Fencing (Graded A+ Already)
How to earn a point correct answers 1. Hit your opponent without them hitting you. 2. Force your opponent to step both feet off the back of the strip. 3. Hit your opponent when you have "right of way." How to earn right of way correct answers 1. Attack first 2. Block the attack with a beat or parry and riposte Three types of swords correct answers 1. Foil - Lightest, uses stabbing motions, target area is the midsection only, small bell guard 2. Epee - Uses stabbing motions, target area is whole body, large bell guard for protecting hands 3. Sabre - Heaviest, uses slicing motions, target area is upper body, includes head and neck but not hands Advance correct answers Basic forward movement. The front foot moves first, beginning by lifting the toes. Straighten the leg at the knee, pushing the heel out in front. Land on the heel, and then bring the back foot up to en garde stance. The term is also used in general for any movement forward by either step, cross, or ballestra. Absence of blade correct answers The situation in a bout when the opposing blades are not touching; opposite of engagement. Advance-Lunge correct answers An advance followed immediately by a lunge. The extension can occur before or during the advance, but always before the lunge. Allez correct answers French for "go", command used to commence action in a match. Appel (Half-Advance) correct answers Stamping the front foot to the ground, to produce a sound to distract or startle the opponent. This action may also be used to halt a bout, often by stamping the trailing foot insistently. Arrêt à bon temps (Stop Hit, Stop Cut, Stop Thrust, Stop-in-Time, Coup d'arrêt) correct answers A counter-attack that attempts to take advantage of an uncertain attack. Allows a fencer to counter-attack into an oncoming attack, hit his opponent, and then still parry the oncoming attack. It may try to break the continuance of an attack by 'stopping' into it. However, it is still a Counter-attack, and does not have Right-of-Way against a continuous attack. Assault correct answers A friendly combat between two fencers, where score may or may not be kept, and is generally not a part of any competition. Attack correct answers The initial offensive action made by extending the sword arm and continuously threatening the valid target of the opponent with the point. Attaque au Fer correct answers An attack on the opponent's blade, e.g. beat, expulsion, pressure.
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