Beyond the Basics of Italian Rapier: 4 Riposte Options Dui Tempi Edition

During last week s Beyond the Basics of Italian Rapier: The Defensive Fighter class, we looked at parrying riposting our opponent s attack in duitempo. It was requested that I shoot some video with a partner to demo each of these ripostes, so voila This video covers: Direct riposte against the opponent while they re still in their lunge Direct riposte as the opponent is recovering into their onguard stance Indirect riposte as the opponent recovers and counterparries Riposte via transport against an opponent who recovers with a high guard We show each action in slow form to begin, then atspeed in tempo as Block Drill. At the end of the video we demo what these four actions look like when doing it as an Option Drill. Special thanks to Anezka for being my demo fencer in this video PEDAGOGY NOTE: The lateRenaissance Italian masters (Fabris, Giganti, Capoferro, etc. ) prefer a singletempi parryriposte aka, you re both parrying the opponent s attack and striking them in the same