202605-The Durkan Regional-JNR-DE- BASILE Gianna (R)-Me(L)

Lose 8:15 BASILE Gianna (C25) My attacks were too reckless and were all predicted. I really needed more variation in line and timing. We've sparred so many times at the club that she knows me very well. Judging from my first touch — a disengage to the shoulder — the fact that the target was unfamiliar to her and the sudden acceleration made it harder for her to defend. My defense was decent (also because she isn't particularly fierce or fast in her advances), which made it easier for me to parry her blade. However, my subsequent ripostes were always parried — one could also say that her goal wasn't to hit me with a single direct attack, but to wait for my parry-riposte and then execute her own parry-riposte to score. Her strategy was sound.