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-====== Rapier Alone Fundamentals ======+====== Rapier Alone Basic Movements ======
  
 **Note**: These sessions teach definitions of basic movements, not combat. Do not confuse the two. **Note**: These sessions teach definitions of basic movements, not combat. Do not confuse the two.
  
-Thrust on the firm foot mechanics: +These exercises require only knowledge of: 
-  - Deploy the arm +  * Stance in //tierce// and //quarte//. 
-  - Shift forward +  * Thrust mechanics. 
-  - Shift backward +  * Parry width (no wider than the edges of your silhouette). 
-  - Withdraw the arm+  * Line and distance.
  
-Thrust mechanics at a slightly wider distance: +===== Strike / Parry / Riposte exercise =====
-  - Deploy the arm +
-  - Shift forward +
-  - Kick the front foot forward to lunge +
-  - Recover the front foot +
-  - Shift backwards +
-  - Withdraw the arm+
  
-Thrust mechanics at a much wider distance: +  - Thrust into the opening (opponent atands in either //tierce// or //quarte//). 
-  - Deploy the arm +  - As 1, then opponent parries. 
-  - Shift forward +  - As 1, then opponent parries then ripostes to the nearest opening. 
-  - Pass forward and to the side with the rear foot + 
-  - Continue walking through+This may also be performed as a distance exercise with either a short lunge (we are too sophisticated for long lunges) or aaasing step. In both cases, aim for the point to touch on the first movement of the foot (front foot for a lunge, rear foot for a passing step). Fluidity of motion is the key here. 
 + 
 +===== Defeat the parry exercises ===== 
 + 
 +  * Disengage under the opponent's blade. 
 +  * Cutover the opponent's blade. 
 +  * Cut around the opponent's blade. 
 + 
 +**Observations**: In all these exercises, the aim is not so much to hit the opponent as it is to control the opponent's sword. 
 + 
 +The cutover exercise is best atarted with the partner making the strike high, at the opponent's mask, in order to make a parry on the opponent's weak more likely. 
 + 
 +The cutaround exercise is best triggered by the opponent parrying forward, making it more likely to achieve a strong-on-strong engagement. 
 + 
 +The particular technique used in combat depends to a large extent on what the parry looks like. As a rule of thumb: 
 +  * If your weak is parried by the opponent's strong, disengage. 
 +  * If the parry engages at the opponent's weak, cutover. 
 +  * If the parry engages at strong-on-strong, cut around.
  
  
  

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