Footwork with Aron Szilagyi HUN

Fencing has been part of the Olympic movement since 1896, the first Olympics. Of course, many things changed in sabre fencing, but one thing still remains essential, is that the footwork. So the hangar position is your front foot facing your opponent, the other one in the back is 90 degrees from that, and you just move your front foot one and a half or two foot long, so this is the hangar position, and from this position you make your movements like the step forward, one, two, three. Which is most important in attacking is the lunge, so it's from the same position, hangar position, foot lifting, and lunge. I personally think that 80% of the touches depend on your footwork, it's first the distance, you have to keep the distance if you retreat. It's also important in attacking, so you have to kind of get in the distance so you can advance your attack, you have to choose the right speed, not too fast, not too slow, so you don't lose the opportunity to attack, but you don't advance too fast, so the opponent will counterattack or parry your attack. You have a gap of time to attack, a short gap of time, when you are able to have the right of way and attack the opponent. We fight for the right of way, the right of way depends on many things, including the footwork, and of course including what you do with your saber. But today, referees depend more on the footwork, so they check how you advance and retreat first, and then they check what you have done with your arms and your saber. There are aggressive and defensive fencers. Aggressive fencers usually fight more for the right of way, so they want to attack more, so they advance, advance from the beginning, from the prey alley. Defending fencers usually let the others to have the right of way, and wait for their mistakes, and make second intentions, to provocate the opponents to make a mistake, and then make a counteraction. I hope you guys enjoyed this video and also learned something from it, and I hope to see you on the piste!