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Set Harth said:OOC: Ok how do my lightsaber skills translate to lightfoils?
[OOCIt is a different enough weapon that you will not be proficient with it, but any skills, feats or special abilities that utilize a lightsaber can aslo use a lightfoil.
Set Harth said:He activates the foil and takes a fencers stance. "This is the correct position, yes?"
"Hrm... It is a valiant effort, but it is not quite correct," the instructor paces a circle about Set, perusing his stance. "Here you see the classical Jedi training," he announces to his students, "optimal for a lengthy weapon weilded with both hands... vibroaxes, broadswords, Herglic kitanos, Barab felchions and the like... Notice the more or less square stance, with both shoulders facing the opponent and the feet set wide apart and slightly staggered for balance. A sturdy, powerful stance that provides considerable mobility for the wheeling strikes required of such a grip.
"For a duelist," he now addresses Set along with the students, "single-handedly weilding a lighter weapon... a saber, a rapier or a foil, for example... a more in-line stance is required." He grips Set's shoulders and twists them ninety degrees. "The leading shoulder should point directly toward your opponent, with the trailing shoulder pointing directly away. The feet, likewise, should be placed in a straight line, parallel with shoulders, with slightly more weight on the trailing foot. Like so." He lightly kicks Set's feet into position, and gently leans him ever so slightly backward.
"This stance requires more balance on the part of the combatant, but provides a much smaller target for your opponent.
"The weapon should be held at the en guard position, to provide a quick attack or defense to any position or direction." He positions Set's arm so that it is slightly crooked, with the lightfoil extended straight before him. "The lesser arm is then used to compensate for the lack of balance in the stance, either by curling up and over," the instructor places Set's off-hand on top of his head, "or by curling down and below." He now bends the arm down and tuck Set's hand into his belt.
"Movement should be made by a shuffling forward and backward step, in which the trailing foot never surpassed the leading foot, nor vice versa. Lateral movement is not always recommended in a duel, as it tends to expose your unguarded flanks, though many dueling veterans will employ side steps or pirouettes in a daring attempt to out-flank their adversary."
"Shall we begin, then?" The Barnaban swordsman ignites his blade and takes his position a pace or two away from Set. The lightfoil blades are thinner and seemingly thinner than the Jedi lightsabers Set is accustomed to. Even the glow itself seems weak and diffuse in comparison to the shining blades of the sabers.
"These are live blades, Sir Padawan, and so I'll trust you not to injure either us, yes?" He takes up his fencing crouch, with one hand poised over his head like a scorpion's tail, and his shimmering blade pointed precisely toward Set's nose.
"En guard."
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