AFM Super Regional Dv1A Men's Foil Semi-Finals - Jeidus DeSeranno vs. Ryan Kim (10/8/23)

[@Phillardb]

i could feel the sting of that first touch, that must have hurt

[@Spacebreakaarrhh]

Tysm 😂

[@patrickflanagan8256]

I was Jeidus's strip coach for this bout, a role for which I have no real qualifications but Jeidus has a good sense of humor and asked me to pretend I know what I'm doing. A couple highlights: Jeidus hit Ryan with a feint disengage four times in a row to take the lead, and you can hear Ryan's coach yell "Four times!" at 10:14. It's that famous Eastern European motivational technique! I guess it worked though because after that Ryan stopped getting hit with that action. At the break I told Jeidus that flicking is fine as a riposte but he should avoid it on attack, and well, you can see what happened at 14-13. I am available for freelance strip coaching at all major tournaments and my fees are very reasonable.

[@Spacebreakaarrhh]

You’re hired, come to Europe. 💀

[@patrickflanagan8256]

@@Spacebreakaarrhh Deal!

[@heraclez7750]

My club in California might be interested. What are your credentials and length of experience?

[@matthewkoogler678]

thank goodness you were there he clearly needed the audience

[@showwhite7320]

1. It's hard to tell what he's doing given the videos frames per second (FPS). What do you mean by a feint disengage? Do you mean feint 4 disengage? It looks more like a feint 8 to 6. Or is that what you meant? I see a lot of coaches teach feint 4 disengage and I think it's hard to pull off. You have to have extremely fast blade speed. 2. Why did you say that he should avoid flicking as an attack? Are you saying he shouldn't flick as an attack because it's not good strategically or he just wasn't good at flicking? Jeidus did seem to miss a few open back flicks, but Ryan was pretty open on his back. And on that point at 10:14, Jesidus's flick landed; it simply didn't go off.

[@alexthegreat38]

Gotta give me a voiceover credit for 0:58 lmao

[@OlympicFoil]

10/10 commentary 🔥

[@ganzuhh]

i usually want jeidus to win but he was bming the whole bout ngl so he deserved the L here this was js childish

[@heraclez7750]

What is bming and ngl mean? But I agree, he was quite arrogant here for some reason. It is the coach's job to train him to be more humble and respectful. It definitely looks bad on the coach in my opinion.

[@ganzuhh]

@@heraclez7750 bm means 'bad manners' and ngl means 'not gonna lie.' i agree that the coach should help him with his humility but some fault should be placed on him due to the way he was disrespecting Kim the whole time.

[@Fraxureoso]

Crazy he would’ve won if he literally just tried

[@lamb5225]

7：15 left was Counterattack posture

[@lamb5225]

Then the coach on the right called a second referee to help

[@coreya.9007]

What are the cords attached to them used for?

[@jacquesdor50]

Those are electrical cables. When a touch is made it sends a signal to the score box indicating a hit.

[@coreya.9007]

@@jacquesdor50 Thank you for explaining that! That's really cool.

[@samsignorelli]

They'e 20 meters long an wind up on a spring-loaded reel located at the end of the strip. You can see a coupe at 0:22. That particular design is called the "pizza box" by armorers like myself (I was on armory staff at this event....and B pod gave us a few irritating issues!). Looking back....I think that particular strip was the first one my crew set up!

[@weedywet]

that jumping behavior is just embarrassing.

[@heraclez7750]

Jeidus is quite cocky indeed!

[@weedywet]

@@heraclez7750 childish.

[@flaze3]

It's what the Koreans do!

[@weedywet]

@@flaze3 and their lame imitators

[@flaze3]

Jeidus is on the rise. He's very creative and confident and it's working for him. You might find what he does annoying, but fencing is all about mind games. There's a reason they call it "physical chess".