Oct 20, 2003
Oxford System of Tactical Notation
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Notation || Drills and Actions in Oxford Notation
Drills and actions
Attack, parry riposte
| C A |
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| S P R |
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Attack into preparation
| C a F4 a F6… | "Got you now!" |
{Coach prepares forward somehow.} |
| S A | "Not!" |
{Student attacks.} |
When the prep is actually a 2nd intention attack
| C a F4 a F6… | "Got you now!" |
{Coach prepares forward somehow.} |
| S A | "Not!" |
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| C P R | "I must insist." |
Formal 2nd intention, general notation:
| S a L |
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| C hr P R | "Ready for ya!" |
{Takes distance and parad riposte.} |
| S recover ctrP R | "Me too." |
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A specific version:
| Sl a L |
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{Lefty vs righty.} |
| Cr P4 R6 |
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{Takes distance and parad riposte.} |
| S recover P6 R4 | "Woot!" |
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| C P4 | "Noot!" |
{If coach prolongs phrase.} |
| S D H6 | "Woot woot!" |
{Derobe and hit 6 target.} |
When to take parries while lunging?
| S a L | {The basic action.} |
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| S a L | |
| C P! | {Parry right away, emphatically — meaning, during lunge.} |
| S P in lunge R | {Parry in lunge.} |
| C , P | {Coach parries at end of attack, implied here with a pause.} |
| S recover P R |
Bucky's getawaygo
| C a a a L | {Classic marching attack.} |
| S hr a L | {The "getawaygo" move.} |
This is more of a simulatenous action, so it could be written as:
| C a a a L -- S hr a L |
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German invitation attack with march (a la Matthias Behr)
| S Ihi a aa … | "Get me!" |
{March w/ chest invitation.} |
| C Ahi | "Looks good!" |
{Falls for it.} |
| S P6 Fl6+/Fl9 | "Gotcha!" |
{Parry and flick.} |
Force-of-Will attack (a la Sabine Bau)
| C Ihi/@lo |
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{Shows low-line guard.} |
| S E2 a(aa) L | "Who's yer momma?" |
{Engages 2, runs up and hits.} |
Russian invitation dance attack
| S @hi ha-jump | {Hand up. Half adv jump, lands on back foot first. Very inviting action.} |
| C Ahi |
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| S @6+ P5lo! Fl9 | {Tough one. With hand high, beat low5 parry and flick to back.} |
| C r | |
| S Lhi | {Student finishes.} |
| C line | |
| S B Fl9 | |
| Sl B H8 | {Beat and goto flank, if lefty.} |
| S cP6 R9 | |
| C Alo | {Low-line attack on prep.} |
| S P7 flying Fl9+ | {Flying parry and flick.} |
Chest whip attack, and defense
| Cl B4 pull arm [aa F4 ](F4)… | {Coach beats 4, withdraws arm and marches forward, feinting to 4…} |
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| S r (rr)… | "Won't be suckered." |
{Just give ground.} |
| C A4+/Fl4+ | {Finally releases to deep high inside…} |
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| S P4 R4+/R4 | "My distance is leet." |
{Student parries and ripostes, no big deal.} |
Forcing a conclusion to a marching attack
| C a (aa)… |
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| S r fP4 | "This what you want?" |
{Shows opponent a fake parry 4.} |
| C A6 | "Ha!" |
{Opponent concludes.} |
| S P6 R4/Fl9 |
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{Takes the parad riposte.} |
Doubling out, with variants
| C a L -- S a L | {Double!} |
{Student won't let that happen again.} |
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| C a L -- S ha P R | {Student's.} |
| C a L -- S rr a L | {Student's.} |
| C a L -- S hr P R |
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| C ctrP R | {Coach's} |
| S hr ctrP R | {Student's again!} |
Decision-point forcing
| S a (aa) | {Student marches into distance.} |
| C A |
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| S P R |
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| C r |
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| S L |
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| C B A | {Coach beat attack.} |
| S hr P R | |
| C P, | {Slow parry…} |
| S D H | {Derobes and hits.} |
| C P! R | {Fast parry, meets blade…} |
| S hr P R | |
| C Ihi | {Shows open highline.} |
| S Fl6+/Fl9 | {Student merely finishes to shoulder/back.} |
Will this work in email? On a discussion board?
Here's how it looks in "real life."
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You're getting hit by a charger? |
Where to go from here?
You can learn the language definition, and see how specific this notation can get. (Click here.)
You can write comments to the author, Walter Flaschka.