The Acceleration Lunge in Sabre Fencing

Video Transcript

"JASON SHERIDAN: On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Jason Sheridan from the Sheridan Fencing Academy here in New York City, and today, we're going to demonstrate some intermediate sabre fencing. Maneuvering is only one piece, of course, of the puzzle. That's to say moving forward and backward is only part of it. We also need to be able to move in such a way that we can hit our opponent that we can attack. One way to do that is with a variety of a lunge. There are multiple kinds of lunges. We'll go over several of them. The first kind is called acceleration lunge. Girls. Acceleration lunge is a lunge, as it sounds that starts very slowly and gets faster as they go. Notice, don't move, that the knee is directly above the heel, that the arm is extended but not locked. It is loose. The back is straight. The back leg is straight. And the back foot is on the floor. They are both very loose and relaxed. They are not tense. They are not uncomfortable. Come back en garde. Watch again as they demonstrate acceleration lunge. Facing the camera, girls. They'll go from very slow to very fast, turning the guard forward so they are getting their arm in position to make a cut. Before anything else moves, the arm gets extended up to its 75% before it finishes."