So, its essentially just a winding stab from a high guard? Gotta love fencing masters trying to reinvent the wheel lol. Kinda reminds me of a 'Meisterhau' in longsword fencing. It all breaks down to 'soft and hard, strong and weak'.
This is literally like the jab. When being taught, you are told to square up or whataver beginner guard you are shown and when doing a jab, you take a small step forward while engaging the shoulder and not over extend your arm when punching and more body mechanics. But thats just a drill. An actual fighter uses the jab in different ways which include side stepping, feinting, combo then retreat jabbing. Staying stationary works as the fighter slips away at the last second while using the jab to create pressure. Point is, this attack is very much like a drill. To get your frame and body mechanics in synch. Once you get it down, you can apply it and include sidestepping, feints, etc. But this is a very powerful attack, and I like it.
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Have you ever considered getting a decent go pro camera? Like on a chest mount to get a better first person view of the way you twist the blade. A wonderful demonstration! Very informative
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As a Meyerite looking into Italian systems, this immediately reminded me of a dussack technique/drill, which is, in essence a cut-centric version of this.
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That clear wouldn't appear to work by the very physics of the blade. Try against an opponent who is not letting you. You're pushing on the Forte of the opponents blade with the feeble of your own weapon.
It might seem that way because I pause in a position like you describe to explain the drill, but at the moment of the strike the opponent presents you their debole (as this is the part of the blade that would hit you) and since you strike the riverso tondo close to you, you'll make contact close to your center of rotation. I can assure you that it works in sparring, but don't take my word for it - just look at one of the many sources that use that defense by riverso against almost all types of attacks. 😊
