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A parry is a basic sword skill. These “veteran” martial artists are treating it like blocking and redirecting a strike is some master level ability. It’s the second or third thing you learn after you stabilize your stance, then your swing. After that, blocking, and by extension parrying, becomes the next step in challenging a foe. Typically the best way to react is to take Mr. Miyagi’s advice and “not be there”, but dodging entirely takes more energy and practice than learning how to properly parry and defend.
Even with my basic knowledge of martial arts and swordplay, I can tell author has put very little, if any, thought into his martial system.
If its basic that means it can work in any and every situation correct? So if someone decided to teach an ordinary kid with no training what so ever never even wielded a sword in their entire life to parry do you think he could parry a blow from a well seasoned killing machine of a solider?
Yes, parrying is indeed a core skill, and in modern martial arts, it’s taught as a foundational skill, but it’s by no means “basic”.
It’s only basic if you’re parrying basic attacks. The more complex or powerful the attack is, the more difficult executing a proper parry is, almost exponentially.
That’s because it’s not just a single attack; you have to analyse said complex/powerful attack, align yourself properly, parry with the appropriate force/angle, and then that’s linking into the next attack, along with positioning, footwork, etc.
All of this has to be done in the split second of real combat, so it has to be ingrained so deeply that it’s instinctual.
Dodging carefully/skillfully with minimal movement does indeed take more practice, and dodging roughly does indeed take more energy, but it’s also significantly safer and more instinctual than attempting to parry or defend.
It seems like you’ve had very little exposure to modern martial arts and/or fencing, and also haven’t actually sparred seriously or in a real fight before?
Parrying is hard unless you’re properly skilled with it. And if you do it wrong, you’ll be more hurt than if you just blocked or dodged sloppily.
Speaking from real experience here as a brown belt in karate, blue belt in judo, about six months of fencing practice, and having been in a good few fist fights before.
One good hit is all it takes to knock someone down. Once they’re down, one more good hit is all it takes to incapacitate them. Knowing that, would you risk trying to parry, or to simply dodge/block, then attack afterwards?
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