Very nice! I do wish I could see more of you as it was dark, but I think the concepts are introduced well.
Agreed, I noticed after I started editing the video just how dark it was. My original intent was to get outside just when it started getting dark, capture that perfect moment when the sabers are visible but so am I. Unfortunately, after that point it's a very short window until it gets really dark, so my timing wasn't great.
Obviously, we have the same concepts in our Makashi (Wudang Jian), but categorize them a bit different.
For instance: the parry-then-attack technique you showed we would separate into two exchanges-One attacking then the other one. If it is blocked we say dang (block or parry) and then the conventional word for the following technique (i.e. Pi-to chop down).
When we counter attack right after the parry we say it is "lien" or linked. This is for the single parry/attack combo that does not offer the opponent an opportunity to respond. In other words a straight counter.
Your distance parries we classify as dodges or feints.
If we launch an attack and beat the person to it, we call it "interception".
For counter that use the opponents technique and energy, we call it a reversal (fan).
So, when I use the word "riposte" I usual mean entire family of strategies.
Very interesting, once again we see how the techniques used are very similar - it's just the terminology that trips us up. I would definitely say a distance parry would fall under the category of dodging, it's really the same concept (just used in a different dimension - backwards rather than to the side). Your description of "lien" sounds most like what a fencing parry would consist of, but all of these concepts line up rather well regardless.
Again, nice work. It's good to see some more from your neck of the woods. Keep it coming!
Thanks a lot! I'm glad to contribute a bit, especially to take some of the pressure off you guys. You've been putting out videos like clockwork and I've been slacking, so I figured this was a good opportunity to give the forum something to check out.
Great work, really helps outline some of the concepts for people wanting to use makashi as their primary form.
As a hand and a half wielder, i can take a lot out of this myself, I plan to watch it more in depth again in the next little while. ive been slacking on my solo training lately and need to remedy that.
Glad you like it man, if anything is unclear I'd be happy to explain (or demonstrate in a future vid).
This was also the first time I got to edit something I put up here, I used Microsoft Movie Maker. It took me a little bit to get used to it, but once I did it was quite simple to add the music and do the edits, and I think it turned out pretty well.
