The Feint - Longsword Techniques Compendium

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[@PetrKavan]

As for "first attack has to trigger response" - I had some success with only slightly hinting the first attack, but accompanying it with a shout. Opponents have tendency to react to unexpected shout as to a real attack ... or at least my opponents do. In this way I don't have to commit to the first attack so much, and "redirection" to the real attack is easier.

[@FedericoMalagutti]

Conceptually speaking is basically a double feint by a certain point of view. Depending from the interpretation. But yeah it makes sense.

[@societyofhistoricalfencing7836]

Shouting is essentially feinting with the body, or the "other squinter with the body". It works well on opponents who are susceptible to feinting/chasing the sword. If an opponents response to any action is to counter attack to your body instead of to your sword, squinting with the body can fail like any other feint if you do not have a response to that outcome.

[@PetrKavan]

@@societyofhistoricalfencing7836 Sure. Point is that you don't have to do so much hinting with movement of hands and body. Of course, it is just one piece in feinting toolbox, but on the other hand it is a nice one.

[@ochs-hema]

Without a stage there is no audience! I have many stories to tell about feints 😅😂

[@Davlavi]

Another great video.

[@corrugatedcavalier5266]

Good stuff! I like the point at the very end about the feint being the counter to parrying, tactically speaking.

[@MartinGreywolf]

There are two kinds of fencing systems: those that have feints and those that say you should never, ever do them and then somehow sneak them back in, fancy rename optional (I'm looking at you, destreza). As useful as they are, they are inherently very risky. One factor I think matters a lot is where you do your feint - if you go for it slightly before or just at the wide measure before entering deeper, it tends to be safer, giving you more time to stop if the opponent doesn't fall for it. Feinting inside wide measure proper and deeper can still be done but you have to be really sure you've read your opponent correctly.

[@eulenspiegel6689]

Thanks for this Video 👍. Over all these years i‘ve seen your channel growing up, keep up the good work. You deserve it, it‘s worth following this channel.

[@FedericoMalagutti]

Thanks!!

[@edwinpoon]

Hello Hema Fren!

[@themightypaw3318]

Projecting false intent. Quick jerky movements is what my sparring partner utilizes and my hands and forearms hurt thinking about it lol

[@FiliiMartis]

I don't know if you addressed this in one of your videos, I may have missed it, but do you find yourself making small changes in how you engage in a bind due to the shape of the schilt? And I mean in practice, not from a theoretical, catches the blade vs deflects it to the guard idea.

[@FedericoMalagutti]

Honestly I admittedly don’t care a lot about the shape of the schilt! As soon as mi hand is safe everything is good, i try to not rely too much on it in general to save my hand though!

[@FiliiMartis]

@@FedericoMalagutti I don't know better, and it's still fun to speculated and debate as a point of conversation, but I am realising more and more that all these small choices are meaningless, and that training is going to make a much greater impact than the shape of the guard or schilt used.

[@lildragon0]

For your feint to trigger a response, you need to move your whole body, not just your hands. Move your feet and rotate your hips.

[@FedericoMalagutti]

It needs to feel real, sometimes people get scared even by feints made without moving a step. It depends!!!

[@societyofhistoricalfencing7836]

@@FedericoMalaguttiExactly. As example, I do a looping feint by raising my sword really high above my head and looping it around in a circle before choosing a target to hit (similar to Kultaev and Reagan). I only do this against people I notice who either chase my cuts with parrying, or they look really scared on their face when I cut at them. If anyone else who's response to this sort of body feinting is to cut or thrust at me immediately it will make the feint fail so I do not use this sort of feinting against them.

[@FedericoMalagutti]

@@societyofhistoricalfencing7836 makes sense!

[@glenturner1668]

Jump a little and make noise, you'll love how often that gets a reaction. Not reliable at all for more skilled people...