In our latest video, we go over the fundamentals of defense, focusing on lateral blocks and counterattacks.
These are essentially the first lessons we teach our beginners, as there are many detrimental habits people have when starting out, regardless of background.
While there are other ways to defend, we use this as our starting point. It's the most conservative parry we have. We figure people need to know how to protect their hands before anything. Once they have mastered that, then they can move on to riskier defensive skills, which may offer higher rewards.
Naturally, the same concepts talked about in the video apply when defending other target areas as well. But that will be for another video.
(Note that we use the 3/4". This technique still applies to any diameter you're using, but it's especially crucial in 3/4. If you want to use 3/4, you MUST understand these concepts!)
So how do you protect your hands? If you're from a sword background, what modifications in your technique have you learned or discovered to be able to adapt lightsaber to your fighting?