Ha, the first step to anti-Polish fencing is to take lessons from a Polish coach. Second, if he does trigger my habitual four, then I need to follow with a circle four, not turn into the four-six windshield wiper…. That should inspire to fix the back leg too. Then, a very consistent, energetic half-step pressure. Legs low and loaded. Back leg ready to push or pull. I always see those ugly commited flesches that end up in a different line, but because my back leg is stuck, or I’m a little lazier than necessary, it’s too late to pull distance for a second parry or an attack into it.
Solutions:
Develop faith in a long attack into their prep: flesche or lunge with disengage. Basically what Sukhi and I are doing in lesson, but do it from a longer distance.
Change reaction to their prep from wanting to counter attack, make a direct coupe to the hand, or step/jump forward and take blade to one of the following:
- Beat, half extend touch+retreat with tip in six.
- Take circle-eight+ retreat.
- Beat+flesche.
- Take eight+flesche.
- Apel’-lunge to the leg/foot.
- Advance lunge to the body with disengage. (Finish in the high line…)
