Art Quote by Guy Windsor

““Every martial art, from T’ai Chi Chuan to the nuclear deterrent, is based on a doctrine—an idea of how combat works.””

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“First one, then the other, describes in clear fencing language, in detail exactly what occurred. For example: “Mary was in coda longa, I was in posta di donna. Mary attacked with a thrust to my face. I tried to exchange the thrust, but my sword caught on the back of my mask and I missed my parry. Mary’s thrust landed…

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“To work on a movement you need: A clear picture or feeling of how it is now A clear picture or feeling of how…

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“The rules of feinting are pretty simple: you must create a credible threat. As your opponent responds, your strike should take less time than his second parry. Your end position should also close the line of his riposte. He may not notice that his parry has failed, and may hit you as you hit him. That he has made a…

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“As a general rule, like counters like. So you can try counterattacking with roverso fendente against roverso fendente, and so forth.”

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“when entering into measure to strike, there should be a clear threat made.”

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“Four aspects of any action: time, measure, structure, flow p.”

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“A properly constructed warm-up involves three things: loosening the joints, warming the body, and light stretching. Ideally it will also activate core stabiliser muscles,…

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“I hope that one day the audience will demand the same degree of martial realism in a fight as it demands visual realism in…

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“No one ever throws a perfect blow in the exact line it is supposed to be in—but by having a set of lines with…

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“Any position you find yourself in can be considered a guard if you understand its tactical and technical properties. Slavishly copying a position from…

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“It is of course also possible that the attacker is deliberately feinting to draw the parry to bind it, and will strike on the…

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