Postby JeanryChandler » Wed May 04, 2005 6:40 pm
I viewed some of the films and didn't encounter any viruses that my firewall or antivirus software could detect.
I thought the bouts were interesting. I watched Lance fighting a guy with two (dao?) sabers. Lance looked like his form was very good. It looked like more traditional WMA form. Was their some emulation here of the recent visitor from Japan?
This was an interesting fight, I have never faced someone with two sabers, and they had nearly the same reach as the sword Lance was using. Lance did a great job of keeping his weapon in front of him, snaping back into guard very quickly after each strike without the long, slower sweeping recoveries I have seen in other clips. I could not tell who won the most bouts but Lances technique seemed aggressive, fast and tight and it looked like he was protecting his hands better in his guards. He kept his point in his opponents face thus throwing him off balance for the most part, and countered every attack with swift, decisive cuts and thrusts. And I think I saw a really nice right-hangen counter at the very end of the match:) Looks like Lance is getting better with that counter. The sword Lance was using also looked like a very nice weapon.
Alfred on the other hand looked like he was having a bit of a bad day. He displayed his usual impressive accuracy and good timing, but was somewhat static in his stance, slow in striking and recovery, and not really focused, though again i could not tell who won as it seemed like most of the hits on both sides were to the hands.
Parke did some nice feints and voids and cuts cleanly and decicvely, but in his eagerness to attack, ignored some attacks he could have easily displaced, or voided by stepping aside while striking (or displaced using miesterhau) thus resulting in several unneccesary 'mutual deaths'.
Hope that helps,
Jeanry
"We can't all be saints"
John Dillinger
