Quoting Hank Prohm <hankprohm@...>:

> Here are the same group of "Polish" fencers.....don't know about that: Polish
> doesn't use cyrillic script
>
> But they are doing drills that look kind of familiar:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7MFs9lkkxM&NR=1
>
> By the way: why do fencers put their rear foot sideways to the action? This
> seems to an old karate guy to be a great way to slow yourself down, minimize
> your ability to thrust off the back foot and set yourself up for knee
> injuries.
>
The drills are good. the sideways foot comes from stability in a muddy place.
the foot is sideways for stability and when in lunge the knee is over the toes
to prevent slippage .
I do teach the foot with the toes froward on the rear leg as to increase
mobility. the drill are almost the same as highland broadsword the difference
would be that we would not cover the leg on he shift back. also the use of
cyrillic script? heck we talk Karate with out Kanji.


Best personal regards
Douglas B Bailey