Tokyo 2021 [T16] Cheung (HKG) v Foconi (ITA) | Olympic Fencing | Men's Foil Individual Highlight

[@garchompdude]

That 14th touch was nuts because Foconi saw the shoulder hit coming, made the correct counterattack in response, and still got hit. That would’ve working on 99.9% of fencers. But not Cheung. Dude is nuts

[@Dancingtuna]

Foconi was too late. If you pause at the moment when Cheung's mask light goes off, you can see that Foconi's shoulder didn't change height by that much

[@OlympicFoil]

You have to feel bad for Foconi, that is rough Cheung's fencing was so nice

[@Dancingtuna]

Foconi really looked off his game. Mental pressure of the Olympics might have got to him. It looked like he wasn't willing to commit to anything and was just reacting to what Cheung was doing. I want to say that Foconi should do a lot better if he was mentally with it but the last time they fenced it was really one-sided too. So I donno, Cheung might just have a better understanding of Foconi's fencing than a lot of fencers

[@OlympicFoil]

@@Dancingtuna Yeah it's easy to forget but in fairness to foconi, tokyo was his first olympics

[@dogestranding5047]

@@Dancingtuna He faced him a couple years ago and had a similar score. Could be a style issue?

[@Dancingtuna]

​@@dogestranding5047 Could be, but I'm sure they've both been studying each other since then, so it's hard to say

[@samsignorelli]

at times cheung's hand speed was very ota-ish.

[@dudeofvalor9294]

How Cheung gets those hits on the flank. I would love to learn and be able to do that. Is such a brutal was to score.

[@Dancingtuna]

It's a leftie classic. The trick is to have a slight bend your elbow when doing it

[@dudeofvalor9294]

@@Dancingtuna is it bent throughout the entire action? If so I imagine it is with your feet that lets you help out the point on? Thanks

[@Dancingtuna]

@@dudeofvalor9294 Honestly it's kinda hard to explain without showing it in person. Race does a good job of explaining it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rarQqWehlsaaos0 This was how my coach taught me to flick too. When you're flicking against someone different handed to you, it's a little different because of physiology and angle of en guard, so the best way is to use trial and error by asking a friend or your coach to let you flick them for a bit in practice and keep working at it

[@dudeofvalor9294]

@@Dancingtuna ah. Didn’t realise they were flicking when pushing forward and hitting on the flank. Unless of course it is the same principle (hand ahead of where the tip will land). Do have a fencing lesson tomorrow so will do a few drills and or with my training dummy. Many thanks for the advice.

[@Dancingtuna]

@@dudeofvalor9294 I might have misunderstood which hits you meant, because hits on the flank can be either flick or normal hits. Usually when lefties hit flank at close range, flicking is a pretty good option. But if it's just normal thrusts to flank then it's just getting the angle right and tip placement. Good luck with the training!

[@jennykong8266]

The other video match is blocked. YT takes the action so fast

[@Dancingtuna]

I think this one and the Japan v Italy one might be next :(

[@jennykong8266]

@@Dancingtuna Too bad. I am thinking the next video block will be the first match of Cheung

[@Dancingtuna]

@@jennykong8266 that one has been blocked already I’m afraid :( I’ll try to add some watermarks and reupload, but please don’t give your hopes up

[@jennykong8266]

@@Dancingtuna For sure. I won’t give up hope . Thanks so much. The first match I just watched this morning, half an hour ago. It’s already blocked! 😰

[@Dancingtuna]

​@@jennykong8266The medal bouts are gonna come out next. Taking all bets on how long they'll last for

[@ruskibeaner5983]

the ultimate foconi counter (he also destroyed him at the paris challenge in 2022 iirc)

[@anthony2384]

Foconi is going to make a big comeback in Paris 2024

[@keithlammgaming1042]

ggs Cheung Champion lol

[@seanlhomme5074]

Proceeds to blow the lead in the team event

[@jbond5834]

f was not able to bring enough intensity. their game pace are similar, actually ch even brought up higher pace than f. f's trademark, strong blade work, didn't show up,while c was doing more blade work than f(in this clip). to sum up, c presented longer reach, more intense move and more active bladework, thus win the game with big score. and another Russian guy was able to bring up more intensity thus hit c with 14 to 9.