R4G1NG Video Response | Fencing Attack in Preparation Explanation

So as not to reuse footage from last week's video, please check out this selection of attack in prep/attack-no-attack calls from the 2024 Olympic MF gold-medal match.

Basically, some argue that left immediately 'takes over' after right's search. I argue that there were moments in the match where they did, but not in the first simultaneous hit shown in last week's video. With attempt 3, which is the closest to that final call in my opinion, we see right pull with a compound attack, but this pull causes right's search to miss, rather than pulling for no reason.

Regarding R4G1NG's comment, the truest form of taking over the pusher's attack would be a derobement, where the defending side actually avoids the blade with the hit (disengagement) rather than a pull into a step lunge. The whole point of these videos and the fact that people can argue the touch leads us to believe a different action should have been performed to avoid ambiguity (hence why we think that the first simultaneous call was a valid one).

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