Hmm,,,when im making parry(any) my tip of a foil trys to stay allways in line to target...so i can make or parry or opposition with blade and it will be one lamp... you can see that point is not looking on target, so its possible to avoid parry.... 0:46 ... so i fence now 12 years...have gone trough russian school of fencing..there are tips which are more further than basics...