Fencing Techniques Tutorial

Hi, I'm Karen Bashir. I'm a former British international fencer, and I'm going to show you how to do the basic moves of fencing footwork with current international James Thornton. Footwork is crucial to fencing. You can have the fastest hand in the world and know every single move, but if you can't move your feet, you're a sitting duck. So the basic starting move for fencing is called the on-guard position, as James is demonstrating here. You can then step forwards, step backwards, and the basic attacking move is called a lunge. Often you'll combine those moves, so you'll get a step lunge, and the idea is to combine all of the footwork movements to create a position to attack your opponent in, as demonstrated here. So to recap, you can step forwards, step backwards, attack with a lunge, attack with a step lunge, and then bring all of those movements together to set your opponent up to hit them. And those are the basic moves of fencing footwork. To find out more, visit www.britishfencing.com to find your local club. And that is how to do fencing footwork.