How to Control Distance in Advanced Sabre Fencing

Video Transcript

"JASON SHERIDAN: On behalf of Expert Village, this is Jason Sheridan of Sheridan Fencing Academy here in New York City. Today, we're going to talk about advanced sabre fencing. Once both our fencers are changing distance and about, either offensively or defensively, they're both changing their distance from one another, changing their rhythm, then they're both doing what fencing actually is about, which is controlling the distance. Whoever is controlling the distance best is going to be the one who is scoring the most touches. This was attack on the left. They both change rhythm. Emma was a little bit earlier. Here was attack on the right. I believe, I think--oh, it's parry-riposte. Here is parry-riposte on the left, one more time. Notice they are both, changing rhythms, changing distance, and staying very relaxing and smooth as they do so, and attack on the left."