A student went over to the dark side and you swore you'd never teach people to kill again?

But now you have to come out of retirement to hunt down your former student because you're "the only one who knows him"?

I'm always impressed by the sheer response speed of fencers.

As a (slightly retired) fencer I love this, but I'd say a couple of things about the description.

The 'whap on the back' needs to apply 500g of pressure for 15ms in order to count. The time rule came in a while back to discourage 'flicking' - that exact problem.

The idea of dropping someone 'before he strikes back' is central to the roots of foil (fleuret in the video) and sabre. Essentially, if your opponent is attacking you have to parry them as a priority. The foil was traditionally the practice weapon which prioritised blows to vital areas, and defence over attack. Unfortunately, this also makes them very hard to follow if you don't know what you're watching.

Great video though. Makes me want to pick up a weapon again. Feel free to imagine some tragedy that made me swear never to fence again.

Trivia:- ...... I know of a man who is....

(1)..... The lead singer of a hugely successful rock band.

(2)..... A fully qualified jumbo jet pilot.

(3)..... An Olympic standard fencer.

^Upvoted^

Judging by the pictures, it looks an aweful lot like a Flogger or a Fencer. My money is on a MiG-23B, maybe a MiG-23BN.

Wow. An image comes to mind. A fencing match between a master fencer and someone who doesn't even know what a foil is.

Fencers also suffer from the disproportionate arm syndrome.

If they had had real blades, i believe the kendo dude would just be bleeding while the fencer would be scooping up his brains...

Well, Spider, it does show some important differences in each art. Kendo is focused more on slashing (there is some thrusting involved, but it's not as prevalent) and fencing is focused on thrusting. As a result, it gives fencing the advantage of reach, as well as speed, since it's quicker to build a powerful thrust rather than a powerful slash. Granted the fencer is using a flexible foil, but the same principle would take effect with a saber. (A note on thesnipe's comment: the wobble actually delayed the hit. With a firmer blade, it would have hit sooner.)

And no worries, Fletch. I've done the same myself.

Very interesting, it looked liked the fencer was able to hit him because of the wobble in his "blade". It seems like it kinda struck him as it flung a bit to the side.

I really enjoyed watching this video. You guys did an excellent job on the choreography, and it was interesting on how the man in black used a stance similar to that of a fencer. I would love to see more of this type.

Good Job guys.