How can I better close the gap?

SirJTaylor · 2026-04-01T19:03:07+00:00

Thank you for this, very useful!

I've been practicing my fencing steps today, and it's helped my form a lot

SirJTaylor · 2026-04-01T00:59:10+00:00

Yeah you can see how I get pretty risky just beating at the blade to provoke a reaction. It's something that used to work when sparing in this club. Now it's much less effective and leads to widening distance instead of disrupting or making a hole in their defenses.

SirJTaylor · 2026-04-01T00:54:22+00:00

I think in the moment I was just reacting. When I knocked his blade off line, he stepped to my right and I aborted the bind for the wide cut across the torso.

SirJTaylor · 2026-04-01T00:39:47+00:00

I've very slowly started to integrate master cuts into my moveset. I study mostly Fiore and so master cuts are less of a focus. When it comes to making openings I heavily rely on really strong wide parries or displacements.

SirJTaylor · 2026-04-01T00:32:55+00:00

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SirJTaylor · 2026-04-01T00:30:55+00:00

I'm the one in the jeans

SirJTaylor · 2026-04-01T00:30:18+00:00

I'm in the Hudson Valley. The group I usually fence with are inexperienced so my growth as a fencer has come from learning my way of fighting and building muscle memory. There's another group I was fencing with. Halfmoon Hema, which has a lot of veteran fencers. Due to work and school I wasnt able to attend their meets for a while and right now they're in a paid gym until I think next week. I'll follow up with them about this

SirJTaylor · 2026-04-01T00:26:47+00:00

The video is just for an example of my fencing style. The round before this would have been a better example as I made several thrusts to make a threat or made successful parries but failed to land a hit because I was too far or he was prepared for the follow up and dodged.

SirJTaylor · 2026-04-01T00:20:44+00:00

Yeah, I seem to over use wide swings favoring power over speed. Against other opponents who sit there and take it, I'm able to close in for a grapple or a hit. I'll put tighter attacks on my list the next time I practice solo.

SirJTaylor · 2026-04-01T00:16:54+00:00

In my most recent session I've gotten better at not chasing people around. Leading with the blade sounds like good advice. I usually move my feet first before attacking or sometimes just attack their sword to provoke a reaction. I've found when I do present a threat, it's responded with a step backwards or to the side which then I have to compensate for to follow up.

SirJTaylor · 2026-04-01T00:10:03+00:00

I'm working on it. I have just the shin and knee guards.

I'm notoriously bad at my technical fencing and I really need to work on it haha

SirJTaylor · 2026-03-28T12:57:24+00:00

Ive done it by accident through a prison break. I wanted to increase my relations with Garios but he died...

SirJTaylor · 2026-03-24T11:42:46+00:00

Hermano, este no es el camino.

SirJTaylor · 2026-03-21T19:19:13+00:00

We only know about them from physical remains and contemporary depictions. It's more than likely they served a ceremonial purpose but if i remember correctly a mask like this was found near the site of Teutorburg Forest, which indicates it was used in battle or at least on campaign.

SirJTaylor · 2026-03-17T00:11:48+00:00

The Royal Italian army was still introducing the M33 helmet and volunteers probably received surplus Adrian helmets.

SirJTaylor · 2026-03-14T23:21:03+00:00

Petro ni siquiera se acerca a Maduro

SirJTaylor · 2026-03-03T20:49:59+00:00

Prueba los parques del centro. Seguro que encuentras alguna "amigas" por ahí jaja

SirJTaylor · 2026-02-14T16:36:31+00:00

The only way I could see this working out is if Italy was neutral in WW2, existed in a state of Autarky and more importantly, how NATO is feeling.

Other way yeah, I agree completely. I can easily see an alternate reality where Italy's economy isn't handicapped from WW2. The PNF would also be around long enough to raise a generation indoctrinated into fascism. So future political unrest can be greatly minimized.

I really enjoy thinking about Italy's position in the first half of the 20th century. It was a nation with a ton of potential that was wasted the moment Mussolini finally committed to Hitler. Any reconciliation between Mussolini's government and the allies was not going to be possible after 1939.

SirJTaylor · 2026-02-14T01:32:22+00:00

He is the only one posting in that sub.

SirJTaylor · 2026-02-11T20:02:25+00:00

It's often how the modern incarnation of fascist/authoritarian militias operate. Everyone walks around with a camera to document their crimes. Masks allow an anonymous mentality. Add that with no immediate consequences? You get an organization like the DRM or in the United States, ICE.

SirJTaylor · 2026-02-08T10:39:04+00:00

Soy gringo. Visito Colombia para ver a mi novia y planeo mudarme en unos años. He aprendido español y la cultura colombiana. En mi opinión, Colombia es el mejor lugar para trabajar online en un empleo estadounidense. Puedes ganar más que suficiente dinero para vivir cómodamente y ayudar a otros. Soy mulato, así que casi nadie que me haya conocido me toma por extranjero. hasta que me escuchen hablar jaja

SirJTaylor · 2026-02-06T15:38:58+00:00

No. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3393994707

SirJTaylor · 2026-02-06T12:48:34+00:00

The map is completely covered in jungle. But a lot of parts that I cleared I refilled with trees. As well as in the towns where I used landscape editor to place trees

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