And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
They are fighting with epees, so there are no right-of-way rules and the entire body is a target. You can see the one on the right repeatedly trying for a wrist strike. The leading hand and leading foot, being the closest parts of the opponent, are often targeted. If he can get that blade snapping vertically enough so the end snags the wrist behind the opponent's bell guard, it will count.
They are fighting with epees, so there are no right-of-way rules and the entire body is a target. You can see the one on the right repeatedly trying for a wrist strike. The leading hand and leading foot, being the closest parts of the opponent, are often targeted. If he can get that blade snapping vertically enough so the end snags the wrist behind the opponent's bell guard, it will count.
ReplyDeleteLooks like two very different fighting styles.
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