Olympic champion unfortunately ran into his worst enemy in Budapest.

[@alexandriahunter6580]

Go, leftys!

[@luisrom]

+Alexandria Hunter he go left because an accident skateboarding at the age of 12. Cool, huh?

[@TheNotBees]

@Blue Pepper There are so many righties that lefties are used to facing them, giving them another advantage..

[@custer3176]

Yeah but also lefties arent really used to other lefties

[@xincheli6422]

So how do french grip fencers deal with octave binding fleche like this?

[@LelandGuillemin]

Couple ways.
They can disengage and counter-attack, or they can try to attack into the flèche

[@justinliu7357]

This is not how someone learns combat sports. The body moves without the mind. Coaches break down film. Athletes perform.
Find a good coach and concentrate.

[@arayes2]

Justin Liu I'm sorry. Do you practice fencing? Well I do, and it's almost like a game of chess but with body movements, so for saying it's all about the body just tells me that you haven't played the sport yet.

[@justinliu7357]

I was varsity on my university team but I've moved on to boxing both because it's a combat sport that emphasizes technique and because the town I moved to doesn't have a fencing club.
If I sound insistent and passionate, it's because I'm seeing mistakes I've made.

[@TheNotBees]

I'm just watching this to educate myself about fencing, and this video is excellent for that.