Hurt from the high ward.

Here is a little clip from di Grassi expliaining the attack from the high ward and the counter to that technique, taken from this wednesday's sword and buckler class.     It's tempting to go charging in with an overhand thrust from the high guard, but what is actually intended is a scooping screwing motion from high to low that gathers any incoming thrust and covers in the low ward itself. In this clip I go through a couple of the issues that make the counter technique work, namely the holder of the high ward actually trying to thrust at you and the ever present threat of a thrust from his opponent's right side. I hope you enjoy the clip and find it useful, if you want to see more clips like this, don't forget to like our facebook page